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Chris Pine’s first film as a director, “Poolman,” is a character comedy about oddball…

I haven’t had a drink in almost fifteen years, and during the…

Characterizing Belgian co-directors/writers Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s style is tricky since…

It’s weirdly funny to see a year mentioned in the title of…

If you’re a distinguished older male actor in Hollywood, you’re typically cast as…

We are re-posting this review in honor of the re-release for the…

There are enough interesting ideas and at least two confident performances holding…

Jane Schoenbrun’s second narrative feature is a gnawing search for belonging in…

“When you record a moment, you’re recording the death of a moment.”…

It’s natural to be suspicious of an Angel Studios picture; after all,…

There’s no shortage of films that consider the Holocaust or Israel’s founding. But…

There’s something radical about the old-fashioned approach of “My Penguin Friend.” It’s an earnest, crowd-pleasing…

“La Chimera” plays like a magical realism version of the classic one-last-heist movie.   The core of…

The films of the prolific South Korean writer-director Hong Sang Soo are…

“If you’re gonna survive in these hills, you’ll have to get used…

“Abandon” is a moody, effective thriller for about 80 percent of the…

A directorial debut for both co-directors, Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe…

As mundane as its title, with characters whose color-by-numbers personalities and motivations…

The word that will likely be used most often to describe Denis…

As someone who venerates Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson’s 1955…

The original “Megamind,” released in 2010, was a fresh, funny, and heartwarming…

While neither particularly profound nor earth-shatteringly scary, “Suitable Flesh” is better than…

J.K. Simmons knows how to do sociopath. There’s something so fascinating about…

“Prom Dates,” about a couple of teenage best-bud girls getting in trouble…

He looks exhausted when he gets off the plane. Troubles are preying…

In August 1991, an accomplished freelance writer named Danny Casolaro was found…

“What would you say if your daughter told you her boyfriend pushed…

Ben (Grant Rosenmeyer) is not okay. His wife and artistic collaborator Sarah…

Every day, people from all over the world come to Washington, DC,…

The suburbs are hell. That’s what the movies keep telling us. Perfect…

“Immaculate” feels like both a throwback to another era of Italian horror…

In case you’re wondering, “Nothing Can’t Be Undone By a HotPot” is…

Why do I have to watch this movie? Why does anyone? What…

Heavily inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s influence on Brian De Palma, Nacho Vigalondo’s…

The #1 record holder for attendance at a women’s sporting event in…

Writer-director Nicole Riegel’s “Dandelion” takes place over a mere number of days,…

Documentaries about cultural hotspots are as common as the film festivals that…

Another day, another traffic jam. A father, François (Romain Duris), chides his…

“Istanbul is a place…where people come to disappear.” This is the sad…

A lot of movies begin with poetic quotations, but “The Hurt Locker”…

Jenna Marvin is a fearless 21-year-old queer artist in Russia. Using found…

“Argylle,” the stumbling, overcooked action flick from director Matthew Vaughn, begins with…

What is it about the sound of wind? It can be undeniably…

I watched “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed”…

In the romantic comedy “Música,” Rudy is a young man who experiences…

When “Caligula” arrived in theaters in 1979, it came in on a…

“The question is, do you have what it takes to make it…

“What is wrong with you?” multiple characters ask titular heroine Cora (Meg…

Advertising “Founder Days” as a “bold political slasher” gives too much credit…

The notion that love could blossom in the most horrifying of places say,…

More than 900 days since Russia first launched its invasion and unprovoked…

Director Julian Farino’s “The Union” follows Mike (Mark Wahlberg), a construction worker…

Gene Wilder couldn’t have chosen a better stage name. “Gene” is so…

In 1991, country superstar Garth Brooks crooned, “Well, it’s bulls and blood/It’s…

When it comes to the handful of names who are defiantly keeping…

2008’s “The Strangers” didn’t seem like the kind of film that would…

I like movies about smart guys who are wise asses, and think…

Todd Verow’s thriller “You Can’t Stay Here” takes viewers into the heart…

In 2013, Angela Patton gave a TEDXWomen Talk that went viral. She…

Did you know that social media fosters toxic relationships among its users,…

“I’ve been called a witch, a slut, and a murderer. Maybe people…

Ambiguity and extreme emotional states occur simultaneously in Jessica Hausner’s films, where…

“Hundreds of Beavers,” a boldly bizarre, nearly silent slapstick comedy about a…

“Terrestrial Verses,” one of the most brilliant and provocative films to emerge…

At first glance, the barge docked on the Seine in Paris near…

Before you see a single frame of Vera Drew’s Batman-soaked satire “The…

Aren’t movies of this summer spinning delightfully vintage vibes? Just collectively consider…

“LaRoy, Texas” immediately tests your expectations. Driving down a dark dirt country…

Julia Louis-Dreyfus gives a performance of breathtaking vulnerability as the mother of…

Good movies always have integrity, but not-good movies can have integrity, too.…

How to make sense of “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” a family-friendly horror…

The Belfast schoolchildren stand in their classroom, singing “Óró Sé do bheatha…

Kei Chika-ura’s “Great Absence” is obviously a personal piece, the kind of…

The opening image of this movie, out of focus, seems to be…

It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes I return to a film to…

Valérie Donzelli’s “Just the Two of Us” is reminiscent of the “women’s…

“Jackpot!” is a trashy and repetitive action comedy about greed and bloodlust set in…

In the mode (but not the spirit) of documentaries like “Man on…

It feels limiting or a disservice to call “Hummingbirds” simply a documentary.…

When many of us think of vacationing on the Mediterranean, the first…