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There’s a great high-concept premise at the start of “Consumed,” an otherwise…

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

“STAX: Soulsville USA” is a four-part, four-hour series about the legendary Memphis soul music label’s…

Sydney Pollack’s “The Interpreter” is a taut and intelligent thriller, centering on…

A corporate video is not art, as much as its director might…

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

The horror movie element isn’t even the most compelling part of the…

The trailer for “Abigail” tells you almost everything you need to know…

You may remember a scene in the cult classic “Repo Man” in…

Cate Blanchett’s searing performance in “Tár” left such an indelible impression that,…

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

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

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

Imagine that one of the boiler room scumbags from “The Wolf of…

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

People like to speak about a golden era of movies—the precise dimensions…

“All Good Things” is based on one of those true stories like…

Ethan Hawke attempts to breathe new life into the biopic structure with mixed results in “Wildcat.” What…

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

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

“Touch,” from Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, is vast in scope, stretching over…

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

It can be fun to watch a gifted character chew scenery, especially…

The other night I was channel surfing and I stopped for a…

In Jeff Lipsky’s films, it’s normal for characters to talk for ten…

Inadequacy peeks from behind the uncomfortable smiles and passive aggressive remarks that…

After the comparatively “normal” visions of “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” Yorgos…

Writer-director Monia Chokri’s “The Nature of Love,” is a two-hour foray into…

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

In a world where the imagination of indie sci-fi can often struggle…

“Rob Peace,” based on a true story about the tragically short but inspiring…

If you’re lucky enough to attend an early screening of John Krasinski’s…

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

In his second directorial effort, the underwhelming “Knox Goes Away,” Michael Keaton…

Yorgos Lanthimos seems delighted in depicting extreme behavior within pristine settings, whether…

John Malkovich’s “The Dancer Upstairs” was filmed before 9/11, and is based…

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

“Wicked Little Letters,” a new film directed by Thea Sharrock with a…

The crimes of the Catholic Church are no secret to most citizens…

When the Los Angeles Lakers got a prestige HBO mini-series in “Winning…

There are two heroes in the frustrating military actioner “Land of Bad,”…

Like many people of my approximate age, my childhood was heavily touched…

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

John Woo’s “The Killer” was a true gamechanger, at least for this…

Watching “Outlaw Posse,” you get the sense that writer-director Mario Van Peebles…

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

If actors often make for compelling directors, then why not character actors?…

Cinematic depictions of ancient or near-ancient times have come a long way…

Would you like to know the day you will die? It’s a…

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

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

A movie theater would probably be the best place to see “Kill,”…

Sharks, while undeniably lethal, are also, studies have shown, kind of dumb. And…

In 2020, photographer Luke Gilford published National Anthem, a monograph documenting the queer…

Instead of a feature-length movie, “The Grab,” a 106-minute documentary about shady…

Both drawn-out and deceptively simple, the trippy French comedy “Yannick” re-imagines a…

“High and Low – John Galliano” by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald took me…

A local icon in San Francisco who made a national impact on…

A few names stand out during the opening credits for “Destroy All…

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

I didn’t think Doug Liman could deliver a worse film than “Road…

Netflix’s new comedic thriller “Bodkin” opens with the show’s protagonist, Gilbert Power…

In his latest movie “The Convert,” director and co-writer Lee Tamahori returns…

There’s a lot of ground to cover in “It’s Only Life After…

The conceit of a tortured and socially maladjusted artist whose obsessive pursuit…

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

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

In a big city, avoiding eye contact is a survival tool. Looking…

This movie opens with views of a manual typewriter, and indignant words…

Sleep paralysis demons deserve a better fictional riff than “Nightmare,” a bland…

From the moment Dave (Ewan McGregor) frantically walks across a deserted parking…

Rory Kennedy is a phenomenal interviewer. We’ve seen this before in her…

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

With her creamy wardrobe of tasteful neutrals and dreamy mansion in the Paris suburbs, Léa Drucker’s…

“Twelve Angry Men” remains a monument of American filmmaking, and more than…

Everything about Osgood Perkins’ “Longlegs” is designed to rattle you, unsettle you,…

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

Opening night at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival may have…

In 1964, Robert Rauschenberg won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice…

“God saved me so I could give you life.” So said concentration…