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Nathan Silver’s “Between the Temples” opens with a loud, keening blast from…

When it premiered at Tribeca last year, David Duchovny’s “Reverse the Curse”…

The personal essay film is a tricky genre, because when you get…

“Are you lost?,” an old lady at the mall asks sad-sack Renn Wheeland…

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

Love is pain in several ways in “Fingernails.” In the near future…

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

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

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

Neil LaBute’s “Lakeview Terrace” is a film about a black cop who…

In Amanda Nell Eu’s coming-of-age tale, “Tiger Stripes,” a young girl in…

“Caveat,” Damian Mc Carthy’s directorial debut, was unnerving in the extreme. So,…

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

Why is it that crime big wigs in movies enjoy wasting ammo…

“Imaginary” is the newest chapter of the Blumhouse lineup, directed by “Truth…

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

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

“Backspot” does for competitive cheerleading what “The Novice” did for rowing: It…

“When I think of Barbie, I think of a little white doll…

There has been a growing subgenre of non-fiction films that I jokingly…

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

When does rooting for the damned stop being worthwhile or even productive?…

At the beginning of “Made in England: The Films of Powell &…

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

“The miracle of life can be a messy business,” you hear in…

Written and directed by Ng Choon Ping and Sam H. Freeman, “Femme”…

In big cities the world over, housing is a high-priced commodity. Construction…

“Kim’s Video” reaches so hard for quirky profundity that it falls on…

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

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

In Andrew Hyatt’s “Sight,” what you see is what you get. The…

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

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

“Knowing” is among the best science-fiction films I’ve seen — frightening, suspenseful,…

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

“Deadpool & Wolverine” exists because Hugh Jackman, who has played Wolverine nine…

“I’m not a singer; I’m a dancer!” Bella Lewitzky defiantly refused to…

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

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

It’s incredible that a filmmaker as renowned as Takashi Miike can have…

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

When it comes to kooky, creative thrillers, Shyamalan is practically a brand.…

“The American” allows George Clooney to play a man as starkly defined…

Last year, Hong Kong filmmaker Herman Yau directed at least two of…

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

Before we get too deep into the story of Lou Pearlman, a…

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

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

Every afternoon, as Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) pulls into his driveway after work,…

“I’m afraid of being alone,” intones William Shatner in the opening minutes…

Alicia Vikander is the titular “Firebrand,” starring as Katherine Parr, the sixth…

Police brutality is a subject that never seems to leave the news.…

“Lift” is as generic and forgettable as its title, the kind of…

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

Letitia Wright gives a quietly powerful performance in “Aisha” as a young…

One of the pleasures of being a critic is getting assigned to…

Brothers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross straddle the lines of documentary…

Pablo Berger’s “Robot Dreams” is a lovely fable about partnership and imagination,…

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

Within the first two minutes of Apple TV+’s “Lady in the Lake,”…

It’s ironically apt that “The Creator,” about the potential and peril of…

“Fly Me to the Moon” lurches wildly from zippy, retro rom-com to cynical political…

Over the last few years, there has been a trend of opulent…

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

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

With the notable exception of “Barbie,” the modern blockbuster can be pretty…

When the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021, you couldn’t…

If you take a step back from the realistic locations and terse…

In Joshua John Miller’s “The Exorcism,” Russell Crowe plays Anthony Miller, an actor…

Lance Oppenheim’s three-part HBO docuseries “Ren Faire” walks that fine line between…

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

Xavier Gens is back with his second stateside release of the year…

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

I cannot think of a single reason for another Garfield movie, and…

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

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

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

The supernatural hostage thriller “The Sacrifice Game” feels like a self-conscious throwback,…

Just when you think they’ve run out of real-life World War II…

It brings me absolutely no joy to report that “The Marvels” is…