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

It takes either a staggering lead performance or a great plot twist…

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

Not that long ago, a legacy sequel like “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel…

Set at a conference for “thought leaders,” “The Way We Speak” is…

Under the glare of fuschia neon lights Simon (Théodore Pellerin) is twirling.…

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

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

One of the most disturbing moments in a documentary filled with disturbing…

“Cuckoo” gets more confusing the more it explains itself. The further writer-director…

The end is just “the start of something,” according to one of…

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

I didn’t believe a single second of “Crumb Catcher.” It begins with…

For a few gossamer years in the 2010s, movie fans ate well—perhaps…

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

I missed Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach’s animated French escapade “Chicken for…

“Mothers’ Instinct” gets by on its pulpy potential more than anything else.…

“You can’t get a head start if you aim for perfection,” a…

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

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

It is a dark and stormy night. A violent thunderstorm howls down…

This chronicle of retired American cyclist Greg LeMond’s tiring, tumultuous return to…

After promising us back in 2007 that “white meat … dark meat…

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

Beginning with a wonky opening chase sequence, “Trigger Warning” lacks urgency. Beginning…

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

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

One girl was asked about a significant Supreme Court case and picked…

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

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

Over sixty years ago, directors Henry Hathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall…

If you read the synopsis of “Sing Sing,” you might mistake it…

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

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

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

There are bad movies, there are really bad movies, and then there’s…

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

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

The hall porter is sent upstairs to repair a blocked toilet, and…

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

Director Wade Allain-Marcus’s “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” is a remake…

New York magazine ran a cover story years ago calling John Ford’s…

“Dusk for a Hitman” is a husk of a great film. Director…

Dialogue can lie, but faces tell the truth. Stories are told through…

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

The final words of his 1953 novel “The Unnamable” — “I can’t…

Among this past year’s unexpected synchronicities, there’s now a shared space in…

The foundation of most comedy is the gulf between our belief that…

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

Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” is a full-bore melodrama, told with passionate intensity,…

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Never give in to hope.” Lucy (Jennifer Connelly) writes these words on…

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

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

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

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

Despite what everyone says, weddings aren’t really about the bride and groom.…

Black people are the architects of American culture. The hip verbiage many…

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

The first two-thirds of “A Sacrifice” are a largely leaden affair that…

Pop music really can change your life. That’s part of the setup…

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

Daisy Ridley battles jellyfish and the patriarchy with equal pluck and aplomb…

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

A searing drama about a European refugee crisis that resonates with similar…

Rarely has a more serious effort produced a less serious result than…

I wish I could erase “The American Society of Magical Negros” from…

“The Roundup: Punishment” is the third sequel in a series of Korean…

The launching pad for Bertrand Bonello’s new picture “The Beast” (“La Bete”)…

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

Ponderous and dull, “History of Evil” is the kind of script that…

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

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

The Australian actor Simon Baker has spent a good portion of his…

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