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

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

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

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

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

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

“I’m afraid you knocked on the wrong door.” When Paul (Brendan Rock)…

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

Jane Giles and Ali Catterall’s documentary “Scala!!!” is about a legendary, notorious,…

Rhys Darby is perfectly cast as the wholesome, dopey time traveler in…

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

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

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

“Road House” likes to explicitly reference that it thinks it’s a Western.…

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

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

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

Set in 1992 in the northernmost United States, where criminals run drugs…

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

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

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

“Longing” is a remake of an award-winning Israeli film by the same…

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

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

Junior (Paul Mescal) and Hen (Saoirse Ronan) are not a happy couple.…

One of my great great great grandfathers fought for the Union and…

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

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

When Ridley Scott released “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant,” the main criticism levied…

Lil Rel Howery, who broke into big-screen acting as the comic relief…

Zombies don’t have to be fast. It’s a fun novelty sometimes, sure.…

I have seen so many hagiographic clip reels masquerading as documentaries that…

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

Three people sit down to dinner at a remote cabin in the…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

John Woo’s new film is a revenge thriller with such a predictable plot that one…

Lily Sullivan, who broke through with an impressively physical performance in last year’s…

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

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

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

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

Emma (Kaley Cuoco) lives a double life. She has a loving husband,…

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

Joy (Max Eigenmann) is one of millions of domestic workers worldwide. She’s…

Early in Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, we are introduced to Slater King…

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

The name Hammer used to command a certain level of respect in…

The “Paw Patrol” television series is designed with a single-minded focus to…

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

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

From the very first scene of “The Bikeriders,” director Jeff Nichols is…

I’m not coming out and accusing the writers of “Bad Boys: Ride…

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

Dev Patel pours his entire self into “Monkey Man.” Some comes over…

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

Once you get over the fact that there won’t be much resembling…

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

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

Richard and Justin, the high school killers in “Murder by Numbers,” may…

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

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

Some memories are too painful for us to carry day to day.…

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

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

In the DC Expanded Universe of films, which appears to be winding…

“Ghostlight,” which focuses on a construction worker drawn into a production of…

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

James Mangold’s “3:10 to Yuma” restores the wounded heart of the Western…

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

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

The issue of the spoiler remains a critical one in cinematic discourse.…

There’s nothing original or particularly surprising about “Kalki 2898 AD,” a polished…

Wait. Pixar finally has a quality animated film hitting theaters? Granted, it’s…

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