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

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

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

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

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

There’s nothing worse than watching a bio-doc about a revolutionary, unique, creative…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Strange Darling,” J.T. Mollner’s self-consciously edgy gotcha of a serial-killer thriller, is…

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

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

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

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

“Red Dragon” opens with the pleasure of seeing Hannibal Lecter as he…

How can a little girl simply disappear from an airplane at 37,000…

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

The most important things in life happen between the words. Subterranean noise…

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

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

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

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

The tricky part with a docuseries like “Hollywood Black,” particularly if you…

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

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

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

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

Now, 189 days into his mission, Jakub Prochazka (Adam Sandler), the forlorn…

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

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

Remember this name: Aksel Hennie. If “Pioneer,” a mixed bag of a…

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

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

It’s recess at a small school in Nigeria and the boys are…

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

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

“The Blue Angels,” a nonfiction film about the Navy’s flight demonstration team, was…

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

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

There’s something so appropriately disheartening about a movie about The Beach Boys…

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

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

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

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

Max (Ruaridh Mollica) is like many young writers I met in my…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The Last Front” is a first-rate calling-card movie—a medium-budget project that feels much…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s “Back to Black” invokes a single question, one fans…

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

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

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

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

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

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

It may have happened something like this. “Margin Call” depicts the last…

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

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

The shots are unreal. We fly behind and next to a bee…

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

One of the most influential science fiction films that most people haven’t…

Sometimes, the revolution is televised. In 1998, an aspiring comedian auditioned for…

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