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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I like movies about smart guys who are wise asses, and think…

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

For most college students, the hazy, liminal space of a post-graduation summer…

Vampires are all the rage in film and television these days. Some…

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

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

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

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

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

An exclamation point in a title is a promise. The first action…

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

I’m not really sure how genre fans will respond to “Amelia’s Children,”…

It takes up to four men to restrain Emile Hirsch in “State…

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

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

Music, we are told, makes the people come together. Music, it so…

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

If you put Nancy Drew in a teen slasher take of “It’s…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Every day, people from all over the world come to Washington, DC,…

A proudly old-fashioned Gothic fable with grain and grit, the delectable “Vourdalak”…

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

Mia Goth and Ti West took the world of arthouse horror by…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The crew of a space craft peering out its window at the…

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

Kei Chika-ura’s “Great Absence” is obviously a personal piece, the kind of…

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

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

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

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

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

I have spent hundreds of hours in the worlds of Gearbox Software…

Say what you will about “Stress Positions,” the new indie comedy that…

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

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

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

Heavily inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s influence on Brian De Palma, Nacho Vigalondo’s…

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

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

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

Is there any scenario in which “Late Night with the Devil” could have…

As someone who venerates Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson’s 1955…

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

There are two main types of stories about smalltown people finding themselves:…

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

Not gonna lie, this had me in the first half. In its…

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

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

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

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

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

Among other things, Brian Eno is a pioneer in what’s called “generative…

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

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

Throughout history, across centuries and cultures, human beings have been preoccupied with…

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

On stage, comedians use their words to make their audience laugh, gasp,…

Ninety-one minutes, including seven for closing credits, isn’t enough for “Sting,” a…