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

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

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

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

Ethan Hawke attempts to breathe new life into the biopic structure with mixed results in “Wildcat.” What…

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

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

Politics simultaneously are and aren’t the thing in “Fighter,” a Bollywood military…

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

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

“Phone Booth” is a religious fable, a show biz fable, or both.…

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

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

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

Austin-based filmmaker Bob Byington never takes the easy road, even when he’s…

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

Whatever you expect from an Alex Garland movie, he always gives you something…

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

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

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Good Bad Things” is an intimate, small story about the gigantic issue that…

There are two heroes in the frustrating military actioner “Land of Bad,”…

People like to speak about a golden era of movies—the precise dimensions…

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

Godzilla turns 70 next year, and to celebrate, his parent company Toho…

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

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

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

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

Last month, I was a juror in the Narrative Feature category at…

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

“Riddle of Fire” is the kind of cinematic bedtime story whose whimsical…

At eighty-one years of age, Paul Simon is still producing the most…

“Last Stop in Yuma County” is the kind of movie where you…

Several enemies of the state are murdered on live TV in a…

How much do you want to be cornered by a vindictive energy…

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

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

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

How to make sense of “Five Nights at Freddy’s,” a family-friendly horror…

Your investment in Zack Snyder’s creative vision will likely determine how badly…

It’s been five years since director Boots Riley’s riot of a debut,…

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

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

Tell me if this sounds familiar: A romantic couple, one American, one…

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

“Paranormal Activity” is an ingenious little horror film, so well made it’s…

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

In the wake of Quentin Tarantino’s ascendance to his pop culture throne in…

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

Did the world really need another “Kung Fu Panda” movie?   The trilogy…

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

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

“The Seeding,” a bleak horror movie about a hiker who gets trapped…

“Madame Web” is not the unmitigated disaster that its clunky trailer or…

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

It’s hard to imagine that this summer will see a better crowd-pleaser…

“You know what he feeds on? Fear.” Generic dialogue and lack of…

In case you’re wondering, “Nothing Can’t Be Undone By a HotPot” is…

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

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

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

In August 1991, an accomplished freelance writer named Danny Casolaro was found…

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

The opening twenty minutes of “Close Your Eyes,” the third fiction feature…

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

“Jackpot!” is a trashy and repetitive action comedy about greed and bloodlust set in…

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

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

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

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