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

You might enjoy the Hong Kong undercover cop drama “I Did It…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I didn’t think Doug Liman could deliver a worse film than “Road…

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

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

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

After the comparatively “normal” visions of “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” Yorgos…

Every one of the recent English language kaiju epics from Legendary Pictures…

Letitia Wright gives a quietly powerful performance in “Aisha” as a young…

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

The crimes of the Catholic Church are no secret to most citizens…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As mundane as its title, with characters whose color-by-numbers personalities and motivations…

‘The Recruit” reveals that the training process of the Central Intelligence Agency…

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

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

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

When you have a name like Hope Goldman, two words lacquered in…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why is it that crime big wigs in movies enjoy wasting ammo…

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

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

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

The story of settler colonialism in North America is one of disappeared…

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

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

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

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

Imagine that one of the boiler room scumbags from “The Wolf of…

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

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

Every afternoon, as Xavier (Atibon Nazaire) pulls into his driveway after work,…

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

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

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

Movies involving submarines have the logic of chess: The longer the game…

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

Produced by The New York Times‘s video division, and depending heavily on…

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

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

John Malkovich’s “The Dancer Upstairs” was filmed before 9/11, and is based…

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

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

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

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

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

The Chinese WW2 spy thriller “Decoded” stands out for a number of…

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

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

The most fascinating thing about Chris Nash’s hyperviolent slasher experiment “In a Violent…

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

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

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

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

Cinematic depictions of ancient or near-ancient times have come a long way…

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

The most gripping aspects of “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds…

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

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

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

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

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