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

The Australian-born novelist and essayist Lily Brett is the daughter of Holocaust…

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

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

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

“God saved me so I could give you life.” So said concentration…

The notion that love could blossom in the most horrifying of places say,…

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

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

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

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

Before you see a single frame of Vera Drew’s Batman-soaked satire “The…

“The question is, do you have what it takes to make it…

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

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

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

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

“I’m not a singer; I’m a dancer!” Bella Lewitzky defiantly refused to…

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

Immigrant stories put a fresh frame around lives that native-born citizens don’t think…

Movies won’t stop pursuing the next great one crazy night adolescent comedy…

The supernatural hostage thriller “The Sacrifice Game” feels like a self-conscious throwback,…

The Russell Crowe renaissance feels like it’s just around the corner. Although…

The truly impressive slice of nightmare fuel, “Disappear Completely,” premiering on Netflix today…

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

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

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

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

Not that long ago, a legacy sequel like “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel…

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

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

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

“I’ve been called a witch, a slut, and a murderer. Maybe people…

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

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

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

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

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

The Adams Family—a group of filmmakers led by father John Adams, mother…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In his second directorial effort, the underwhelming “Knox Goes Away,” Michael Keaton…

The conceit of a tortured and socially maladjusted artist whose obsessive pursuit…

Aren’t movies of this summer spinning delightfully vintage vibes? Just collectively consider…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A handsomely produced, nearly empty experience, “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tarts Story” is hard to describe…

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

Black people are the architects of American culture. The hip verbiage many…

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

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

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

Gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart) is introduced with her hand down a…

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

For a few minutes, “Arcadian” basically becomes “Aliens” on an Irish farm…

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

“All Good Things” is based on one of those true stories like…

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

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

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

“Road to Nowhere” plays like an exercise in frustrating audiences. Imagine a…

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

Valérie Donzelli’s “Just the Two of Us” is reminiscent of the “women’s…

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

Director Wade Allain-Marcus’s “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” is a remake…

When was the last time we got a teen-centric movie that felt…

Opening night at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival may have…