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

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

I watched “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed”…

James Mangold’s “3:10 to Yuma” restores the wounded heart of the Western…

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

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

When it comes to the handful of names who are defiantly keeping…

“Knowing” is among the best science-fiction films I’ve seen — frightening, suspenseful,…

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

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

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

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

There’s a scene in “Not Not Jazz,” a film about the fusion…

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

Will there ever be a version of “Rebel Moon—Part 2: The Scargiver”…

When the young, melancholic Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) begs her mother Janet (Julianne…

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

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

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

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

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

Richard and Justin, the high school killers in “Murder by Numbers,” may…

Documentaries about cultural hotspots are as common as the film festivals that…

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

We film lovers perpetually bang the drum about how cinema enables us…

“Enough” is a nasty item masquerading as a feminist revenge picture. It’s…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes I return to a film to…

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

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

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

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

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

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

The movie opens with the flat, confiding voice of Tommy Lee Jones.…

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

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

Do you remember “Nightwatch,” the 1994 Danish thriller about a young psych…

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

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

Children take center stage but aren’t the real stars of “Ultraman: Rising,”…

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

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

When Rupert Wyatt’s 2011 prequel “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”…

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

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

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

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

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

Rarely has a more serious effort produced a less serious result than…

Lil Rel Howery, who broke into big-screen acting as the comic relief…

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

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

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

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

For the first 15 minutes of “What Remains,” we follow around a…

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

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

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

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

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

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

“If you’re gonna survive in these hills, you’ll have to get used…

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

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

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

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

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