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

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

A corporate video is not art, as much as its director might…

The word that will likely be used most often to describe Denis…

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

Zombies don’t have to be fast. It’s a fun novelty sometimes, sure.…

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

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

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

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

When many of us think of vacationing on the Mediterranean, the first…

Characterizing Belgian co-directors/writers Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s style is tricky since…

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

Sydney Pollack’s “The Interpreter” is a taut and intelligent thriller, centering on…

“The miracle of life can be a messy business,” you hear in…

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

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

“Dusk for a Hitman” is a husk of a great film. Director…

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

Born from the still unbridled creativity of children, where an empty room…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

After the one-two gut punch of garbage filmmaking that was “Blacklight” and…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Released in the spring of 2020, Jeff Chan’s anti-police sci-fi action film…

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

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

Spiders. Why’d it have to be spiders? Any of us who flinch…

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

“Slave Play. Not A Movie. A Play.,” a film by playwright Jeremy…

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

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

“Stone” has Robert De Niro and Edward Norton playing against type and…

There has been a growing subgenre of non-fiction films that I jokingly…

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

A small girl is haunted by fears after her mother’s suicide. Her…

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is it about the sound of wind? It can be undeniably…

Wait. Pixar finally has a quality animated film hitting theaters? Granted, it’s…

When Alan Rickman portrays an egomaniacal, preening, heartless SOB, he seems to…

Over the last few years, there has been a trend of opulent…

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

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

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

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

Did you know that social media fosters toxic relationships among its users,…

John Woo’s new film is a revenge thriller with such a predictable plot that one…

“One Hour Photo” tells the story of Seymour “Sy” Parrish, who works…

This movie opens with views of a manual typewriter, and indignant words…

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

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

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

You can almost hear the elevator pitch: “Legally Blonde” in space, an…

New York magazine ran a cover story years ago calling John Ford’s…

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

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

Penny Lane has long been one of our most fascinating documentarians in…

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

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