Movie-CelebRity2000

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

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

“Despicable Me 4” won’t win any prizes, but if you like this kind…

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

Inadequacy peeks from behind the uncomfortable smiles and passive aggressive remarks that…

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

Ponderous and dull, “History of Evil” is the kind of script that…

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

There’s nothing worse than watching a bio-doc about a revolutionary, unique, creative…

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

Some memories are too painful for us to carry day to day.…

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

It is a dark and stormy night. A violent thunderstorm howls down…

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

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

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

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

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

Police brutality is a subject that never seems to leave the news.…

Daisy Ridley battles jellyfish and the patriarchy with equal pluck and aplomb…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It brings me absolutely no joy to report that “The Marvels” is…

Brothers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross straddle the lines of documentary…

The opening image of this movie, out of focus, seems to be…

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

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

In 2020, photographer Luke Gilford published National Anthem, a monograph documenting the queer…

The Cronenberg cinematic family tree adds another branch this week with the…

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

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

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

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

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

The tricky part with a docuseries like “Hollywood Black,” particularly if you…

If you read the synopsis of “Sing Sing,” you might mistake it…

Last year, Hong Kong filmmaker Herman Yau directed at least two of…

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

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

The Australian actor Simon Baker has spent a good portion of his…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ninety-one minutes, including seven for closing credits, isn’t enough for “Sting,” a…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Music, we are told, makes the people come together. Music, it so…

There’s a great high-concept premise at the start of “Consumed,” an otherwise…

The other night I was channel surfing and I stopped for a…

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

The personal essay film is a tricky genre, because when you get…

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

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

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

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

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

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

It’s natural to be suspicious of an Angel Studios picture; after all,…

Heavily inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s influence on Brian De Palma, Nacho Vigalondo’s…

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

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

In the romantic comedy “Música,” Rudy is a young man who experiences…

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

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