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Three people sit down to dinner at a remote cabin in the…

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

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

There are bad movies, there are really bad movies, and then there’s…

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

The opening twenty minutes of “Close Your Eyes,” the third fiction feature…

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

The original “My Spy” from 2020 was a surprisingly amusing romp with…

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

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

Regina Lambert has been married for three months. She returns to Paris…

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

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

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

There’s something refreshing about the plainly weird premise of “Dream Scenario”. Nicolas Cage…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The high-concept South Korean army thriller “Escape” clocks in at a swift…

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

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

In the DC Expanded Universe of films, which appears to be winding…

If you’re lucky enough to attend an early screening of John Krasinski’s…

The Belfast schoolchildren stand in their classroom, singing “Óró Sé do bheatha…

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

“Red Dragon” opens with the pleasure of seeing Hannibal Lecter as he…

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

Ethan Hawke attempts to breathe new life into the biopic structure with mixed results in “Wildcat.” What…

“Argylle,” the stumbling, overcooked action flick from director Matthew Vaughn, begins with…

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

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

Clint Eastwood’s “Blood Work” opens with an FBI agent of retirement age…

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

A directorial debut for both co-directors, Oscar-winning actor Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe…

The name Hammer used to command a certain level of respect in…

Under the glare of fuschia neon lights Simon (Théodore Pellerin) is twirling.…

One of the most influential science fiction films that most people haven’t…

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

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

Beginning with a wonky opening chase sequence, “Trigger Warning” lacks urgency. Beginning…

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

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

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

It’s ironically apt that “The Creator,” about the potential and peril of…

Why do I have to watch this movie? Why does anyone? What…

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

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

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

“Wicked Little Letters,” a new film directed by Thea Sharrock with a…

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

I cannot think of a single reason for another Garfield movie, and…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Last Stop in Yuma County” is the kind of movie where you…

The films of the prolific South Korean writer-director Hong Sang Soo are…

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

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

“Mothers’ Instinct” gets by on its pulpy potential more than anything else.…

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

“Twelve Angry Men” remains a monument of American filmmaking, and more than…

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

Throughout history, across centuries and cultures, human beings have been preoccupied with…

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

I’m not really sure how genre fans will respond to “Amelia’s Children,”…

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

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

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

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

“Good Bad Things” is an intimate, small story about the gigantic issue that…

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