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

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

Last month, I was a juror in the Narrative Feature category at…

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

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

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

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

One girl was asked about a significant Supreme Court case and picked…

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

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

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

Several enemies of the state are murdered on live TV in a…

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

The #1 record holder for attendance at a women’s sporting event in…

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

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

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

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

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

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

At first glance, the existence of “The Tiger’s Apprentice” would seem to…

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

Everything about Osgood Perkins’ “Longlegs” is designed to rattle you, unsettle you,…

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

Director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s “Back to Black” invokes a single question, one fans…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Four tall, scruffy creatures amble through a storybook forest. They walk, they…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When does rooting for the damned stop being worthwhile or even productive?…

Jenna Marvin is a fearless 21-year-old queer artist in Russia. Using found…

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

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

Cate Blanchett’s searing performance in “Tár” left such an indelible impression that,…

In Joshua John Miller’s “The Exorcism,” Russell Crowe plays Anthony Miller, an actor…

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

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

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

Once you get over the fact that there won’t be much resembling…

Writer-director Monia Chokri’s “The Nature of Love,” is a two-hour foray into…

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

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

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

The crew of a space craft peering out its window at the…

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

It takes either a staggering lead performance or a great plot twist…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gene Wilder couldn’t have chosen a better stage name. “Gene” is so…

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

Co-directors Steven Kanter and Henry Loevner reunite (after their COVID-set breakup comedy…

Politics simultaneously are and aren’t the thing in “Fighter,” a Bollywood military…

A lot of movies begin with poetic quotations, but “The Hurt Locker”…

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

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

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

Among this past year’s unexpected synchronicities, there’s now a shared space in…

Instead of a feature-length movie, “The Grab,” a 106-minute documentary about shady…

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

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