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

At the beginning of “Made in England: The Films of Powell &…

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

How can a little girl simply disappear from an airplane at 37,000…

Within the first two minutes of Apple TV+’s “Lady in the Lake,”…

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

“You can’t get a head start if you aim for perfection,” a…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Joy (Max Eigenmann) is one of millions of domestic workers worldwide. She’s…

The conceit of a tortured and socially maladjusted artist whose obsessive pursuit…

“Road House” likes to explicitly reference that it thinks it’s a Western.…

Nastiness in horror movies is like a seasoning: essential for flavor, though…

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

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

“What is wrong with you?” multiple characters ask titular heroine Cora (Meg…

Tell me if this sounds familiar: A romantic couple, one American, one…

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

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

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

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

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

Julia Louis-Dreyfus gives a performance of breathtaking vulnerability as the mother of…

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

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

J.K. Simmons knows how to do sociopath. There’s something so fascinating about…

Despite what everyone says, weddings aren’t really about the bride and groom.…

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

Dialogue can lie, but faces tell the truth. Stories are told through…

While neither particularly profound nor earth-shatteringly scary, “Suitable Flesh” is better than…

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

“Prom Dates,” about a couple of teenage best-bud girls getting in trouble…

Let’s get one obvious thing out of the way: Yes, it hasn’t…

Both drawn-out and deceptively simple, the trippy French comedy “Yannick” re-imagines a…

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

“Phone Booth” is a religious fable, a show biz fable, or both.…

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

Rory Kennedy is a phenomenal interviewer. We’ve seen this before in her…

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

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

There’s a scene in Ben Affleck’s “The Town” that expertly exploits the…

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

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

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

“My relationship with food is complicated …very complicated. Because I have Type…

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

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

Yorgos Lanthimos seems delighted in depicting extreme behavior within pristine settings, whether…

Contains language around sexual abuse Bridgett M. Davis’ 1996 film “Naked Acts,”…

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

In Amanda Nell Eu’s coming-of-age tale, “Tiger Stripes,” a young girl in…

Movies involving submarines have the logic of chess: The longer the game…

“The Blue Angels,” a nonfiction film about the Navy’s flight demonstration team, was…

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

“High and Low – John Galliano” by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald took me…

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

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

Remember this name: Aksel Hennie. If “Pioneer,” a mixed bag of a…

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

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

On stage, comedians use their words to make their audience laugh, gasp,…

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

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

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

The foundation of most comedy is the gulf between our belief that…

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

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

He looks exhausted when he gets off the plane. Troubles are preying…

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

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

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

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

Set in 1800s Italy and based on a true story, “Kidnapped” is…

At first glance, the barge docked on the Seine in Paris near…

When was the last time we got a teen-centric movie that felt…

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