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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As someone who venerates Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson’s 1955…

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

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

Jane Giles and Ali Catterall’s documentary “Scala!!!” is about a legendary, notorious,…

“I’m afraid of being alone,” intones William Shatner in the opening minutes…

Why is it that crime big wigs in movies enjoy wasting ammo…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The horror movie element isn’t even the most compelling part of the…

We film lovers perpetually bang the drum about how cinema enables us…

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

“When I think of Barbie, I think of a little white doll…

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

2008’s “The Strangers” didn’t seem like the kind of film that would…

This chronicle of retired American cyclist Greg LeMond’s tiring, tumultuous return to…

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

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

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

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

The Russell Crowe renaissance feels like it’s just around the corner. Although…

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

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

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

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

The issue of the spoiler remains a critical one in cinematic discourse.…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good movies always have integrity, but not-good movies can have integrity, too.…

Nathan Silver’s “Between the Temples” opens with a loud, keening blast from…

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

Children take center stage but aren’t the real stars of “Ultraman: Rising,”…

The Adams Family—a group of filmmakers led by father John Adams, mother…

Rarely has a more serious effort produced a less serious result than…

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

The original “Megamind,” released in 2010, was a fresh, funny, and heartwarming…

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

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

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

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

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

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

The hall porter is sent upstairs to repair a blocked toilet, and…

After the comparatively “normal” visions of “The Favourite” and “Poor Things,” Yorgos…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The end is just “the start of something,” according to one of…

People like to speak about a golden era of movies—the precise dimensions…