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

You may remember a scene in the cult classic “Repo Man” in…

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

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

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

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

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

I have spent hundreds of hours in the worlds of Gearbox Software…

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

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

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

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

Mark Wahlberg has displayed enough comic timing and action chops in previous…

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

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

Cinematic depictions of ancient or near-ancient times have come a long way…

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

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

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

Now, 189 days into his mission, Jakub Prochazka (Adam Sandler), the forlorn…

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

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

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

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

When it premiered at Tribeca last year, David Duchovny’s “Reverse the Curse”…

“I’ve been called a witch, a slut, and a murderer. Maybe people…

When you have a name like Hope Goldman, two words lacquered in…

The most important things in life happen between the words. Subterranean noise…

“Dusk for a Hitman” is a husk of a great film. Director…

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

It’s weirdly funny to see a year mentioned in the title of…

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

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

When Alan Rickman portrays an egomaniacal, preening, heartless SOB, he seems to…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sleep paralysis demons deserve a better fictional riff than “Nightmare,” a bland…

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

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

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

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

John Woo’s new film is a revenge thriller with such a predictable plot that one…

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

This movie opens with views of a manual typewriter, and indignant words…

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

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

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

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

Spiders. Why’d it have to be spiders? Any of us who flinch…

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

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

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

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

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

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

“LaRoy, Texas” immediately tests your expectations. Driving down a dark dirt country…

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

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

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

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

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

Sharks, while undeniably lethal, are also, studies have shown, kind of dumb. And…

“Rob Peace,” based on a true story about the tragically short but inspiring…

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

Early in Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut, we are introduced to Slater King…

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

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

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

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

It’s hard to imagine that this summer will see a better crowd-pleaser…

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

For a few gossamer years in the 2010s, movie fans ate well—perhaps…

There has been a growing subgenre of non-fiction films that I jokingly…

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

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