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

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

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

“I’m afraid you knocked on the wrong door.” When Paul (Brendan Rock)…

Over the last few years, there has been a trend of opulent…

Would you like to know the day you will die? It’s a…

A proudly old-fashioned Gothic fable with grain and grit, the delectable “Vourdalak”…

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

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

When the Los Angeles Lakers got a prestige HBO mini-series in “Winning…

Police brutality is a subject that never seems to leave the news.…

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

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

Music, we are told, makes the people come together. Music, it so…

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

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

The Australian actor Simon Baker has spent a good portion of his…

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

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

“Fly Me to the Moon” lurches wildly from zippy, retro rom-com to cynical political…

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

The “Paw Patrol” television series is designed with a single-minded focus to…

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

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

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

“I’m not a singer; I’m a dancer!” Bella Lewitzky defiantly refused to…

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

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

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

“Road to Nowhere” plays like an exercise in frustrating audiences. Imagine a…

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

If actors often make for compelling directors, then why not character actors?…

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

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

If you put Nancy Drew in a teen slasher take of “It’s…

With her creamy wardrobe of tasteful neutrals and dreamy mansion in the Paris suburbs, Léa Drucker’s…

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

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

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

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

“Deadpool & Wolverine” exists because Hugh Jackman, who has played Wolverine nine…

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

In the wake of Quentin Tarantino’s ascendance to his pop culture throne in…

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

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

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

“Istanbul is a place…where people come to disappear.” This is the sad…

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

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

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

Love is pain in several ways in “Fingernails.” In the near future…

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

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

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

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

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

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

In a big city, avoiding eye contact is a survival tool. Looking…

The other night I was channel surfing and I stopped for a…

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

I’m not coming out and accusing the writers of “Bad Boys: Ride…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Before you see a single frame of Vera Drew’s Batman-soaked satire “The…

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

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

Godzilla turns 70 next year, and to celebrate, his parent company Toho…

Sydney Pollack’s “The Interpreter” is a taut and intelligent thriller, centering on…

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

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

As mundane as its title, with characters whose color-by-numbers personalities and motivations…

“La Chimera” plays like a magical realism version of the classic one-last-heist movie.   The core of…

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

When you hear the premise of Josh Margolin’s feature debut, “Thelma,” you…

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

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