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Advertising “Founder Days” as a “bold political slasher” gives too much credit…

“Twelve Angry Men” remains a monument of American filmmaking, and more than…

When it comes to the handful of names who are defiantly keeping…

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

In the romantic comedy “Música,” Rudy is a young man who experiences…

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

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

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

Just when you think they’ve run out of real-life World War II…

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

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

James Mangold’s “3:10 to Yuma” restores the wounded heart of the Western…

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

In case you’re wondering, “Nothing Can’t Be Undone By a HotPot” is…

Some memories are too painful for us to carry day to day.…

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

Clint Eastwood’s “Blood Work” opens with an FBI agent of retirement age…

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

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

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

“When you record a moment, you’re recording the death of a moment.”…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Todd Verow’s thriller “You Can’t Stay Here” takes viewers into the heart…

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

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

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

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

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

Junior (Paul Mescal) and Hen (Saoirse Ronan) are not a happy couple.…

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

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

Mia Goth and Ti West took the world of arthouse horror by…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

When the young, melancholic Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) begs her mother Janet (Julianne…

Produced by The New York Times‘s video division, and depending heavily on…

When Rupert Wyatt’s 2011 prequel “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”…

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

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

There’s a great high-concept premise at the start of “Consumed,” an otherwise…

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

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

Black people are the architects of American culture. The hip verbiage many…

Under the glare of fuschia neon lights Simon (Théodore Pellerin) is twirling.…

When many of us think of vacationing on the Mediterranean, the first…

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

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

When Ridley Scott released “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant,” the main criticism levied…

Emma (Kaley Cuoco) lives a double life. She has a loving husband,…

The original “My Spy” from 2020 was a surprisingly amusing romp with…

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

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

“Good Bad Things” is an intimate, small story about the gigantic issue that…

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

A local icon in San Francisco who made a national impact on…

For the first 15 minutes of “What Remains,” we follow around a…

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

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

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

“Riddle of Fire” is the kind of cinematic bedtime story whose whimsical…

John Woo’s “The Killer” was a true gamechanger, at least for this…

What is it about the sound of wind? It can be undeniably…

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

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

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

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

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