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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Cronenberg cinematic family tree adds another branch this week with the…

Sometimes, the revolution is televised. In 1998, an aspiring comedian auditioned for…

Vampires are all the rage in film and television these days. Some…

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

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

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

Before we get too deep into the story of Lou Pearlman, a…

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

Lil Rel Howery, who broke into big-screen acting as the comic relief…

“Longing” is a remake of an award-winning Israeli film by the same…

One of the most disturbing moments in a documentary filled with disturbing…

It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes I return to a film to…

I watched “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed”…

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

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

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

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

Valérie Donzelli’s “Just the Two of Us” is reminiscent of the “women’s…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Immaculate” feels like both a throwback to another era of Italian horror…

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

Not that long ago, a legacy sequel like “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel…

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

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

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

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

“Imaginary” is the newest chapter of the Blumhouse lineup, directed by “Truth…

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

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

Every one of the recent English language kaiju epics from Legendary Pictures…

The #1 record holder for attendance at a women’s sporting event in…

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

One of the pleasures of being a critic is getting assigned to…

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

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

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

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

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

From the very first scene of “The Bikeriders,” director Jeff Nichols is…

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

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

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

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

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

From the moment Dave (Ewan McGregor) frantically walks across a deserted parking…

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

“The American” allows George Clooney to play a man as starkly defined…

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

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

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

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

Politics simultaneously are and aren’t the thing in “Fighter,” a Bollywood military…

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

Among this past year’s unexpected synchronicities, there’s now a shared space in…

Lily Sullivan, who broke through with an impressively physical performance in last year’s…

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

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

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

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

“Despicable Me 4” won’t win any prizes, but if you like this kind…

It takes up to four men to restrain Emile Hirsch in “State…

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