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Gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart) is introduced with her hand down a…

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

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

Did the world really need another “Kung Fu Panda” movie?   The trilogy…

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

Ponderous and dull, “History of Evil” is the kind of script that…

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

“You know what he feeds on? Fear.” Generic dialogue and lack of…

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

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

When “Caligula” arrived in theaters in 1979, it came in on a…

Why do I have to watch this movie? Why does anyone? What…

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

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

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

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

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

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

There are two main types of stories about smalltown people finding themselves:…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Imagine that one of the boiler room scumbags from “The Wolf of…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“You can’t get a head start if you aim for perfection,” a…

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

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

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

A movie theater would probably be the best place to see “Kill,”…

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

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

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

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

The supernatural hostage thriller “The Sacrifice Game” feels like a self-conscious throwback,…

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

It feels limiting or a disservice to call “Hummingbirds” simply a documentary.…

Both drawn-out and deceptively simple, the trippy French comedy “Yannick” re-imagines a…

Do you remember “Nightwatch,” the 1994 Danish thriller about a young psych…

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

Director Wade Allain-Marcus’s “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” is a remake…

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

In Jeff Lipsky’s films, it’s normal for characters to talk for ten…

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

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

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

The most gripping aspects of “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds…

“Mothers’ Instinct” gets by on its pulpy potential more than anything else.…

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

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

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

Director Julian Farino’s “The Union” follows Mike (Mark Wahlberg), a construction worker…

The Chinese WW2 spy thriller “Decoded” stands out for a number of…

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

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

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

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

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

Three people sit down to dinner at a remote cabin in the…

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

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

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

Jenna Marvin is a fearless 21-year-old queer artist in Russia. Using found…

A searing drama about a European refugee crisis that resonates with similar…

Remember this name: Aksel Hennie. If “Pioneer,” a mixed bag of a…

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

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

It’s recess at a small school in Nigeria and the boys are…