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“Lift” is as generic and forgettable as its title, the kind of…

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

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

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

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

Cate Blanchett’s searing performance in “Tár” left such an indelible impression that,…

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

Let’s get one obvious thing out of the way: Yes, it hasn’t…

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

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

One of my great great great grandfathers fought for the Union and…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Your investment in Zack Snyder’s creative vision will likely determine how badly…

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

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

Inadequacy peeks from behind the uncomfortable smiles and passive aggressive remarks that…

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

A corporate video is not art, as much as its director might…

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

Whatever you expect from an Alex Garland movie, he always gives you something…

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

Watching “Outlaw Posse,” you get the sense that writer-director Mario Van Peebles…

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

“Caveat,” Damian Mc Carthy’s directorial debut, was unnerving in the extreme. So,…

Despite what everyone says, weddings aren’t really about the bride and groom.…

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

It’s been five years since director Boots Riley’s riot of a debut,…

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

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

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

Jane Giles and Ali Catterall’s documentary “Scala!!!” is about a legendary, notorious,…

There are bad movies, there are really bad movies, and then there’s…

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

“All Good Things” is based on one of those true stories like…

I wish I could erase “The American Society of Magical Negros” from…

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

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

Penny Lane has long been one of our most fascinating documentarians in…

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

Julia Louis-Dreyfus gives a performance of breathtaking vulnerability as the mother of…

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

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

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

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

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

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

There’s nothing original or particularly surprising about “Kalki 2898 AD,” a polished…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We are re-posting this review in honor of the re-release for the…

A lot of movies begin with poetic quotations, but “The Hurt Locker”…

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

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

There’s something so appropriately disheartening about a movie about The Beach Boys…

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

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

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

You can almost hear the elevator pitch: “Legally Blonde” in space, an…

There’s no shortage of films that consider the Holocaust or Israel’s founding. But…

There are enough interesting ideas and at least two confident performances holding…

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

Letitia Wright gives a quietly powerful performance in “Aisha” as a young…

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

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

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

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

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

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