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This chronicle of retired American cyclist Greg LeMond’s tiring, tumultuous return to…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Australian-born novelist and essayist Lily Brett is the daughter of Holocaust…

“Backspot” does for competitive cheerleading what “The Novice” did for rowing: It…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The first two-thirds of “A Sacrifice” are a largely leaden affair that…

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

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

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

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

When Alan Rickman portrays an egomaniacal, preening, heartless SOB, he seems to…

John Malkovich’s “The Dancer Upstairs” was filmed before 9/11, and is based…

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

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

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

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

Did you know that social media fosters toxic relationships among its users,…

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

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

Ethan Hawke attempts to breathe new life into the biopic structure with mixed results in “Wildcat.” What…

The notion that love could blossom in the most horrifying of places say,…

One of the most influential science fiction films that most people haven’t…

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

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

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

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

“Phone Booth” is a religious fable, a show biz fable, or both.…

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

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

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

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

The truly impressive slice of nightmare fuel, “Disappear Completely,” premiering on Netflix today…

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

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

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

In his latest movie “The Convert,” director and co-writer Lee Tamahori returns…

The personal essay film is a tricky genre, because when you get…

The hall porter is sent upstairs to repair a blocked toilet, and…

‘The Recruit” reveals that the training process of the Central Intelligence Agency…

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

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

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

On stage, comedians use their words to make their audience laugh, gasp,…

When does rooting for the damned stop being worthwhile or even productive?…

A few names stand out during the opening credits for “Destroy All…

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

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

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

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

Immigrant stories put a fresh frame around lives that native-born citizens don’t think…

Is there any scenario in which “Late Night with the Devil” could have…

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

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

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

“Strange Darling,” J.T. Mollner’s self-consciously edgy gotcha of a serial-killer thriller, is…

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

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

People like to speak about a golden era of movies—the precise dimensions…

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

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

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

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

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