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The new film is a shockingly bad take on a very important issue.
The new movie is a colossal failure of imagination.
The director and star explain how they made the heady, dread-filled creepfest.
Richard Jewell’s tagline says it’s about “the truth.” It’s not.
Adam Sandler, Charlize Theron, and Michael B. Jordan will all be on the big screen this month.
The film, a hit at Cannes earlier this year, blends passion, ghosts, and class rage.
New York’s most prestigious film festival can solidify a film’s awards chances and introduce it to an eager audience of devoted cinephiles.
Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci headline a long, winding movie that’s well worth the watch.
Americans love the legend of doomed young lovers on the run. In Queen & Slim, that love gets reexamined.
Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, and more star in the latest caper from Rian Johnson.
Disney used to always be looking forward. These days, it increasingly only looks back.
From con artists to cults, nonfiction cinema is rich right now.
In the Dream House grapples with finding ways to talk about an abusive relationship between two women.
The Mandalorian blends Star Wars, spaghetti Westerns, and prestige TV. It’s fine. But shouldn’t Disney+ want more than fine?
The documentary uses Stone’s story as a cipher for modern political history. It’s a horror show.
Errol Morris puts Bannon’s self-mythologizing on full display.
The adaptation, starring Kerry Washington, doesn’t land. But it might signal new things for the streaming giant.
The latest in the franchise takes a close look at its roots — and challenges them.
In André Aciman’s new novel, Elio and Oliver reunite at last. Eventually.
Damon Lindelof — of Lost and The Leftovers fame — shifts perspectives on the acclaimed comic.
Meryl Streep leads a star-studded cast in an uneven, but illuminating, tale of real-life corruption, directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Twin brothers tell their harrowing story in a documentary about memory, trauma, and silence.
The original cast of Zombieland reunites for more undead slaughter in a sequel that feels like a time capsule.
YA superstar Bardugo explores the occult side of Yale’s secret societies in her first adult novel.
Walter White’s moral arc shaped Breaking Bad. But El Camino is shaped by Jesse’s.
We should be worried.
This movie really wants you to know it ain’t your daddy’s Shakespeare.
The film wastes Natalie Portman in the process.
The comedian starts his comeback tour by playing the “godfather of rap.”
The Golden Compass’ Lyra is now 20, sadder, and maybe not wiser.
From Joker to Jojo Rabbit, The Lighthouse to a new Zombieland, here are the movies to see this month.
The new comedy-drama marks Ryan Murphy’s Netflix debut and may be the Rosetta Stone we need for his work.
Judy faces Judy Garland’s tragedy head on — and then takes the easy way out
This sweetly romantic YA romp isn’t as subversive as its predecessor. It’s still enormous fun.
Coates’s debut novel has exquisite sentences and ideas, but the rest is a mess.
The Year of the Monkey is about 2016, and the intertwining of personal and national grief.
The season nine premiere gave classic ’80s horror tropes a workout. (Because aerobics, get it?!)
Slow, gorgeous, and unnerving, the movie gives a distinctly modern answer to man’s search for the divine.
Not every movie at the Toronto International Film Festival is big and buzzy. Here are five you’ll want to know about.