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Review: Andrew Haigh's 'All of Us Strangers' is a haunting meditation on connection
Thursday, December 21, 2023
A haunting meditation on loneliness wrapped in a supernatural coming-of-age tale, Andrew Haigh's drama All of Us Strangers stars Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell and Claire Foy.
The new 'Wonka' film manages to not be too sweet
Friday, December 15, 2023
Bob Mondello shares his thoughts on Timothee Chalamet's rendition of a young Willy Wonka in the new prequel to the Roald Dahl film classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
First-time filmmaker Cord Jefferson's 'American Fiction' is both moving and hilarious
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Jeffrey Wright plays a frustrated author who writes an preposterously stereotypical "Black" book as a joke, only to have it become a bestseller in the comedy American Fiction.
Here are the Hollywood films that await this holiday season
Thursday, November 23, 2023
A selective preview of the potential awards contenders and wannabe blockbusters Hollywood has in store for the holidays.
With 'Barbie' leading the way, 2023 was a big year for women in film
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
2023 is becoming a banner year for women in film. Barbie's led the way, and lots of films are following.
'Rustin' tells the story of the man who helped make the March on Washington possible
Thursday, November 02, 2023
George C. Wolfe's biopic chronicles the work of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin in planning an executing the historic 1963 March on Washington.
Paul Giamatti is a prep-school teacher stuck supervising students in 'The Holdovers'
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Paul Giamatti plays a 1970s prep-school teacher reluctantly supervising students with nowhere to go for the Christmas holidays in Alexander Payne's dramedy, The Holdovers.
'Killers of the Flower Moon' is a monstrous story of greed, masterfully told
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Martin Scorsese's epic 3.5-hour dramatization of David Grann's true-life tragedy about the Osage Nation stars Lily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.
There is no excuse to let 'Anatomy of a Fall' fall through the cracks
Thursday, October 12, 2023
A novelist is accused of her husband's murder, and the only witness is their blind son in Justine Triet's Palme d'Or-winning film, Anatomy of a Fall.
'Carterland' puts a positive spin on an oft-disparaged presidency
Monday, October 02, 2023
Carterland depicts the one-term presidency of Jimmy Carter as an expansive and largely successful exercise in problem-solving.
Michael Gambon, Dumbledore in 'Harry Potter' films, dies at 82
Thursday, September 28, 2023
British-Irish actor Sir Michael Gambon has died at the age of 82. He was best known for his role as Dumbledore in the blockbuster franchise 'Harry Potter.'
'El Juicio (The Trial)' details the 1976-'83 Argentine dictatorship's reign of terror
Friday, September 22, 2023
Forty years after the fall of an Argentine military dictatorship that tortured and murdered tens of thousands of civilians, a video record of its trial has its U.S. premiere at Film Forum in New York.
Wonder where Hollywood's strikes are headed? Movies might offer a clue
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Hollywood has churned out films that depict labor organizers as communists, and labor bosses as gangsters. So it should come as no surprise that real-life negotiations with the studios are so tricky.
Here are the movies we can't wait to watch this fall
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
With no end in sight for the Hollywood strikes, we check in on the new releases for the fall. Our critics share their recommendations for more than 25 films coming out between now and Thanksgiving.
Craig Gillespie's 'Dumb Money' tells the story of the GameStop short squeeze
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Craig Gillespie's dramedy Dumb Money chronicles the 2021 Wall Street phenomenon known as the GameStop short squeeze, which pitted small investors against major hedge funds.
Some of the movies Hollywood has in store this fall
Monday, September 04, 2023
Even in a season strained by writers' and actors' strikes, Hollywood has a lot on its schedule before Thanksgiving.
Ice cream in Buenos Aires is more than a treat, it's a work of art
Monday, September 04, 2023
Everyone in Buenos Aires seems to be a fierce partisan when it comes to: soccer, cafes and ice cream parlors. The ice cream there is not just delicious — it's gorgeous.
Review: 'Scrapper' is a sort of adolescent coming-of-age story turned upside down
Thursday, August 24, 2023
In Scrapper, a plucky 12-year-old girl is living on her own, making rent money by stealing bicycles.
Indie sci-fi films 'The Pod Generation' and 'Jules' are grounded and intimate
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Science fiction often goes epic, but this week brings low-budget, low-key, indie sci-fi: The Pod Generation, which re-imagines pregnancy and Jules, about the alien sitting on Ben Kingsley's sofa.
2 new movies center on filmmakers who lead disruptive, messy lives
Friday, August 04, 2023
A pair of new indie films — Ira Sachs' Passages and Randall Park's Shortcomings — center their stories on filmmakers who espouse rigorous standards but lead messy lives.