How Airlines Pick the Movies on Your Flights
Sure, everyone likes “Barbie.” But who knew that “Cats” would be a hit at 35,000 feet?
December 22, 2024
For Pedro Almodóvar’s Movies, the Poster Tells Its Own Story
The filmmaker has long collaborated with the graphic designer Juan Gatti to make alluring posters for his films, including one for his latest, “The Room Next Door.”
December 21, 2024
Kyle Mooney on Divorced-Dad Music
The “Saturday Night Live” alum and director of the new horror-comedy movie “Y2K” talks yacht rock, Cheez-Its and “cat” videos.
December 21, 2024
Marisa Paredes, Acclaimed in Almodóvar Films, Is Dead at 78
An esteemed Spanish actress, she was best known for her work in Pedro Almodóvar’s movies like “All About My Mother.” But their relationship was stormy.
December 20, 2024
Watch Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton Connect in ‘The Room Next Door’
The writer and director Pedro Almodóvar narrates a bittersweet sequence between the two at a luxurious home.
December 20, 2024
‘The Room Next Door’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Pedro Almodóvar narrates a sequence from his film starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton.
December 20, 2024
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
In this month’s sci-fi picks, time loops, zombie apocalypses and robot/dog friendships.
December 20, 2024
‘Elton John: Never Too Late’ Burnishes a Career (but Charmingly)
The star is in positive, future-looking mode in this Disney+ documentary, directed by his husband, David Furnish, and R.J. Cutler.
December 20, 2024
7 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
December 20, 2024
Meet the Director Who Reinvented the Act of Seeing
In “Nickel Boys,” RaMell Ross uses what he calls “sentient perspective” to convey the characters’ view of their world. Critics say the result is stunning.
December 20, 2024
One of the Most Unpredictable Actresses of the ’70s Is Back From Exile
Jessica Harper made risky moves (“Suspiria” over “Annie Hall”), then took time off for family. Her “Nightbitch” role is a nod to her career choices.
December 20, 2024
Movie Shelved After Jonathan Majors’s Arrest Gets Release Date
Before the actor was charged with assault, “Magazine Dreams” generated Oscar buzz for his performance as a bodybuilder. The movie is now scheduled to reach theaters in March.
December 19, 2024
‘The Brutalist’ Review: Ambitions Unbound
Adrien Brody stars as a talented architect who flees postwar Europe to meet his match in America, a power-hungry industrialist played by Guy Pearce.
December 19, 2024
‘The Six Triple Eight’ Review: Tyler Perry Salutes the Greatest Generation
Kerry Washington leads a female postal battalion on a moving mission in this World War II drama.
December 19, 2024
‘Homestead’ Review: A Home Away From Armageddon
The moment these Doomsday preppers have been waiting for has arrived, and from within their secure compound they’re confronting unexpected complications.
December 19, 2024
‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ Review: Life Comes at You Fast
Keanu Reeves steps in as Shadow, while Jim Carrey doubles his fun as Robotnik in this action-adventure comedy.
December 19, 2024
‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Review: Squeaking, Not Roaring
This wan photorealistic prequel to a remake, the latest addition to the Disney juggernaut, was directed by Barry Jenkins of “Moonlight” fame.
December 19, 2024
‘The Room Next Door’ Review: A Life Worth Leaving
Pedro Almodóvar’s moving drama stars Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton as friends facing mortality together.
December 19, 2024
‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ Review: Mission Impeccable
Stirringly acted and gorgeously filmed, this swashbuckler leaves previous versions of Dumas’s famous revenge saga in the dust.
December 19, 2024
Which Films Will Be Nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars?
You can expect the A-B-C-D-E movies (“Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “Conclave,” “Dune: Part Two” and “Emilia Pérez”). But what will join them?
December 18, 2024
‘Didi,’ ‘Janet Planet’ and the Year’s Great Under-the-Radar Streaming Films
Here are just a few of the year’s finest indies, documentaries and international selections, available to stream at this very minute.
December 18, 2024
Documentaries Ripped From the Headlines Are Becoming Harder to See
Films about Israel and a union drive at Amazon are acclaimed Oscar hopefuls. But they are largely unavailable to American audiences.
December 18, 2024
What Is a New York Movie? In 2024, the Definition Changed.
Whether it was “A Complete Unknown” with 1960s Greenwich Village or “Anora” with present-day Brooklyn, filmmakers put new frames around the city.
December 18, 2024
‘Emilia Pérez’ Makes a Strong Showing on the Oscar Shortlists
The musical appears twice for best song, along with big names like Pharrell Williams and Elton John. “Wicked” is potentially up for best score.
December 17, 2024
New Berlin Film Festival Director Walks a Tightrope Over Israel
Can the event’s American-born leader reinvigorate the festival and maintain its commitment to open debate while satisfying German lawmakers?
December 17, 2024
‘Star Trek II’ and ‘Dirty Dancing’ Join National Film Registry
The movies, along with “Uptown Saturday Night,” “Mi Familia” and “The Social Network,” are among the 25 selected by the Librarian of Congress.
December 17, 2024
Tackling the Difficult Subject at the Heart of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
A festival devoted to the film usually focuses on its comforting message. This year, it also underscored suicide prevention.
December 17, 2024
When ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Gets the Anime Treatment
“The War of the Rohirrim” is the latest and most high-profile anime adaptation of a Western franchise to hit screens big and small.
December 15, 2024
‘Home Alone’ Hits the Road, With Macaulay Culkin. ‘Filthy Animals’ Cheer.
In Chicago, where the suburbs served as locations, a showing of the film featured an appearance by the star. Delighted fans made their devotion known.
December 14, 2024
Richard Gere Calls ‘Blonde on Blonde’ His All-Time Favorite
“He’s our Picasso,” the actor said of Bob Dylan.
December 14, 2024
This Director’s Family Story Became Her Latest Movie
Maura Delpero’s film “Vermiglio,” which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, is inspired by her own family in Italy during World War II.
December 13, 2024
When Coming to America, European Directors Sometimes Get Lost in Translation
The history of European directors “going Hollywood” and making the leap to English-language filmmaking is long and uneven.
December 13, 2024
Five International Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include an Irish drama about a pirate-queen, a found-footage movie made from lost Palestinian films, a coming-of-age thriller from Mexico and more.
December 13, 2024
What to Know About ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’
You don’t have to know an orc from a Mumakil to enjoy the new animated adventure, though it’ll certainly help.
December 13, 2024
What ‘Wicked’ Has to Say About Our Current Political Moment
By breaking the story into two movies, the emphasis in “Part One” shifts to a nation’s potential decline into authoritarianism. Sound familiar?
December 13, 2024
5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a sequel to a 1980s Tim Burton classic and an animated tale of a Christmas nearly gone wrong.
December 13, 2024
10 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
December 13, 2024
Who Better to Explore the Mysteries of the Brain Than Werner Herzog?
In “Theater of Thought,” he talks to scientists and other experts about consciousness, quantum computing and whether parrots understand human speech.
December 13, 2024
‘Kraven the Hunter’ Review: A Seriously Silly Movie
Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s buff Marvel hero is overshadowed by unabashedly fun villains.
December 13, 2024
‘Carry-On’ Review: Travel Nightmares Amplified
In this tense thriller, Taron Egerton plays a T.S.A. agent who goes up against an implacable terrorist (Jason Bateman). The man has a funny idea of what he wants to bring on a plane.
December 13, 2024
‘September 5’ Review: When the Munich Games Changed Our News
Tim Fehlbaum’s journalism procedural, starring Peter Sarsgaard, tracks the broadcast coverage of the terrorist attack at the 1972 Olympics.
December 12, 2024
‘Dirty Angels’ Review: Women on a Mission
In this heavy-handed action movie, Eva Green plays a Marine who leads a squad trying to rescue schoolgirls in Afghanistan.
December 12, 2024
‘Young Werther’ Review: Updating an 18th-Century Love Triangle
This charming film, starring Douglas Booth and Alison Pill, bridges the gap between Goethe’s novel and the adaptation’s modern city setting.
December 12, 2024
‘The Man in the White Van’ Review: Sleazy Rider
In this derivative thriller, set in the early 1970s, young women are stalked by an anonymous killer.
December 12, 2024
‘Nickel Boys’ Review: Childhood’s Brutal End
This visually inventive adaptation of a Colson Whitehead novel follows two boys at an abusive school in Jim Crow-era Florida.
December 12, 2024
‘Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’ Review: Side Quest
This anime adaptation, drawn from Tolkien’s appendices, focuses on a shield maiden, but mostly it serves as an excuse to revisit Middle-earth.
December 12, 2024
‘Endless Summer Syndrome’ Review: Who’s Lying?
In this sun-dappled French psychological thriller, a lawyer receives a call accusing her husband of having an affair with one of their children.
December 12, 2024
Sundance Film Festival Unveils a Lineup Heavy on Politics
The annual event also makes room for a remake of the musical “Kiss of the Spider Woman” and the return of Justin Lin.
December 11, 2024
‘Maria’ Review: A Diva in Decline
Angelina Jolie plays the opera star Maria Callas in a movie that can’t figure her out.
December 11, 2024
The Best Genre Movies of 2024
We look at the finest in science fiction, horror, action and international films, all available to stream.
December 11, 2024
Sex, Death, and Nicole Kidman
Between her experience on “Babygirl” and her mother’s death, the star has come to understand a lot about women in unfulfilled lives.
December 11, 2024
‘The Bibi Files’ Review: The Case Against Netanyahu
This documentary about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel looks at the corruption investigation and his enduring grip on the government.
December 11, 2024
‘Nature of the Crime’ Review: Yearning for a Second Chance
Two incarcerated men navigate parole boards in a documentary that asks the question: Should the guiding principle of criminal justice be retribution or rehabilitation?
December 10, 2024
‘It’s Not Me’ Review: Entering the Mind of Leos Carax
This personal film is a dynamic, even chaotic, collage of moments that bring the director back to his beginnings.
December 10, 2024
It’s Ariana Grande vs. Selena Gomez at the Oscars, at Least in Fans’ Minds
Stan armies are waging war over which pop star is the “better” actor. Movie lovers used to awards-season maneuvering haven’t seen anything like this.
December 10, 2024
Elaine May Makes a Rare Appearance to Talk About ‘Mikey and Nicky’
At a screening of the gangster tale starring Peter Falk and John Cassavetes, the director recalls her battle with Paramount to get the film released.
December 9, 2024
Golden Globes 2025 Snubs and Surprises: Danielle Deadwyler, ‘The Substance’ and More
Female directors were well-represented, while “Dune: Part Two” and “Sing Sing” didn’t do as well as expected.
December 9, 2024
‘Emilia Pérez’ Tops Golden Globe Nominations
The movie received 10 nods, leading the field. Angelina Jolie, Timothée Chalamet, Pamela Anderson and Zendaya drew acting nominations.
December 9, 2024
Golden Globes 2025: The Full List of Nominees
The movies and TV series competing for the 82nd Golden Globe Awards. The ceremony will air on Jan. 5.
December 9, 2024
Silvia Pinal, Golden Age Star of Mexican Cinema, Is Dead
She found outsize success in her native land and gained international recognition for her work with the acclaimed Spanish surrealist director Luis Buñuel.
December 7, 2024
Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a sneaky serial killer, a boy’s vengeance quest and a holiday house of horrors.
December 6, 2024
Watch the Stirring Climax of ‘The Piano Lesson’
The director Malcolm Washington narrates a sequence from the film featuring Danielle Deadwyler.
December 6, 2024
‘The Piano Lesson’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The director Malcolm Washington narrates a sequence from his film, featuring Danielle Deadwyler.
December 6, 2024
12 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
December 6, 2024
Amy Adams, Marielle Heller and How ‘Nightbitch’ Speaks to Women
They set out to subvert expectations for depictions of motherhood. “There’s conscientious discomfort,” Heller says. Reactions have been polarized.
December 6, 2024
‘Obsessed With Light’ and the Dancer We All Should Know
The film argues that Loie Fuller was an inventive artist responsible for things we take for granted. If only the movie were as creative as its star.
December 6, 2024
In the ’90s, She Was a Surprise Oscar Nominee. It May Happen Again.
Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s lead role in “Hard Truths,” directed by Mike Leigh, is her most substantial onscreen role since “Secrets and Lies” earned them Academy Award nominations in 1997.
December 6, 2024
‘Mary’ Review: An Epic Biopic for the Mother of God
No genre gesture goes untapped in this Netflix film, a coming-of-age saga about the Virgin Mary featuring Anthony Hopkins as King Herod.
December 6, 2024
‘Hard Truths’ Review: Mike Leigh’s Brutal Comedy
The British director casts the superb Marianne Jean-Baptiste in the role of an excruciatingly lonely character whose pain reveals hidden depths.
December 5, 2024
‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story’ Review: A Legend and His Kryptonite
The original Superman actor gets a comprehensive, if narrow-mindedly celebratory, tribute in this traditional talking-heads-style doc.
December 5, 2024
‘The Return’ Review: Homer, for the Holidays
Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche burn through the screen in this grim take on the homecoming of Odysseus.
December 5, 2024
‘The Order’ Review: Catch Him if You Can
The thriller, about a white supremacist (Nicholas Hoult) and the killing of a real-life radio host, among other crimes, hits familiar genre beats.
December 5, 2024
‘Lake George’ Review: An Odd Couple Crime Comedy
A stoic former convict reluctantly teams up with his would-be victim in this off-kilter film by Jeffrey Reiner.
December 5, 2024
‘The Girl With the Needle’ Review: A Series of Unfortunate Events
This grim and exceptionally stylish film centers on a Danish woman who becomes tied up in the black-market baby trade.
December 5, 2024
‘Day of the Fight’ Review: Innovating an Old Cliché
Revisiting a boxing classic, and honoring a filmmaking legend.
December 5, 2024
‘Bona’: A Filipina Superstar Wreaks Vengeance in a Two-Fisted Melodrama
Recently rediscovered and now digitally restored, Lino Brocka’s 1980 movie, starring Nora Aunor, opens for a week at Metrograph.
December 5, 2024
‘Y2K’ Review: Dying Like It’s 1999
A computer glitch makes electronics go haywire in this zany and nostalgic horror-comedy from the comedian Kyle Mooney.
December 5, 2024
‘Unstoppable’ Review: A Fearless Athlete, at Home and Away
In “Unstoppable” a focused Jharrel Jerome stars as Anthony Robles, who won a 2011 NCAA wrestling title and was born with one leg.
December 5, 2024
‘Oh, Canada’ Review: The Confession Booth
Richard Gere and Jacob Elordi star in Paul Schrader’s meditative drama about guilt and seeking forgiveness.
December 5, 2024
‘Nightbitch’ Review: Motherhood, Woof
Amy Adams plays a stay-at-home mom who comes to believe that she’s a dog in Marielle Heller’s adaptation of the Rachel Yoder novel.
December 5, 2024
‘The End’ Review: It’s All Come to This
Joshua Oppenheimer’s postapocalyptic musical about a wealthy family in an underground bunker is placidly disturbing.
December 5, 2024
When a Baby Killer Isn’t a Straightforward Villain
The real-life murderer who inspired “The Girl With the Needle” was “a monster,” said the actress who plays her, “but the movie is also about showing you her struggles.”
December 5, 2024
We Wish You a Streaming Christmas
From “Our Little Secret” to “The Merry Gentlemen,” a roundup of several holiday movies to stream this season.
December 4, 2024
Kieran Culkin Could Rule Oscar Season. He’d Rather Be at Home.
The “Succession” actor is an awards front-runner for “A Real Pain,” but his actual priority is being a dad: “That’s the whole point of life.”
December 4, 2024
‘A Different Man’ and ‘Sing Sing’ Rule the Gotham Awards
The kickoff to awards season has a mixed record but can help lift small films like the two surprise winners.
December 3, 2024
‘A Wonderful Wit’: Woody Allen on Working With Marshall Brickman
In an interview, Mr. Allen describes the years he spent collaborating with Mr. Brickman, a friend, on beloved movies. Mr. Brickman died on Friday.
December 2, 2024
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December 2, 2024
The ‘Wicked’ Practice of Taking Pictures of the Movie Screen
Why are so many people snapping photos and taking videos at the movies? Will this trend ever go away?
December 1, 2024
Marshall Brickman, Woody Allen’s Co-Writer on Hit Films, Dies at 85
The duo won an Oscar for “Annie Hall.” Mr. Brickman went on to write Broadway shows, including “Jersey Boys,” and make movies of his own.
December 1, 2024
Best Movies of 2024
Our film critics rank their 10 favorites this year.
November 30, 2024
How ‘Death Becomes Her’ Changed the Way Movies Look
The loony 1992 comedy’s visual effects broke new ground (along with Meryl Streep’s neck). With the film’s Broadway musical adaptation, a look at its enduring legacy.
November 30, 2024
Juliette Binoche Is Taking Christian Louboutin to the Theater
“I’ve seen this play three times, and it’s five and a half hours long,” said the actress, who stars in the new movie “The Return.”
November 30, 2024
Auli’i Cravalho Is More Than a Disney Princess
“Moana” made her a breakout star. Now Cravalho, at 24, is back in the sequel, while also making her Broadway debut and embracing edgier parts.
November 30, 2024
Earl Holliman, Rugged, and Familiar, Screen Presence, Dies at 96
While never a big star, he was a recognizable one, with roles in “The Twilight Zone,” “Giant,” “Forbidden Planet” and the 1970s series “Police Woman.”
November 29, 2024
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a martial arts face-off, a hijacked plane and killer zombies.
November 29, 2024
Looking for Quality Indie Cinema? Try Ovid.
The streaming service is a great place for independent films off the beaten path.
November 29, 2024
Three Great Documentaries to Stream
Picks this month include two films about life under troubled governments and one about life under a demanding filmmaker.
November 29, 2024
6 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
November 29, 2024
The Great Gags From ‘Airplane!’ and More
With the death of Jim Abrahams, one third of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker writing and directing trio, a look at some of the funniest moments from their key films.
November 28, 2024
‘Sweethearts’ Review: Friends Without Benefits
Two college freshmen conspire to simultaneously dump their exes in Jordan Weiss’s unremarkable debut feature.
November 28, 2024
‘Reinas’ Review: Memories of Lima
The political turmoil of Peru in the 1990s serves as the backdrop for this intimate domestic drama about growing up and learning to let go.
November 28, 2024
‘Nutcrackers’ Review: Christmas With a Crank
Ben Stiller stars in a tonally bumpy comedy with genre roots in Hallmark territory.
November 28, 2024
‘Beatles ’64’ Review: They Wanted to Hold Their Hands
This documentary, directed by David Tedeschi, comes up with a solid compendium of the band’s arcana from their first trip to the United States, when fans went wild.
November 28, 2024
Jim Abrahams, 80, Dies; a Mastermind of ‘Airplane!’ and ‘Naked Gun’
Along with his fellow filmmakers David and Jerry Zucker, he revolutionized film comedy with a straight-faced, fast-paced style of parody.
November 28, 2024
‘Queer’ Review: The Seductive, Damaged Charm of Daniel Craig
The star kills off his Bond to inhabit a dissolute American expat in Luca Guadagnino’s handsome adaptation of the William S. Burroughs novella.
November 27, 2024
Watch Ariana Grande Swing From a Chandelier in ‘Wicked’
The director Jon M. Chu narrates the musical scene, also featuring Cynthia Erivo, where Grande performs the song “Popular.”
November 27, 2024
‘Wicked’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The director Jon M. Chu narrates a scene in “Wicked” that features the song “Popular,” with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo.
November 27, 2024
‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Review: When the World Is a Prison
Mohammad Rasoulof’s powerful drama about the authoritarian Iranian government breaks a fourth wall, with consequences.
November 27, 2024
‘Moana 2’ Review: It Doesn’t Rock the Boat
In this benign sequel, the Disney princess continues her seafaring ways and remains admirably uninterested in finding a prince.
November 27, 2024
With ‘The Piano Lesson,’ Danielle Deadwyler Goes Even Deeper
After breaking through with “Till,” the actress delivers another formidable performance. Still, when it comes to Hollywood, she’d rather keep some distance.
November 27, 2024
How ‘September 5’ Recreates a Historic News Broadcast
The drama chronicles the 1972 Munich Olympics attack from ABC Sports’ point of view, a perspective that resonates today. But the film arrives at a fraught time.
November 27, 2024
‘Wicked’ and the Merchandising Juggernaut That Eclipses ‘Barbie’
The new movie’s tie-ins are the logical endpoint for a Broadway show that always intended to be huge.
November 26, 2024
Should I Sit Through the Movie’s Closing Credits?
The film has ended, but the names of the many people who worked on it are rolling across the screen. Do you stick around?
November 25, 2024
Lucy Liu Thinks It’s Important to Make a Mess Sometimes
“That’s how creative things happen,” said the actress, one of the stars of the holiday film “Red One.”
November 23, 2024
Jonathan Majors Settles Assault and Defamation Lawsuit by Ex-Girlfriend
Mr. Majors was criminally convicted last year of assaulting and harassing Grace Jabbari, who then sued him in March.
November 22, 2024
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a heart-wrenching animated Filipino film, a yeasty savior and the return of Carrie-Anne Moss.
November 22, 2024
9 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
November 22, 2024
6 New Documentaries Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual viewer or certified fan of the genre, our reviewers think these documentaries are worth knowing about.
November 22, 2024
Creating New Cinematic Languages, Without Words
“Flow” is the latest dialogue-free animated film to look to movement and sound to express its characters’ emotions.
November 22, 2024
The Complexities of Fighting for Democracy
“Night Is Not Eternal,” which follows the Cuban activist Rosa María Payá, is the rare nuanced political documentary that is likely to challenge every viewer’s perspective.
November 22, 2024
Jon M. Chu Waited 20 Years for the Chance to Direct ‘Wicked’
He never doubted it would work as a movie. He just hoped he would be the one to film it: “I have my own experiences with being green.”
November 22, 2024
‘Spellbound’ Review: Borrowed Wonder
Any magic this animated musical has feels distinctly, almost insultingly poached.
November 22, 2024
‘Gladiator II’ Review: Thumb’s Up!
Denzel Washington’s performance shows skill, intensity and absolute confidence in Ridley Scott’s pleasurably immersive epic about ancient Roman fighters.
November 21, 2024
‘Witches’ Review: Redeeming the Wicked Witch
The director Elizabeth Sankey’s experience with postpartum depression anchors this documentary about the pop-cultural representation of witches.
November 21, 2024
‘Sabbath Queen’ Review: Capturing the Act of Questioning
Sandi DuBowski’s documentary about Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie observes the making of a Jewish identity.
November 21, 2024
‘A Traveler’s Needs’ Review: Language Lessons
Iris (Isabelle Huppert), a stranger who teaches French in Seoul, is at the center of an enigmatic film by Hong Sang-soo.
November 21, 2024
‘Porcelain War’ Review: A Defiant Dispatch From Ukraine
A new documentary follows artists in wartime, on and off the battlefield.
November 21, 2024
‘Out of My Mind’ Review: Schooling a Teacher
In this film adaptation of Sharon M. Draper’s novel, a nonverbal sixth-grader with cerebral palsy holds her own.
November 21, 2024
‘Joy’ Review: The Humans Behind I.V.F.
Thomasin McKenzie plays an unheralded pioneer of in vitro fertilization in a new biography.
November 21, 2024
‘Flow’ Review: A Cat’s Life
A cat, a dog and a capybara embark on an epic adventure in this earnest and refreshingly unconventional animated film.
November 21, 2024
‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found’ Review: Chronicling Apartheid and Beyond
Raoul Peck looks at the compelling South African photographer, who died in 1990, whose work gets a second life onscreen.
November 21, 2024
‘Bread & Roses’ Review: A Spirit of Resistance
Three Afghan women struggle for rights in Sahra Mani’s documentary of life under Taliban rule today.
November 21, 2024
‘The Black Sea’ Review: Bulgarian Dreams
In this quietly sweet indie, a Black Brooklynite finds himself stranded in a Bulgarian seaside town, where he finds unlikely redemption.
November 21, 2024
‘Wicked’ Review: We’re Off to See the Witches
Cynthia Erivo is the strongest draw in this splashy, overly long movie, which is the first installment in a two-part adaptation of the Broadway show.
November 21, 2024
‘The Piano Lesson’ Review: Ghosts in the Instrument
This film adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play falters in some specifics, but is still vital viewing.
November 21, 2024
‘A Photographic Memory’ Review: The Imperfect Past
A daughter hunts for the mother she never knew in an extraordinary, elegiac documentary.
November 21, 2024
‘Wicked’ Fans Singing in Movie Theaters Are Anything but Popular
Some fans who have attended early screenings of the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical have treated it as a singalong. Not everyone is thrilled.
November 20, 2024
‘Tuesday,’ ‘The Killer’ and More Streaming Gems
This month’s under-the-radar streaming recommendations include an underrated horror-comedy, an action thrill ride, and two vehicles each for two of our most talented actresses.
November 20, 2024
The Reintroduction of Daniel Craig
His vulnerable performance in “Queer” may surprise fans of the former Bond star, but it’s a return to the sexually daring films he used to make.
November 20, 2024
Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust,’ Marked by Tragedy, Holds Premiere in Poland
The film, whose cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, was killed in a shooting on the set, was screened at a festival devoted to cinematography.
November 20, 2024
‘Barbenheimer’ Ruled the Box Office. Can ‘Glicked’ Recapture the Magic?
“Wicked” and “Gladiator II” both open Friday, and some fans hope to rekindle the excitement that greeted last year’s simultaneous openings of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.”
November 19, 2024
Quincy Jones Receives Posthumous Oscar, and Daughter Gives His Speech
At the Governors Awards, Rashida Jones spoke on behalf of her father, who died earlier this month at the age of 91.
November 18, 2024
Watch Zoe Saldaña Confront Corrupt Politicians in ‘Emilia Pérez’
The director Jacques Audiard narrates the star’s passionate musical performance from the film.
November 15, 2024
‘Emilia Pérez’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The director Jacques Audiard narrates a sequence from his film featuring Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón.
November 15, 2024
Five International Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include coming-of-age stories from India, Italy, Canada, Switzerland and Poland, in which children and teens learn truths about adulthood the hard way.
November 15, 2024
6 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
November 15, 2024
How a Director Who Dislikes Musicals Came to Make ‘Emilia Pérez’
For the filmmaker Jacques Audiard, creating a movie musical meant learning the genre conventions from scratch.
November 15, 2024
A Songwriter for Earth, Wind & Fire and ‘Friends’? That’s Just the Start.
“The World According to Allee Willis” shines a light on a musical artist whose creative spirit wasn’t limited to one genre or even to music.
November 15, 2024
‘All We Imagine as Light’ Review: Tender Comrades
In Payal Kapadia’s extraordinary drama, three women in Mumbai search for connections amid the city’s vibrant and darkly alienating churn.
November 14, 2024
‘Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes’ Review: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
A new documentary traces Humphrey Bogart’s development from stage actor to the embodiment of brooding cinematic cool.
November 14, 2024
‘Red One’ Review: Santa’s Helpers Have Been Working Out
Starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, this Christmas offering has the courage to ask: What if the Santa Claus story was like a Marvel movie?
November 14, 2024
‘Dream Team’ Review: Fax on the Beach
Nothing really makes sense in this homage to ’90s cable thrillers, but that’s sort of the point.
November 14, 2024
‘Emilia Pérez’ Review: A Crime Boss Who Can Sing and Dance
The star of Jacques Audiard’s showy new musical about a trans Mexican drug lord, Karla Sofía Gascón, adds soul to the melodrama. Zoe Saldaña also shines.
November 13, 2024
Why the Messy Cardinals of ‘Conclave’ Make for Great Memes
Thanks to characters we recognize from reality TV, the Vatican intrigues have jumped from stuffy prestige drama to the social-media scrum.
November 13, 2024
‘Hot Frosty’ Review: The 8 Abs of Christmas
A hunky snowman comes to life in this Netflix holiday rom-com that strikes a certain muscle tone.
November 13, 2024
‘Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands’ Review: The Wrong Stuff
The boy band stories in Tamra Davis’s documentary rarely intersect in a way that builds a meaningful or compelling perspective.
November 12, 2024
Mattel Mistakenly Lists Porn Site on Packaging for ‘Wicked’ Dolls
The site has a similar address to one that promotes a film adaptation of the hit musical. The toymaker apologized for the “unfortunate error.”
November 11, 2024
Still Freddy After All These Years
With the release of “A Nightmare on Elm Street” 40 years ago, the horror villain Freddy Krueger clawed his way to becoming a pop culture phenomenon.
November 10, 2024
Tony Todd, Prolific Actor Best Known for ‘Candyman,’ Dies at 69
Mr. Todd’s decades-long career spanned across mediums and genres, but he was largely associated with a scary figure summoned in front of a mirror.
November 9, 2024
58 Movies to Watch This Winter: Bob Dylan Biopic, ‘Moana 2’ and More
From life stories (“A Complete Unknown,” “The Fire Inside”) to animated tales (“Moana 2,” “Mufasa”), these are the films we can’t wait to see this season.
November 9, 2024
$7 Million Deal Is Reached for Upper West Side Movie Theater
A nonprofit group has reached an agreement to buy the shuttered Metro Theater from its owners, but the deal is contingent on raising the money by the end of the year.
November 8, 2024
Jonathan Haze, Star of ‘The Little Shop of Horrors,’ Dies at 95
Best known for his star turn in the cult film about a flesh-eating plant, he was a go-to member of the low-budget auteur Roger Corman’s repertory company.
November 8, 2024
‘Hippo’ Review: This Coming-of-Age Tale Can Go
Trafficking in irreverence, the film follows a pair of stepsiblings with sexual tension.
November 8, 2024
Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include 2000s nostalgia, feminist thrills and the one and only Corey Feldman.
November 8, 2024
Watch Mikey Madison Take a Mansion Tour in ‘Anora’
The writer, director and editor Sean Baker narrates an early sequence from his film, which also features Mark Eydelshteyn.
November 8, 2024
‘Anora’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The writer, director and editor Sean Baker narrates a sequence from his comedy featuring Mikey Madison and Mark Eydelshteyn.
November 8, 2024
10 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
November 8, 2024
5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include sequels galore and an animated adventure out of Canada.
November 8, 2024
Netflix and Lifetime Ask: What if Christmas Movies Were Sexy?
With “Hot Frosty,” “The Merry Gentlemen” and “A Carpenter Christmas Romance,” holiday fare is headed in a shirtless new direction.
November 8, 2024
A Chinese Homecoming Story That’s Universal
In the finale of Wang Bing’s nonfiction trilogy, garment-factory workers return to their families and wrestle with the questions all young people do.
November 8, 2024
The Clint Squint
When Clint Eastwood narrows his eyes, pay attention. A master of the big screen is using them to convey seduction, intimidation, mystery and more.
November 7, 2024
‘The Last Rifleman’ Review: A World War II Veteran Hits the Road
Pierce Brosnan plays a man who sneaks out of his retirement home to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in this charming, but corny drama.
November 7, 2024
‘Meanwhile on Earth’ Review: Outer Space and Inner Turmoil
A bereaved young woman faces terrible choices in this dreamily uncertain blend of science fiction and moral philosophy.
November 7, 2024
‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’ Review: Home for the Holidays
Tyler Taormina’s third theatrical feature is a lightly nostalgic ensemble piece set on Long Island.
November 7, 2024
‘Il Grido’: Love and Loss in Italy’s Po River Valley
Long overshadowed by Michelangelo Antonioni’s later work, this feature, newly restored, is being revived at Film Forum, complete with once-censored scenes.
November 7, 2024
‘Small Things Like These’ Review: The Fears of a Watchful Father
Cillian Murphy of “Oppenheimer” fame plays an Irishman interrogating a system of abuse and forced labor, despite everyone’s warnings to look the other way.
November 7, 2024
‘Heretic’ Review: Hugh Grant Puts His Charm to Fiendish Use
In wily, vamping style, the actor plays a friendly neighbor to two missionaries before turning his home into a horror-filled slaughterhouse.
November 7, 2024
‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ Review: How It Got So Great
The film, based on a 1972 children’s book by Barbara Robinson, tells the story of an unlikely group of kids stunning a small town for the holidays.
November 7, 2024
‘Bird’ Review: In Search of Safety
Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski star in a film about a preteen girl who longs for a stability she’s never experienced.
November 7, 2024
With ‘Gladiator II,’ Ridley Scott Returns to the Arena
The director speaks his mind on rejected sequel ideas, Joaquin Phoenix’s plan to quit the original and working with a “fractious” Denzel Washington.
November 7, 2024
‘Elevation’ Review: A High Place
Humans flee monsters who refuse to surpass 8,000 feet in altitude in this “Quiet Place” copycat.
November 6, 2024
‘Meet Me Next Christmas’ Review: An a Cappella Affair to Remember
This Netflix Christmas rom-com inexplicably wants to remind viewers that the group Pentatonix still exists.
November 6, 2024
‘Pedro Páramo’ Review: A Ghost Story Lacking in Spirit
In this grave adaptation of Juan Rulfo’s surreal novel, the living pray for salvation and the dead murmur regrets, but the filmmaking is oddly orthodox.
November 6, 2024
All Hail the Theater Kid! (We Mean That Sincerely.)
For stars like Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga, showmanship is a virtue. That’s a big change from the days when Anne Hathaway was vilified for her effortful work.
November 6, 2024
A ‘Wicked’ Tearful Talk With Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande
The stars of the new movie reflect on their long ride together, getting through Covid and the actors’ strike, and avoiding “playing to the green.”
November 6, 2024
Filmmaker’s Private Archive Rekindles Debate Over Her Nazi Ties
Recent access to Leni Riefenstahl’s estate has prompted new discussions in Germany about her politics and a reconsideration of her photographs of the Nuba people in Sudan.
November 6, 2024
For ‘Dinner in America,’ a Surprise Theatrical Run Is Dessert
The film became popular on TikTok two years after its quiet initial release. Now, it’s getting a second chance in movie theaters.
November 5, 2024
How ‘Blitz’ Recreates War-Torn London
Steve McQueen’s latest film, set in 1940 during Germany’s bombardment of the British capital, draws extensively from wartime photos, and much of it was shot outside London.
November 4, 2024
Stream These 9 Titles Before They Leave Netflix This Month
A slew of great movies and TV shows are leaving Netflix for U.S. subscribers in November. Here’s a roundup of the best.
November 1, 2024
Watch a Nightclub Scene in ‘Blitz’
The writer and director Steve McQueen discusses a sequence set in the Café de Paris in London.
November 1, 2024
‘Blitz’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The writer and director Steve McQueen narrates a sequence from his film set in London during World War II.
November 1, 2024
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include female assassins, a quirky French thief and crooked cops.
November 1, 2024
Tom Hanks and Robin Wright Open a New Box
The “Forrest Gump” stars were game to reunite with Robert Zemeckis for the technical experiment of “Here.” De-aging? A static camera? They weren’t fazed.
November 1, 2024
8 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
November 1, 2024
Luther Vandross and the Sound That Could Fill Hearts, or Break Them
He was hounded by a fat-phobic press, but as Dawn Porter’s new documentary shows, he was a transformational presence from the start.
November 1, 2024
4 Surprising Things We Learned From the John Williams Documentary
A new Disney+ film about the prolific film composer chronicles his life and career, with a focus on his famous music for movies including “Jaws” and “Star Wars.”
November 1, 2024
A Prickly Martha Stewart Makes for a Bracing Netflix Portrait
“Martha,” from R.J. Cutler, argues that she was ahead of her time. But though she sits for a lengthy interview, this isn’t hagiography.
November 1, 2024
What to Know About ‘The Apprentice,’ the Controversial Donald Trump Biopic
The film, now available on demand, followed a thorny path to distribution — including the threat of a lawsuit by its subject.
November 1, 2024
‘Juror #2’ Review: Clint Eastwood Hands Down a Tough Verdict
In his latest (and perhaps last) movie as a director, Eastwood casts a skeptical eye at the criminal justice system in a mystery starring Nicholas Hoult.
October 31, 2024
‘The Graduates’ Review: How to Move On
In this delicate drama set in Utah, three individuals deal with survivor’s guilt a year after a school shooting takes the life of a loved one.
October 31, 2024
One Frame, Thousands of Snails
This image, from the animated feature about a woman who hoards snail-related items, includes a bevy of tiny, handcrafted artifacts.
October 31, 2024
‘Blitz’ Review: Love in the Ruins
Steve McQueen’s World War II drama may appear conventional on the surface, but don’t miss what it’s really doing.
October 31, 2024
‘The Gutter’ Review: A Phenom Is Born
This bowling comedy, co-directed by the standup comedian Yassir Lester and his brother Isaiah, has absurdity to spare.
October 31, 2024
‘Chasing Chasing Amy’ Review: A Fan’s Favorite
Sav Rodgers sets out to define the legacy of Kevin Smith’s “Chasing Amy” in this documentary, which is elevated by one instructive interview.
October 31, 2024
‘Absolution’ Review: Brain Drain
Liam Neeson plays a regretful gangster with a serious medical condition in this drab, downbeat action movie.
October 31, 2024
‘Youth (Hard Times)’ Review: Working Till They Drop
In Wang Bing’s riveting new documentary about Chinese garment workers, a generation asks: What good is money when you have no rights?
October 31, 2024
‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’ Review: What Lies Beneath
A passionate and propulsive documentary about the assassination of Patrice Lumumba spins its web in many directions.
October 31, 2024
‘A Real Pain’ Review: Mourning as an Act of Survival
Jesse Eisenberg directs and stars in a melancholic yet funny exploration of Jewish loss and belonging, with an outstanding Kieran Culkin.
October 31, 2024
‘Lost on a Mountain in Maine’ Review: Peak Experience
The true story of a 12-year-old’s survival in a vast mountain wilderness for nine days in the 1930s.
October 31, 2024
‘After: Poetry Destroys Silence’ Review: A Study in Trauma
Richard Kroehling’s documentary presents a mixture of poets’ responses to the Holocaust and argues for the importance of the form in addressing trauma.
October 31, 2024
‘Here’ Review: Life Is Like a Box of Regrets
Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite onscreen for a drama that showcases generations of existence.
October 31, 2024
Three Great Documentaries to Stream
This month’s picks include a portrait of an artist, a haunting music performance piece and a chilling missing-persons tale.
October 30, 2024
Looking for the Next Streaming Cult Classic? Try Arrow.
Horror is well-represented on this service, which makes it an ideal spooky season addition to your streaming menu.
October 30, 2024
Martha Stewart Gives Netflix’s ‘Martha’ a Scalding Review
When a reporter phoned about her new documentary, the lifestyle star didn’t hold back: “I hate those last scenes. Hate them.”
October 30, 2024
20 Years of Impossible Choices in ‘Saw’
The low-budget 2004 horror movie captured audiences and spawned a franchise by asking tough moral questions.
October 30, 2024
Teri Garr’s Life in Pictures
Garr, who could easily command attention onscreen with her expressive eyes, later became known as a spokeswoman for multiple sclerosis research.
October 29, 2024
Teri Garr Found the Soul in Memorable Ditsy Blondes
In “Tootsie,” “After Hours” and other films, she played truly unhinged characters while also layering in sadness or drama.
October 29, 2024
Extra Extra!The End Times, Onscreen
When the world as we know it ends in films and on television, newspapers are often used to convey what was known in those final days.
October 29, 2024
Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol’s Cinematic Collaborator, Dies at 86
In films like “Trash” and “Women in Revolt,” he brought movement, character and something resembling a story line to the Warhol film aesthetic.
October 28, 2024
California Governor Proposes $750 Million in Annual Film Tax Credits
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to more than double the amount the state offers in incentives, which would make its program one of the nation’s most generous.
October 27, 2024
David Harris, Actor in the Cult Classic ‘The Warriors,’ Dies at 75
He played Cochise, a member of the Warriors gang who navigated a panoply of costumed aggressors in New York City.
October 27, 2024
25 Jump Scares That Still Make Us Jump
We ranked the most chilling, spine-tingling, utterly terrifying scenes that get us every time, and asked writers, filmmakers and stars to explain why.
October 25, 2024
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a time-travel thriller with Dylan O’Brien and a dystopian comedy with Awkwafina and John Cena.
October 25, 2024
Watch Ralph Fiennes Deliver a Startling Speech in ‘Conclave’
The actor plays a cardinal who expresses doubts about his faith and the church in this drama from the director Edward Berger.
October 25, 2024
‘Conclave’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The director Edward Berger narrates a sequence from his film, featuring Ralph Fiennes.
October 25, 2024
‘Conclave’: A Fly on the Wall Inside the Secret Process to Elect a Pope
A new drama by Edward Berger draws the audience inside this largely hidden tradition. How accurate is it?
October 25, 2024
7 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
October 25, 2024
‘Dahomey’: A Daring Meditation on the Painful Legacy of Looted Artifacts
Mati Diop examines the fate of 26 treasures — sometimes from their point of view — looted from Benin in 1892.
October 25, 2024
Lynda Obst, Producer, Dies at 74; Championed Women in Hollywood
She helped make films like “Sleepless in Seattle” and “Contact.” She also wrote widely about the industry, for The Times and other publications.
October 24, 2024
Investigation of Georgia Movie Set Crash Finds No Violations
Eight people were taken to hospitals, three of them with serious injuries, in a crash on the set of “The Pickup” in April. A federal investigation found no health or safety violations.
October 24, 2024
‘Conclave’ Review: Serpents and Doves Amok in the Vatican
This film, based on Robert Harris’s 2016 thriller of the same title, centers on a British cardinal (a sensational Ralph Fiennes), and a campaign for a new pope.
October 24, 2024
‘Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’ Review: A Mission
At 75, Springsteen is doggedly committed to live performance. This documentary chronicles how he keeps up on tour, and why.
October 24, 2024
‘My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock’ Review: Director’s Commentary
A richly detailed essay film imagines Hitchcock commenting on his own oeuvre over a mesmerizing daisy chain of clips.
October 24, 2024
‘Magpie’ Review: An Unhappily Married Woman
Daisy Ridley plays a time bomb with a simmering fuse in this slow yet gripping adultery thriller.
October 24, 2024
‘La Cocina’ Review: The Melting Pot Boils Over
This drama by Alonso Ruizpalacios takes a bitter look at the American dream from the perspective of the workers at a fast-paced diner.
October 24, 2024
‘Your Monster’ Review: Beast Intentions
An aspiring Broadway musical star (Melissa Barrera) taps into her inner anger with some help from the creature who lives in her closet.
October 24, 2024
‘The Remarkable Life of Ibelin’ Review: More Real Than Reality
An unconventional documentary tells the story of a Norwegian gamer — and of how we live life on the internet.
October 24, 2024
‘Venom: The Last Dance’ Review: A Long and Winding Tongue
Playing both Eddie Brock and the alien parasite who possesses him, Tom Hardy gives another roiling one-man-band of a performance in this third installment of the franchise.
October 24, 2024
‘Memoir of a Snail’ Review: Escaping the Spiral
An animated tragicomedy for adults tells the story of a woman breaking out of her shell.
October 24, 2024
‘Black Box Diaries’ Review: A Public Face for #MeToo in Japan
In a new documentary, Shiori Ito recounts her yearslong crusade for justice in Japan after accusing a powerful journalist of rape.
October 24, 2024
‘Family Pack’ Review: Trapped in a Game
The beauty of a game of Werewolf lies in the treachery. In this film adaptation, the director focuses on mild comedy and tedious action instead.
October 23, 2024
In a Season of Political Impressions, Why Does Dana Carvey’s Biden Stand Out?
The answer has to do with going beyond a likeness, something Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong understand for their movie about Donald Trump and Roy Cohn.
October 23, 2024
‘Snack Shack,’ ‘Red Rocket’ and More Streaming Gems
A handful of the year’s best comedy-dramas are among your out-of-the-box recommendations from this month’s streaming services.
October 23, 2024
3 Horror Movies to Watch for Halloween
In time for Halloween, Erik Piepenburg, who writes a monthly horror movie streaming column in The New York Times, has three scary movies for you.
October 23, 2024
Watch Dancers Haunt Naomi Scott in ‘Smile 2’
Parker Finn, the film’s writer and director, narrates a scene in which a pop star is chased through her apartment by evil dancers.
October 22, 2024
‘Smile 2’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Parker Finn narrates a sequence from “Smile 2,” starring Naomi Scott.
October 22, 2024
In ‘Smile 2’ and ‘Trap,’ Pop Stardom Looks Pretty Terrifying
At a time when the business of being Taylor Swift or Beyoncé is booming, these films examine toxic fandom and what can seem like mass hysteria.
October 21, 2024
Five International Movies to Stream Now
In this month’s picks, a shy vampire in Canada comes of age, two men in India spar over a parking spot and a Chilean secretary dreams of life as a killer.
October 18, 2024
9 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
October 18, 2024
Tegan and Sara and Their Catfishing Horror Story
“Fanatical,” an eye-popping film directed by Erin Lee Carr, details the bizarre 16-year ordeal that the duo and their fans endured.
October 18, 2024
Bob Yerkes, Bruised but Durable Hollywood Stuntman, Dies at 92
A body double to the stars, he performed sometimes bone-breaking feats in movies like “Return of the Jedi” and “Back to the Future.” And he was still at it in his 80s.
October 17, 2024
Mitzi Gaynor, Leading Lady of Movie Musicals, Is Dead at 93
She was best known for starring in the 1958 screen version of “South Pacific.” But her Hollywood career was brief, and she soon shifted her focus to Las Vegas and TV.
October 17, 2024
‘Woman of the Hour’ Review: Who is Bachelor No. 3?
Anna Kendrick’s ably directed drama about a real-life serial killer focuses on his victims instead.
October 17, 2024
‘The Line’ Review: Greek Tragedy
The dark side of college fraternity life comes to light in this harrowing, well-acted campus drama.
October 17, 2024
‘Union’ Review: A Labor Fight to the Finish at Amazon
As this documentary by Brett Story and Stephen Maing chronicles, the efforts to unionize a warehouse in New York were successful — but also a grind.
October 17, 2024
‘Rumours’ Review: No One Will Save Us
Cate Blanchett stars as a lusty, preening stateswomen in a geopolitical satire from the experimental filmmaker Guy Maddin.
October 17, 2024
‘Nocturnes’ Review: They Come at Night
In the forests of northeast India, an ecologist tracking moths creates a tiny oasis of light in the darkness.
October 17, 2024
‘High Tide’ Review: Between Two Worlds
Written and directed by Marco Calvani, this film follows a gay Brazilian man working under the table one summer in Provincetown, Mass.
October 17, 2024
‘Goodrich’ Review: Daddy Lessons
An art gallery owner (Michael Keaton) gets a shock when his second wife (Laura Benanti) goes to rehab and he has to take care of their twins.
October 17, 2024
‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’ Review: A Fraught Reunion
For his first film, the artist Titus Kaphar delivers an unsentimental and autobiographical gem.
October 17, 2024
‘Allswell in New York’ Review: Siblings and Their Struggles
This overstuffed movie fails to wrap up its myriad professional and domestic dramas, despite a few moments of promise.
October 17, 2024
‘Brothers’ Review: Two-Bit Criminals
Moke (Josh Brolin) is a reformed thief who gets roped into one last job with his twin brother, Jady (Peter Dinklage).
October 17, 2024
Mikey Madison Just Wanted to Break Out of Her Shell. Look at Her Now.
The soft-spoken actress is winning raves (and Oscar talk) for her turn as a feisty sex worker in the Palme d’Or-winning “Anora.”
October 17, 2024
Is Hugh Grant’s Most Convincing Character ‘Hugh Grant’?
The seemingly droll, breezy star is actually sentimental about his family and utterly serious about his work, including his villainous turn in “Heretic.”
October 17, 2024
‘Smile 2’ Review: A Bigger and Bloodier Spotlight
In this sequel, the pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) is preparing to begin her comeback tour a year after a brutal car accident.
October 17, 2024
‘Anora’ Review: Her Glass Slipper Is a Swarovski Stiletto
Mikey Madison gives a career-making performance in a Palme d’Or-winning film about the romance between a sex worker and a rich scion.
October 17, 2024
They’re ‘Saturday Night Live’ … and You’re Not
With so many players involved in Jason Reitman’s new movie about “S.N.L.,” here’s a guide to the real-life personalities.
October 14, 2024
A Birth Scene So Taxing, Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh Needed to Rest
The stars and director of “We Live in Time” explain how a delivery became an action sequence, complete with a real baby and a few unwelcome surprises.
October 13, 2024
Filmed in New York, Hold the Taxis and Radiators
When independent movies like “Rosemead” travel to a state for tax incentives, they save money but add creative challenges.
October 13, 2024
6 Takeaways From the Christopher Reeve Documentary ‘Super/Man’
The new film chronicles the life of the paralyzed star, covering his friendship with Robin Williams and gut-wrenching details about his care and family.
October 11, 2024
Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
Just in time for Halloween are new scary movies about a demon daddy, evil in the woods and ’90s television hell.
October 11, 2024
6 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
October 11, 2024
5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a star-studded DreamWorks sequel and the highest grossing film of 2024 so far.
October 11, 2024
In ‘The Last of the Sea Women,’ Divers Face a Vanishing Way of Life
The film captures the arduous work of South Korean haenyeo, who harvest seafood without diving gear, and whose traditions may be ending.
October 11, 2024
‘Lonely Planet’ Review: Leaving Home to Find Yourself
Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth star in a muddled romance without much to say.
October 10, 2024
‘Separated’ Review: Interrogating a Policy
The latest documentary from Errol Morris looks at the Trump administration’s practice of taking children from their parents at the southern border.
October 10, 2024
‘The Apprentice’ Review: An Origin Story for Donald J. Trump
In this ribald fictional telling of a young Trump’s rise, the man responsible is the lawyer Roy Cohn, played to sleazy perfection by Jeremy Strong.
October 10, 2024
‘Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story’ Review: In Blithe Spirits
A brisk documentary by Barnaby Thompson counters that the tuxedo-wearing playwright hid his insecurities under a platinum-plated veneer.
October 10, 2024
‘Terrifier 3’ Review: Still Clowning Around
The deaths remain grisly, but the pacing uneven in this new installment in Damien Leone’s horror franchise.
October 10, 2024
‘We Live in Time’ Review: A Tear-Jerker With Jump Cuts
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield star in this weepie romance that tries to be modern by unfolding over three intersecting timelines.
October 10, 2024
‘Piece by Piece’ Review: Pharrell Williams’s Life, in Legos
The producer and musician gets the biographical documentary treatment — with an unexpected twist.
October 10, 2024
‘Bad Genius’ Review: Cheating the System
This remake of a hit Thai film about college admissions, starring Callina Liang, adds an element of racial politics to its heist story.
October 10, 2024
Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong Say Their Trump Movie Is a Tragedy, Not a Mockery
The “Apprentice” stars and the director Ali Abbasi say their film is a “humanistic” treatment of the former president and his mentor, Roy Cohn.
October 10, 2024
‘Daytime Revolution’ Review: Coffee and Counterculture
John Lennon and Yoko Ono invade middle-American living rooms in this cute but shallow documentary.
October 9, 2024
Waiting Hours for 3 Minutes in the Criterion Closet (Well, Van)
A mobile version of movie fans’ favorite stockroom drew hundreds of New York Film Festival visitors eager to experience what celebrities do in popular videos.
October 8, 2024
‘The Menendez Brothers’ Review: Reframing a Case
To the extent this documentary about Lyle and Erik Menendez has appeal, it is of the tabloid variety.
October 7, 2024
At the New York Film Festival, the Most Innovative Work Is Nonfiction
In epic takes like “My Undesirable Friends” and playful biopics like “Pavements,” the vital art of the documentary is on full display.
October 7, 2024
With ‘Megalopolis,’ the Flop Era Returns to Cinemas
Plenty of movies bomb, but Francis Ford Coppola’s latest is part of a different class of box office failures.
October 5, 2024
5 New Horror Movies to Stream for Halloween
Out this week, a period possession movie starring Sarah Paulson, a chef-driven supernatural thriller starring Ariana DeBose and more.
October 4, 2024
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include cool fighter pilots, a feminist queen and urban turf wars.
October 4, 2024
Saoirse Ronan Has Lived, and Acted, Through a Lot
At 30, the Irish actress has already spent two decades in front of the camera, collecting many awards. Her two latest projects are also generating Oscars buzz.
October 4, 2024
5 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
October 4, 2024
Farm to Table to Screen: A Close Look at How America Feeds Itself
“Food and Country” argues that our food production systems don’t work and offers potential solutions.
October 4, 2024
Too Scared to Watch Horror Movies? These 5 Tips May Help.
How to get into the season, even if you’re squeamish.
October 4, 2024
‘Rust’ Western Will Premiere in Europe 3 Years After Fatal Shooting
After the Alec Baldwin movie turned into the scene of a tragedy with the death of its cinematographer, the film will debut next month at a festival that celebrates cinematography.
October 3, 2024
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Review: Make ’Em Laugh (and Yawn)
Todd Phillips’s “Joker” sequel stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga who sing and dance like crazy kids, but the movie is seriously un-fun.
October 3, 2024
‘Blink’ Review: The Last Things They May See
In this travel documentary, two parents take their children on a spectacular world tour before a rare genetic condition may cause blindness.
October 3, 2024
‘Daaaaaalí!’ Review: Keeping It Surreal
The French absurdist director Quentin Dupieux did not make a biopic of Salvador Dalí — he adopted the Surrealist painter’s approach to deliver a particularly loopy tale.
October 3, 2024
‘White Bird’ Review: After ‘Wonder,’ a Bully Moves On
A boy starts a new school and gets a history lesson from his grandmother, played by Helen Mirren.
October 3, 2024
‘It’s What’s Inside’ Review: I Gotta Be You
A limp body-swapping comedy doesn’t really know what makes its subgenre so funny.
October 3, 2024
‘The Outrun’ Review: From Rock Bottom to Recovery
Saoirse Ronan gives another stunning performance in a story about an alcoholic in search of healing.
October 3, 2024
‘Intercepted’ Review: The Awful Intimacy of the War in Ukraine
In leaked phone calls home, Russian soldiers grapple with the war they’re waging. This new documentary sets the calls’ swagger and anguish against images of the invasion’s devastation.
October 3, 2024
‘Rust’ Armorer Is Denied New Trial After Dismissal of Alec Baldwin’s Case
The armorer’s lawyers failed to convince the judge that the same evidence dispute that led her to toss the actor’s manslaughter charge had deprived their client of a fair trial.
September 30, 2024
Three Great Documentaries to Stream
This month’s picks cover Wisconsin moviemaking, New York music-making and Florida moneymaking.
September 30, 2024
‘Patrice: The Movie’ Review: At a Crossroads
The emotional core of this crowd-pleasing documentary concerns a couple who cannot marry without jeopardizing their disability benefits.
September 30, 2024
Have We Gotten Aubrey Plaza Wrong This Whole Time?
Don’t let her deadpan sense of humor fool you. In projects like Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis,” she puts everything she has on the line.
September 29, 2024
Maggie Smith Was Imperious in the Most Delightful Way
Throughout her career and on “Downton Abbey,” she perfected the role of the commanding Englishwoman with an arrow-sharp wit.
September 27, 2024
New York Film Festival Pitches Its Ever-Expanding, Global Tent
Standout selections include “Nickel Boys,” the Mumbai-set “All We Imagine as Light” and the documentary “Dahomey,” about African repatriation.
September 27, 2024
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
In this month’s picks, time loops, aliens and ecological collapse.
September 27, 2024
10 Great Maggie Smith Performances to Stream
In “Downton Abbey,” “A Room With a View” and dozens of other films and television series, she delighted audiences with her portrayal of sharp, tart-tongued and often wryly funny Englishwomen.
September 27, 2024
Watch a Chaotic Rehearsal in ‘Saturday Night’
The director Jason Reitman narrates a sequence from his film about the production of the first episode of “Saturday Night Live.” Spoiler alert, making the show wasn’t easy.
September 27, 2024
‘Saturday Night’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The director Jason Reitman narrates a sequence from his film about the making of the first episode of “Saturday Night Live.”
September 27, 2024
9 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
September 27, 2024
‘Will & Harper’: Old Friends Explore a New Identity Together
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele, a former “Saturday Night Live” writer, use a road trip to navigate their relationship now that she is out as a trans woman.
September 27, 2024
What to Know About Francis Ford Coppola and ‘Megalopolis’
The controversies surrounding the new epic include accusations of on-set problems, a pulled trailer and more.
September 27, 2024
‘The Bouncer,’ ‘Pearl’ and More Streaming Gems
This month’s under-the-radar streaming suggestions include unexpectedly poignant action flicks, highly stylized horror pictures and documentaries about art thieves and sperm donors.
September 27, 2024
‘Megalopolis’ Review: The Fever Dreams of Francis Ford Coppola
The director’s latest is a great-man story about an architect, played by Adam Driver, driven by ideals and big plans. It’s a personal statement on an epic scale.
September 26, 2024
‘The Wild Robot’ Review: Wonder and Whimsy That Does Compute
Chris Sanders’s movie about a robotic assistant and the gosling she raises is defined by dazzling visuals and frank ideas about the circle of life.
September 26, 2024
‘Killer Heat’ Review: Mediterranean Mischief
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a detective running from his past in a murder mystery that is mostly a stiff slog to get through.
September 26, 2024
‘The Universal Theory’ Review: A Quantum Noir
A physicist becomes embroiled in a conspiracy throughout this German meta-thriller. Shot in black-and-white, the film pays homage to Hollywood classics.
September 26, 2024
‘Rez Ball’ Review: Warriors on the Court
This inspirational sports movie follows a high school basketball team in New Mexico with deep Native American heritage.
September 26, 2024
‘Lee’ Review: A Remarkable Life at War
Kate Winslet embodies the tenacity of the photographer Lee Miller, who documented World War II for British Vogue.
September 26, 2024
‘Sleep’ Review: Bumps in the Night
A taut and thrilling thriller about sleep issues is also a clever drama about early marriage.
September 26, 2024
‘Saturday Night’ Review: Live TV at Its Mildest
When it debuted 50 years ago, “S.N.L.” was chaotic, rangy, even offensive. But nothing’s wild or crazy in Jason Reitman’s fictional reimagining of its first episode.
September 26, 2024
‘Apartment 7A’ Review: All Devil, Few Details
A lackluster prequel to the 1968 horror classic “Rosemary’s Baby” doesn’t have much to add.
September 26, 2024
Want to Turn Your House into the Art House? Try Metrograph at Home.
The Metrograph theater in New York has expanded to include a streaming platform that spotlights foreign, art house, independent, classic and documentary selections.
September 25, 2024
‘We Will Dance Again’ Review: Remembering Oct. 7
In this documentary by Yariv Mozer, Israelis who attended the Nova music festival near the Gaza border describe how they survived the attack last year.
September 24, 2024
Five International Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a South Indian drama about sexual harassment, a film shot within a video game, a period coming-of-age movie and more.
September 20, 2024
How Optimus Prime and Megatron Learned to Transform in ‘Transformers One’
The director Josh Cooley narrates an action scene from the film.
September 20, 2024
‘Transformers One’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The director Josh Cooley narrates a sequence from his film.
September 20, 2024
11 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
September 20, 2024
Natasha Lyonne Is a Boss (a Boss Trying to Stop Time)
Amid Oscar talk for her quiet turn in “His Three Daughters” on Netflix, the spitfire star has become a force as a producer driven by a sense of mortality.
September 20, 2024
Patricia Field: Her Joyful, Chaotic Fashion Sense Gets a Film to Match
“Happy Clothes” covers her work on “Emily in Paris” and “Sex and the City,” as well as her time as a tastemaker in the 1970s and ’80s underground.
September 20, 2024
When the Horror Is Coming From Under Your Own Skin
As “The Substance” hits theaters, here’s a look at eight other films in the goopy subgenre of body horror.
September 20, 2024
On the Screen or in a Meme, ‘The Babadook’ Is Still an Unnerving Dream
Back in theaters for its 10th anniversary, the haunting movie never really left, with a legacy that includes an entire horror subgenre.
September 19, 2024
‘Never Let Go’ Review: Do the Woods Have Eyes?
Halle Berry plays the ultimate helicopter parent in this new horror movie, where evil lurks in the trees beyond the family cabin.
September 19, 2024
‘In the Summers’ Review: Understanding a Father’s Flaws
The film, by Alessandra Lacorazza, follows two siblings as they visit their father, played by Residente, in New Mexico.
September 19, 2024
‘The Featherweight’ Review: Boxing Is Easy. Retirement Is Hard.
In this biopic, a documentary crew follows the boxer Willie Pep during his 1960s comeback.
September 19, 2024
‘Eureka’ Review: No More Cowboys and Indians
This intriguingly languorous Western by the Argentine director Lisandro Alonso explores the existential plight of Indigenous Americans in three separate timelines.
September 19, 2024
‘All Shall Be Well’ Review: Aching With Absence
The indignity of being someone’s spouse while they are alive and merely a friend after their death is the theme of this extraordinarily moving Hong Kong drama.
September 19, 2024
‘Wolfs’ Review: Brad Pitt and George Clooney as Themselves
They play underworld fixers in this trifle of a movie, though really they’re here to look enviably fabulous.
September 19, 2024
‘Transformers One’ Review: Back to the Beginning
An animated prequel maps out a tidy mythology while indulging in the toy-smashing thrills of the ’80s cartoons.
September 19, 2024
‘The Substance’ Review: An Indecent Disclosure
Demi Moore stars in an absurdly gory tale of an aging actress who discovers a deadly cure for obscurity.
September 19, 2024
‘His Three Daughters’ Review: Sisters at Odds Together
Natasha Lyonne, Carrie Coon and Elizabeth Olsen play sisters who are caring for their dying father in this tender, funny family drama.
September 19, 2024
‘A Different Man’ Review: Face, Off
Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson star in a marvelously inventive dark comedy about a man who can’t change his insides.
September 19, 2024
Making ‘The Wild Robot’ Even Wilder
Roz, the beloved protagonist of Peter Brown’s popular children’s book, gets a glow-up for the big-screen adaptation.
September 18, 2024
‘Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds’ Review: Flights of Fantasy
Two sisters get transported to a new world and transformed into cats in this whimsical and thoughtful animated feature.
September 17, 2024
A Wide-Open Oscar Season Begins to Narrow
After film festivals in Venice, Telluride and Toronto, a slate of contenders has emerged. Still, there are few front-runners.
September 17, 2024
7 People Who Helped Define the ‘Star Wars’ Galaxy
James Earl Jones, who died last week, was one of many who made the “Star Wars” films immersive and intricate. Here is a look back at several who have died, having made a lasting impact.
September 16, 2024
The Ending of ‘Speak No Evil’ and the Perils of Remakes
The 2022 original retains its chilling power thanks to a worldview that the new version seems unwilling to embrace.
September 16, 2024
‘The Life of Chuck’ Takes Top Prize at the Toronto Film Festival
This adaptation of a Stephen King novella stars Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Mark Hamill. “The Substance” and a Tragically Hip documentary also won.
September 15, 2024
The Wicked Witch of the West: A Heroine for Our Time
“Wicked,” which arrives to the big screen this fall, redeems the villain who is barely a character in L. Frank Baum’s classic novel.
September 15, 2024
39 Movies to Watch This Fall
From the “Joker” sequel and Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan biopic to a handful of festival darlings, it’s a jam-packed season. Plan accordingly.
September 15, 2024
At the Movies, the Apocalypse Has Already Arrived
In “Joker: Folie à Deux,” “Megalopolis” and more, the sense of an isolated and fearful humanity pervades this season’s films.
September 15, 2024
Margaret Qualley Is Getting the Hang of Being a Movie Star
The actress is seemingly everywhere this year, and in “The Substance,” she delves into an unusually disturbing new role.
September 14, 2024
Coppola Sues After Report Said He Tried to Kiss ‘Megalopolis’ Extras
The director Francis Ford Coppola is seeking at least $15 million in damages from Variety.
September 13, 2024
Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a silent killer, a demonically possessed painting and a hellish queer romance.
September 13, 2024
5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include documentaries for animal lovers and an animated fantasy from Ukraine.
September 13, 2024
At Toronto, Transcendent Movies Cut Through the Industry’s Gloom
Films by Mati Diop, Raoul Peck and Mike Leigh, among others, mesh the personal and political in engrossing, insistent ways.
September 13, 2024
9 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
September 13, 2024
Ian McKellen Has Clapped Back at Critics. Now He’s Playing One.
In the new film “The Critic,” he plays the titular acid-tongued reviewer in 1930s Britain, who is terrified of being outed as gay.
September 13, 2024
Can a Film Find Something New to Say About the Border Crisis?
“Borderland: The Line Within” takes a surprisingly multidisciplinary approach fueled by both personal history and government data.
September 13, 2024
‘Gladiator II’ Delivers Friends, Romans and Sharks
How the Colosseum, filled with water and stocked with predators, becomes the scene of epic naval combat in Ridley Scott’s sequel.
September 13, 2024
‘Uglies’ Review: Beauty Is a Beast
Joey King plays a teenager in a dystopian world where cosmetic surgery seems to be the cure for inequality.
September 12, 2024
‘The Killer’s Game’ Review: Catch Him if You Can
An assassin (Dave Bautista) meets his match (Sofia Boutella), but a diagnosis sets off an absurd chain of events in this rom-com action movie.
September 12, 2024
Bob Weatherwax, Trainer of Lassie and Other Celebrity Dogs, Dies at 83
Like his father, who taught him, he bred and coached the collies that played the heroic star of television and movies.
September 12, 2024
‘Winner’ Review: Not Like Other Girls
This dramedy starring Emilia Jones depicts the life and times of Reality Winner, a former National Security Agency contractor and whistle-blower.
September 12, 2024
‘Girls Will Be Girls’ Review: Surviving High School
The filmmaker Shuchi Talati’s debut feature follows a model student and her stifled mother, who are both vying for the attention of a new crush.
September 12, 2024
‘Matt and Mara’ Review: Will They or Won’t They?
Two former college friends reconnect for a possible romance in this irritatingly vague and vapid drama.
September 12, 2024
‘The Critic’ Review: Dangerous Liaisons
Ian McKellen stars as a drama critic in 1930s London who has much higher standards for the theater than for his own professional ethics.
September 12, 2024
‘The 4:30 Movie’ Review: Jersey Boys
The writer-director Kevin Smith looks back fondly on his New Jersey childhood in this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age comedy.
September 12, 2024
‘Speak No Evil’ Review: He Seemed So Nice
In this horror remake, James McAvoy plays an aggressively friendly British stranger who extends a dubious invitation to an American couple. Suckers!
September 12, 2024
‘My Old Ass’ Review: If She Could Turn Back Time
A buoyant comedy with a big heart follows a teen girl who meets her older self the summer before college.
September 12, 2024
Was James Earl Jones an EGOT Winner? It’s Complicated.
The actor won just about every award he could — but his Oscar was an honorary one. Is that enough for an EGOT?
September 10, 2024
12 Great Films of James Earl Jones
A look at standout movies featuring the actor, who died on Monday at the age of 93.
September 9, 2024
Demi Moore and the Subversive Politics of the Naked Body
She has become known for baring all (or, at least, a lot). But her work, including her newest film, “The Substance,” should be understood in a wider context.
September 9, 2024
‘Room Next Door’ Claims Top Prize at Venice Film Festival
The film, starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, is the director Pedro Almodóvar’s English-language debut.
September 7, 2024
For Him, a ‘Lion King’ Prequel Is the ‘Most Different Thing I Could Do’
Barry Jenkins broke out as a filmmaker with the Oscar-winning indie film “Moonlight.” He has surprised some of his fans by taking up a Disney franchise.
September 7, 2024
What Is That Song in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’?
Meet the new “Day-O”: Richard Harris’s 1968 psychedelic pop hit “MacArthur Park,” which Donna Summer remade as a disco anthem.
September 7, 2024
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include plenty of comedy, a killer shark and a mammoth sea battle.
September 6, 2024
8 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
September 6, 2024
Readers Told Us Their Favorite 1999 Movies. Here’s What Came Out on Top.
In a memorable year for film, there were recommendations of blockbusters, tender dramas and coming-of-age-tales. But one title stood out from the rest.
September 6, 2024
From Winona to Jenna, the Goth Girls of Our Time
From “Beetlejuice” to its sequel, these are the actresses and roles that made us embrace the darkness.
September 6, 2024
Aaron Pierre: From Action Prince to Lion King
The British actor stars as an ex-Marine in the new Netflix thriller “Rebel Ridge” and as the titular cat in the upcoming “Mufasa: The Lion King.”
September 6, 2024
A Film That Makes the Stationary Lives of Oysters Into a Wondrous Tale
“Holding Back the Tide” weaves facts and dreamy moments into an unconventional take on the nature documentary that very much affects humans.
September 6, 2024
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Review: Delightfully Undead Again
Tim Burton has brought the band back together — Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, even Bob the shrunken head guy — for a fun but less edgy sequel.
September 5, 2024
‘Rebel Ridge’ Review: Their Corruption, His Destruction
This crime drama from Jeremy Saulnier stars Aaron Pierre as a man whose run-in with small-town police officers uncovers uncomfortable secrets.
September 5, 2024
‘Red Rooms’ Review: A True Crime Obsession Unravels
A mysterious young woman becomes deeply invested in the trial of an accused serial killer in this courtroom thriller.
September 5, 2024
‘Look Into My Eyes’ Review: Emotional Rescue
This fascinating documentary that profiles seven New York City psychics is both profoundly sad and surprisingly hopeful.
September 5, 2024
‘Lover of Men’ Review: The Heart of President Lincoln
Subtitled “The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln,” the film gathers an array of historians to argue that Lincoln had romantic relationships with men.
September 5, 2024
‘Hoard’ Review: Dirty Romancing
A spiraling teenager and a tenderhearted garbage collector bond over debris in this stunningly unconventional drama.
September 5, 2024
‘I’ll Be Right There’ Review: Her Maternal Commitment is Apparent
Edie Falco plays a matriarch bending over backward for her grown children in this uneven character study.
September 5, 2024
‘The Front Room’ Review: A Force Too Malevolent for This Movie
Kathryn Hunter is enjoyably creepy in this new horror film starring Brandy Norwood. Too bad the rest of the freakouts are predictable.
September 5, 2024
‘The Goldman Case’ Review: Sticking to the Facts
An electrifying courtroom drama based on a real 1976 case calls the very nature of equality and justice into question.
September 5, 2024
‘My First Film’ Review: Arriving Where You Started
Zia Anger’s movie about her first movie is full of nested layers, but mostly it’s a meditation on how, and why, we create.
September 5, 2024
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In “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the actor returns to a role now enshrined in pop culture — with 35 years of ups and downs and an Oscar nomination under his belt.
September 5, 2024
Prosecutor Says Manslaughter Case Against Alec Baldwin Should Be Revived
The special prosecutor asked a judge in New Mexico to reconsider her decision to toss the charge against the actor during his trial.
September 4, 2024
Pedro Almodóvar, Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton on ‘The Room Next Door’
The director’s first English-language feature inspires talk of beauty, hope and more collaborations.
September 4, 2024
Joaquin Phoenix and the Big Question at the ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Premiere
At the Venice Film Festival with his co-star, Lady Gaga, would the actor answer questions about dropping out of a Todd Haynes movie?
September 4, 2024
James Darren, Actor, Singer and ‘Gidget’ Heartthrob, Dies at 88
His role as a surfer in that trendsetting hit movie led to success on television shows like “The Time Tunnel” and “T.J. Hooker,” and on the pop charts.
September 3, 2024
Daniel Craig Gets Explicit (and Romantic) in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’
At the Venice Film Festival, the star said he embraced the scenes with sexual encounters: ‘If I wasn’t in the movie and saw this movie, I’d want to be in it.’
September 3, 2024
At Telluride, Experimental, Topical and Sometimes Crazy Movies
A documentary made with Legos and a biopic starring a CGI monkey showed alongside films about abortion restrictions and other subjects in the news.
September 2, 2024
In Venice, George Clooney Talks President Biden and American Politics
He also addressed the release plan for his new movie, “Wolfs,” co-starring Brad Pitt.
September 1, 2024
In a Robbie Williams Biopic, the Star Is a C.G.I. Monkey. Take That.
The director Michael Gracey hopes Americans will finally get the British hitmaker, who’s depicted warts, fur and all in “Better Man,” debuting at the Telluride Film Festival.
August 30, 2024
Trump Biopic ‘The Apprentice’ Gets U.S. Release Date
The movie, which stars Sebastian Stan as a young Donald J. Trump, is scheduled to hit theaters on Oct. 11, ahead of the presidential election.
August 30, 2024
Nicole Kidman Bares Everything in the Sexy Drama ‘Babygirl’
The star is taking chances again in this look at a woman reconciling her sexual fantasies. The movie was the talk of the Venice Film Festival.
August 30, 2024
‘Afraid’ Review: Hey Siri, Don’t Kill Us
A family surrenders control of its life to artificial intelligence with predictably dire results — for this movie’s viewers.
August 30, 2024
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
Among this month’s picks, there’s a blend of sci-fi and Hindu mythology, plus Nicolas Cage in postapocalyptic times.
August 30, 2024
6 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
August 30, 2024
What to Know About the Real Story That Inspired ‘The Deliverance’
A mother in Indiana claimed that she and her three children were bedeviled by shadowy figures and swarms of black flies — and possessed by demons. A Netflix movie tells their story.
August 30, 2024
‘Merchant Ivory’ Remembers the Duo Who Resuscitated Costume Dramas
In this conventional documentary, the filmmaking pair get their due as forward-thinkers within lush, period settings.
August 30, 2024
This Biopic Could Be Angelina Jolie’s Oscar Comeback
“Maria,” about the opera diva Maria Callas, plays to the star’s strengths. Its Venice Film Festival debut was timed so the actress could avoid Brad Pitt.
August 29, 2024
The Highly Deceptive, Deeply Loved, Down-to-Earth Carol Kane
Her range is wider than her oddball roles suggest, and the actress adored by Anjelica Huston, Tina Fey and Bette Davis is more connected than you’d think.
August 29, 2024
‘Slingshot’ Review: Trapped in Space
The paranoia sets in all too quickly in this spare psychological thriller, starring Laurence Fishburne and Casey Affleck.
August 29, 2024
‘The Wasp’ Review: A Feminine Face-Off
This twisty psycho-thriller, about two childhood friends reunited under eerily ambiguous circumstances, is above all a dramatic showcase for its stars, Naomie Harris and Natalie Dormer.
August 29, 2024
‘The Deliverance’ Review: The Power of Camp Compels Him
Lee Daniels directs Andra Day and Glenn Close in an exorcism tale that includes melodrama along with the scares.
August 29, 2024
‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Review: A Search for a Black Luminary
Two digital sleuths set out to find the woman who lent her image to computer software in this scattered documentary.
August 29, 2024
‘Reagan’ Review: The Gipper Takes on Moscow
In this unabashed love letter to former president Ronald Reagan, Dennis Quaid fights the Cold War with conviction.
August 29, 2024
‘1992’ Review: Can They Get Along?
The uproar that followed the verdict handed down in the police beating of Rodney King serves as a mere backdrop for fathers and sons to work out their issues in a heist thriller.
August 29, 2024
Three Great Documentaries to Stream
This month’s picks involve a high-wire showman, a self-dramatizing tennis star and a Brazilian director reflecting on his past.
August 29, 2024
Movie Trailers Have Gotten Worse. Why Aren’t Studios Having Fun With Them?
Promos give away too much or too little or are misleading or don’t leave anything out. We could go on. But there are ways to fix them.
August 29, 2024
‘The Falling Star’ Review: A Dark Story in Meticulous Wrapping
A series of mishaps befall an activist-turned-bartender in a visually rich but shallow Belgian film.
August 29, 2024
Jenna Ortega Has Fans Lining Up at the Venice Film Festival
After the actors’ strike muted the 2023 edition, this year’s event is being powered by stars like the “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” actress and her castmates.
August 28, 2024
Meet the Trans Actress Who Could Make Oscar History
Karla Sofía Gascón plays a drug kingpin who undergoes gender-affirming surgery in a performance that wowed Cannes. Is the academy next?
August 28, 2024
Seeking Free Quality Streaming? Try Plex.
This specialty streamer offers live TV along with a robust collection of free, ad-supported movies.
August 28, 2024
Venice Film Festival 2024: What to Watch For
“Joker: Folie à Deux,” with Joaquin Phoenix, and Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature are on tap. Here are the questions we hope to answer.
August 28, 2024
The ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Reunion Reunion: How It Came Together
Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara and their director, Tim Burton, look back on the first movie, the “Day-O” scene and their ghost comedy’s afterlife.
August 27, 2024
The Year Tom Cruise Gave Not One but Two Dangerously Vulnerable Performances
Twenty-five years ago, the superstar starred in “Eyes Wide Shut” and “Magnolia,” and opened himself up for the camera in ways he rarely has since.
August 27, 2024
Rudy Franchi, Who Put Movies at the Center of a Technicolor Life, Dies at 85
He brought French classics to New York, published a film magazine, worked as a Hollywood publicist and, as seen on “Antiques Roadshow,” thrived selling vintage film posters and other ephemera.
August 26, 2024
These Are Our Favorite Movies From 1999. What Are Yours?
In our view, these eight comedies, dramas and more have attained classic status 25 years later. Let us know your own picks.
August 25, 2024
How the Venice Film Festival Became an ‘Oscar Launchpad’
For the past decade, not a year has gone by without major awards-season contenders bowing at the festival.
August 24, 2024
Congratulations! You Made the Film Festival. Now Finish Your Movie.
With the Venice Film Festival beginning, filmmakers are racing to the finish line to have their work ready for screening.
August 24, 2024
Isabelle Huppert Believes Festivals Are Crucial to Cinema’s Future
The veteran French actress of stage and screen is the jury president of this year’s Venice Film Festival.
August 24, 2024
Marina Cicogna’s Glamorous, Cinematic Legacy
Cicogna, who died in November, was the face of the Venice Film Festival for decades and a pioneer for women in the Italian film industry. She also knew how to throw a party.
August 24, 2024
Five International Movies to Stream Now
In this month’s picks, a yoga teacher in Argentina adjusts to life after divorce, a young woman in London struggles to move past her painful past and more.
August 23, 2024
10 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
August 23, 2024
Zoë Kravitz Needed a Place to Put Her Frustrations. So She Made a Movie.
Her directorial debut, the #MeToo horror-mystery “Blink Twice,” examines power dynamics between men and women.
August 23, 2024
‘I Like It Here’: Aging Wistfully in the Hudson Valley
Looking back at the lives he and his friends led, the documentarian Ralph Arlyck delivers a memoir, an essay on mortality and a portrait of his community.
August 23, 2024
‘Incoming’ Review: Not Another Teen Movie
Freshman engage in some fairly predictable debauchery in this routine high school gross-out comedy streaming on Netflix.
August 23, 2024
‘The Killer’ Review: John Woo With a French Twist
Woo’s new version of his Hong Kong action movie “The Killer,” starring Nathalie Emmanuel and Omar Sy, may be a remake, but it’s not a retread.
August 23, 2024
‘The Crow’ Review: Resurrected and It Feels So Bad
Hoping to skate by off moody vibes, this revamp of “The Crow” comic book series seems derived from a flattened, Hot Topic image of the hero.
August 22, 2024
‘Between the Temples’ Review: A Widower Walks Into a Bar
And meets his former music teacher, upending his life, in Nathan Silver’s touching comedy, starring Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane.
August 22, 2024
A Film Festival Founded in a War Zone, Still Going Strong
The Sarajevo Film Festival, now 30 years old, grew out of underground screenings during the siege of the city. Those roots still define the event’s character.
August 22, 2024
‘The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat’ Review: Hungry for Drama
You’ll want to pass the ketchup, and the hankies, for this buffet of tear-jerking deep-fried decadence.
August 22, 2024
‘Strange Darling’ Review: Assume Nothing
In this cheeky, cunningly assembled thriller, a serial killer gets a satisfying and surprising comeuppance.
August 22, 2024
‘Mountains’ Review: Razing Houses, Building a Future
This feature debut from Monica Sorelle observes the tensions in an immigrant family in the Little Haiti neighborhood of Miami.
August 22, 2024
‘I’ll Be Your Mirror’ Review: A Mourning Journey
This visually elegant indie follows a soft-spoken Swiss widow visiting Japan.
August 22, 2024
A Great Year for Movies. The Best Year to Start Writing About Them.
At the box office 25 years ago, hits like “Runaway Bride,” “The Sixth Sense” and “Bowfinger” hint at the abundance that overwhelmed a young critic.
August 22, 2024
‘Querelle’: Fassbinder’s Defiant Swan Song
Anthology Film Archives is screening Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1982 film, based on Jean Genet’s novel, about a young sailor’s criminal and erotic escapades.
August 22, 2024
‘Close Your Eyes’ Review: The Case of the Unfinished Film
For his latest, the Spanish director Victor Erice, known for the classic “The Spirit of the Beehive,” weaves a meta tale of a director looking for an absent actor.
August 22, 2024
‘Blink Twice’ Review: Nightmare Island
The director Zoë Kravitz creates an uneasy atmosphere in her abduction horror flick, starring Naomi Ackie and Channing Tatum.
August 22, 2024
Studio Pulls ‘Megalopolis’ Trailer Featuring Fake Review Quotes
To promote Francis Ford Coppola’s epic, the spot used supposed lines from The Times, The New Yorker and others to suggest critics were wrong about him.
August 21, 2024
What ‘It Ends With Us’ Gets Wrong (and Right) About Domestic Abuse
Its depiction of love-bombing and psychological abuse rings true, experts say, but other oversimplified aspects could send a dangerous message.
August 21, 2024
‘Femme,’ ‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ and More Streaming Gems
A handful of low-key but formidable dramas dominate this month’s under-the-radar recommendations on your streaming subscription services.
August 20, 2024
Where to Stream the Films of Alain Delon
A look at 10 standout films featuring the actor, who died on Sunday at 88.
August 18, 2024
Awkwafina Is Taking John Cena’s Advice
They are co-stars in the new film “Jackpot!” with Simu Liu.
August 17, 2024
All the ‘Alien’ Movies, Ranked
With “Alien: Romulus” hitting theaters, the 45-year-old series is getting a new jolt of life. How does the latest film stack up against its predecessors?
August 17, 2024
‘It Ends With Us’: The Press Tour Drama, Explained
What’s happening onscreen has become secondary to the conversation about differences between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, her co-star and director.
August 16, 2024
Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks feature a zombie romance, a drug trial from hell and deathly prehistoric evil.
August 16, 2024
8 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
August 16, 2024
Beyond ‘Shaft’: 5 Blaxploitation Movies You Should Know
A Film Forum series pays tribute to the 1970s genre that birthed “Superfly” and “Foxy Brown,” but also features lesser-known films that show the genre’s range.
August 16, 2024
Girls, Imprisoned Fathers and the Moving Reality of ‘Daughters’
The Netflix documentary doesn’t gloss over hard truths as it follows participants in the Date With Dad program.
August 16, 2024
‘The Union’ Review: Old Flames and Spy Games
When a mission goes pear-shaped, a covert operative (Halle Berry) turns to a secret weapon: her high school boyfriend (Mark Wahlberg).
August 16, 2024
How Well Do You Know Your Disaster Movies?
From “Armageddon” to “The Towering Inferno,” a look back at decades of movie catastrophe.
August 15, 2024
Watch One Heartbreaking Scene to Understand Gena Rowlands’s Genius
In “A Woman Under the Influence,” her gloriously, terrifyingly imperfect Mabel was emblematic of the actress’s work, especially with John Cassavetes.
August 15, 2024
‘Red Island’ Review: Madagascar Is Shifting Beneath Their Feet
Robin Campillo relies on the power of suggestion to sketch life in this former French colony, filtering it obliquely through a young white boy’s eyes.
August 15, 2024
‘The Good Half’ Review: Only Half Good
Nick Jonas and Brittany Snow play siblings coordinating funeral logistics for their mom in this drama, a cross between “Terms of Endearment” and a Hallmark movie.
August 15, 2024
‘The Greatest Surf Movie in the Universe’ Review: Humongously Bad
A mix of too much lousy animation and too little wave-riding footage.
August 15, 2024
‘In the Rearview’ Review: Shuttling Ukrainians to Safety
Maciek Hamela’s documentary offers a compelling perspective on the Russian invasion of Ukraine through the stories of people fleeing the country in a van.
August 15, 2024
‘Close to You’ Review: Clumsy Overtures of Support
This formless drama featuring Elliot Page as a trans man returning home relies on improvised dialogue.
August 15, 2024
‘Caligula: The Ultimate Cut’ Review: The Emperor’s New Clothes
With the belief that a masterpiece lurks within the mangled original 1980 release, Thomas Negovan has patched together a new version (with less skin) from the Penthouse archive.
August 15, 2024
‘Alien: Romulus’ Review: Go Ahead, Scream (No One Can Hear You)
The seventh installment of the series centers on Rain (Cailee Spaeny), a contract worker in an outer-space mining colony, and her friend Andy (David Jonsson), an android.
August 15, 2024
‘Jackpot!’ Review: Dystopia, Hollywood Style
Awkwafina and John Cena star in a fitfully funny near-future comedy with strangely mixed metaphors.
August 15, 2024
10 Terrific Gena Rowlands Performances to Stream
She delivered vulnerable portraits in movies as varied as “A Woman Under the Influence,” with John Cassavetes, and the drama “The Notebook.”
August 15, 2024
Gena Rowlands, Actress Who Brought Raw Drama to Her Roles, Dies at 94
Known for playing on-the-verge characters, she twice earned Oscar nominations for her work in films directed by John Cassavetes, her husband.
August 15, 2024
Jay Kanter, Agent for Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe, Dies at 97
Later a studio executive, he was among the last of the power brokers who dominated Hollywood in the latter half of the 20th century.
August 14, 2024
Cailee Spaeny Is Still Learning How to Be a Star
But the young actress, who has the lead role in “Alien: Romulus,” is also wondering if she wants to be one at all.
August 14, 2024
Haley Joel Osment Sees Contentment
Twenty-five years after breaking through in the smash “Sixth Sense,” the actor has worked steadily, finding a balance that has eluded some child stars.
August 13, 2024
What ‘It Ends With Us’ Says About the Blake Lively Brand
The images onscreen are informed by the actress’s offscreen businesses, making the movie a fascinating study in the uses of star power.
August 11, 2024
Ariana Greenblatt on the ‘Stupid’ Movie That Inspires Her
“It’s a big part of my personality,” admitted the actress, who broke through in “Barbie” and is now in the sci-fi film “Borderlands.”
August 10, 2024
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include anarchists, hostage crises and sweaty M.M.A. fighters.
August 9, 2024
A Must-See Film About a Terribly Difficult Subject
“Sugarcane” follows survivors and investigators after the horrifying treatment of Indigenous Canadians was discovered at residential schools.
August 9, 2024
7 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
August 9, 2024
‘It Ends With Us’ Review: Love Hurts, and Sometimes Bruises
Blake Lively plays Lily Bloom, a flower lover with a thorny personal garden, in this gauzy adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel.
August 8, 2024
‘The Instigators’ Review: Bumblers in Beantown
Casey Affleck and Matt Damon star in a Boston heist that goes sideways.
August 8, 2024
‘Girl You Know It’s True’ Review: Milli Vanilli, Fictionalized. Again.
This film, based on the lives of the duo who lip-synced their way to stardom and downfall, fills in many of the details behind the facade.
August 8, 2024
‘Dance First’ Review: Beckett Encounters Himself
Samuel Beckett’s life is reduced to mommy and daddy issues in a biopic that offers simple explanations for the career of a complex writer.
August 8, 2024
At 50, ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Still Cuts Deep
Eli Roth, Paul Feig and other directors with movies out this month explain how this gory horror classic has inspired their work.
August 8, 2024
‘Good One’ Review: Revelation in the Woods
Lily Collias delivers an extraordinary lead performance in this exquisite debut feature about a camping trip and a moment of self-realization.
August 8, 2024
‘Cuckoo’ Review: Never Has a Movie Been More Aptly Named
Dan Stevens and Hunter Schafer face off in this unexpectedly fun and undeniably nutty horror-comedy about cross-species pollination.
August 8, 2024
‘Borderlands’ Review: Shoot First, Ask Questions Never
In Eli Roth’s caper movie, based on the best-selling video game franchise, Cate Blanchett plays a bounty hunter who is tasked with finding a tycoon’s daughter.
August 8, 2024
How ‘Inside Out’ and Its Sequel Changed Therapy
Mental health professionals and educators say the movies are remarkably helpful in providing a common language they can use with children and parents.
August 7, 2024
Before Reality Became Debatable, There Was ‘The Blair Witch Project’
Twenty-five years ago, the indie horror blockbuster compelled audiences to ask, “Was that real?” The question now permeates our age of misinformation.
August 7, 2024
Festival Winners Crowd New York Film Festival Main Slate Lineup
Top titles from Cannes and Berlin, like Sean Baker’s “Anora” and Mati Diop’s “Dahomey,” join new work by Pedro Almodóvar, Steve McQueen and RaMell Ross.
August 6, 2024
Josh Hartnett Is in His Dad Era
The actor, who has spent more than two decades in the movie business and now stars in the thriller “Trap,” discussed fatherhood, fame and his love of the French New Wave.
August 6, 2024
The Director of ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ on Those Spoilery Surprises
Shawn Levy explains the thinking behind specific cameos, what was saved from discarded scripts and how they made that end-credits tribute to Fox.
August 5, 2024
Yvonne Furneaux, Cosmopolitan Actress in ‘La Dolce Vita,’ Dies at 98
An Oxford graduate who spoke five languages, she had an early career as a siren before finding critical acclaim in masterworks by Federico Fellini and Roman Polanski.
August 2, 2024
‘Trap’ Review: Pop Goes the Thriller
Josh Hartnett stars as a father with a secret in this M. Night Shyamalan film set at a concert.
August 2, 2024
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
In this month’s picks, crises occur both in outer space and in empty rooms.
August 2, 2024
5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a new SpongeBob SquarePants adventure and an Oscar-nominated film from Cartoon Saloon.
August 2, 2024