‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Review: Back on the Green
A Netflix sequel to Adam Sandler’s hit 1996 film briefly recaptures the warm silliness of the original, before devolving into a lazy fever dream of cameos.
July 25, 2025
Five International Movies to Stream Now
Intriguing dramas in rural settings dominate this month’s picks.
July 25, 2025
Watch Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal Fight to Katy Perry in ‘Eddington’
The writer and director Ari Aster narrates a sequence that features Perry’s pop song “Firework.”
July 25, 2025
‘Eddington’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The writer and director Ari Aster narrates a sequence from his film featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal.
July 25, 2025
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.
July 25, 2025
The ‘Fantastic Four’ Movie That Never Was
The first attempt at making a film about the superheroes was an extremely low-budget affair that was shot, abandoned and mostly forgotten about in the 1990s.
July 25, 2025
‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ Puts Us in Ukrainian Soldiers’ Head Space
The documentary, from Oscar winner Mstyslav Chernov and Alex Babenko, calls to mind video games as it questions how we engage with stories of war.
July 25, 2025
‘Il Dono’ Review: Slow Living
A new restoration of a 2003 Italian docudrama by Michelangelo Frammartino captures the beauty and tragedy of rural life in Southern Italy.
July 24, 2025
‘Shoshana’ Review: Love Amid Conflict
In Michael Winterbottom’s thriller set in Tel Aviv in the 1930s and ’40s, a Jewish woman is romantically involved with a British police officer.
July 24, 2025
‘Diciannove’ Review: Stalling of Age
A 19-year-old literature student in Siena, Italy, idles through the year in this movie that aims to subvert coming-of-age expectations.
July 24, 2025
‘The Home’ Review: A Senior Moment of Terror
James DeMonaco, the creator of the “Purge” franchise, directs Pete Davidson in this horror indictment of the American elder care system.
July 24, 2025
‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Review: A Newborn Franchise
The latest iteration of the superhero quartet makes a bumpy but earnest attempt at being Marvel’s most daring film in years.
July 24, 2025
‘Oh, Hi!’ Review: I’ll Make You Love Me
Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman go upstate for a romantic weekend away, and things go wrong.
July 24, 2025
‘Folktales’ Review: A Bracing Education in Arctic Norway
With the Northern Lights above, the sounds of sled dogs piercing the air and the snow piled high, students major in the challenges and beauty of the wild.
July 24, 2025
‘Manhunt,’ ‘Cleaner’ and More Streaming Gems
A pair of derivative but enjoyable action movies lead off this month’s roundup of deep-cut recommendations on your subscription streaming services.
July 23, 2025
Julia Roberts Drama Will Open the New York Film Festival
Directed by Luca Guadagnino, “After the Hunt” features the star as a Yale professor caught between a student and a colleague accused of sexual assault.
July 23, 2025
Film Forum Director to Step Down
Sonya Chung, who assumed the role in 2023, is leaving after just over two years. No reason was given for her departure.
July 22, 2025
Starry Venice Film Festival to Include a New ‘Frankenstein’
Movies from Guillermo del Toro, Kathryn Bigelow and Yorgos Lanthimos will debut at this year’s event.
July 22, 2025
‘Sunday Best’ Review: Ed Sullivan’s Really Big Impact
Sacha Jenkins’s documentary, about the variety show trailblazer and his commitment to Black performers in the Civil Rights era, will keep you hooked.
July 22, 2025
A City’s in Grave Danger. Why Would Superman Save a Squirrel?
The moment is key to understanding the director James Gunn’s conception of Superman. But it almost didn’t make the final cut.
July 22, 2025
Call It the Labubu Effect: Cute Sidekicks Rule Multiplexes This Summer
In hit after hit, adorable monsters — as chaotic and cuddly as the popular accessory — have fulfilled moviegoers’ need for escapism.
July 22, 2025
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Took 7 Years to Make but a Lifetime of Experience
Maggie Kang, a director of the hit along with Chris Appelhans, was “just trying to make something that I wanted to see: a movie that celebrated Korean culture.”
July 21, 2025
Kenneth Colley, 87, ‘Star Wars’ Actor With a Commanding Presence, Dies
A fixture onscreen and onstage, he became a fan favorite as Darth Vader’s ally, Admiral Piett, in “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi.”
July 20, 2025
The Kurosawa You May Never Have Heard Of
The great Japanese genre director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, whose latest film is “Cloud,” has mastered the cinema of psychological fright. Here’s why you should watch his work.
July 19, 2025
What if Theme-Park Rides Were Based on Art-House Films?
Say hello to the Anora-Coaster.
July 19, 2025
Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include menacing grandparents, famished vampires and pernicious cultists.
July 18, 2025
Five Free Movies to Stream Now
Some counterprogramming to the summer’s blockbusters: “Titane,” “Coherence” and “Attack the Block.”
July 18, 2025
How Superman Handles a Lois Lane Interview
James Gunn, the screenwriter and director of “Superman,” narrates a sequence featuring David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan.
July 18, 2025
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.
July 18, 2025
James Gunn Didn’t Want to Make ‘Superman.’ What Changed His Mind?
His hit reboot is meant to kick off years of new projects from the rebranded DC Studios. But for a long time, Gunn couldn’t figure out the character.
July 18, 2025
‘Shari & Lamb Chop’: A Singular Talent Gets Her Due
Shari Lewis’s pioneering role in children’s television becomes clear in a new film that can be perfunctory about her life.
July 18, 2025
‘Superman’ | Anatomy of a Scene
James Gunn narrates a sequence from his film, in which Superman (David Corenswet) is interviewed by Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan).
July 18, 2025
‘No Sleep Till’ Review: Calm Before the Storm
This gauzy film builds an impression of Floridian malaise by trailing four locals the day before a hurricane.
July 17, 2025
‘Life After’ Review: What the End Means
The filmmaker Reid Davenport raises thorny questions about how the option of medically assisted death is presented to disabled people.
July 17, 2025
‘Unicorns’ Review: Where Glitter Meets Grit
This movie, directed by Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd, follows Luke and Aysha, who meet by chance at a drag event.
July 17, 2025
‘Smurfs’ Review: Don’t Stop the Music
The lovable blue guys (and one gal) go on a mission to save Papa Smurf in this colorful romp with an impressive voice cast.
July 17, 2025
‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Review: Nostalgia Is Overrated
This revival of a 1990s horror franchise fumbles its shot.
July 17, 2025
‘Finally Dawn’ Review: A Night to Remember in Rome
This Italian drama, set in the 1950s and starring Lily James, Willem Dafoe and Joe Keery, sends a star-struck naïf through the looking glass darkly.
July 17, 2025
‘Cloud’ Review: Buyer’s Remorse
In this genre-bending thriller, an online reseller’s tale of vengeance becomes a parable of human greed and disconnection.
July 17, 2025
‘Eddington’ Review: Once Upon a Time in the Pandemic
Ari Aster returns with a dystopian western farce about a world gone mad that you definitely remember.
July 17, 2025
When ‘Clueless’ Made Movie Fashion History
With grunge reigning in the mid-1990s, the looks of Cher Horowitz and her friends came as a fun shock. The costume designer takes us through her thought process.
July 16, 2025
The Many Takes on Superman: Gruff, Charming or Menschy?
There’s more than one way to play the most classic of superheroes. Here’s how six actors have approached the role.
July 16, 2025
How to Watch Hitchcock: 5 Steps to Unlock the Master of Suspense
The director combined camera, sound and perspective techniques to create almost unbearable tension and anxiety for the audience.
July 14, 2025
When Streaming Won’t Cut It and You Need the DVD
Streaming is dominant for movies and TV shows. But some fans still insist on physical media.
July 13, 2025
David Corenswet Wants to Be a Superman You Can Count On
The actor has a man-out-of-time quality that makes him surprisingly like his character. But he is hyperaware of the present expectations riding on his performance.
July 12, 2025
Can ‘Superman’ Fly Above Today’s Polarized Politics?
The director of the reboot, James Gunn, called the superhero from the planet Krypton “an immigrant,” thrusting the summer popcorn movie into an Earthbound culture war.
July 11, 2025
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include desperate fathers, a remorseful MMA fighter and more.
July 11, 2025
What Superman’s Pet Owes to a Badly Behaved Rescue Dog
For the furry sidekick, Krypto, in “Superman,” the director James Gunn found inspiration — and a physical model — in his own unruly pet.
July 11, 2025
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.
July 11, 2025
5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a live-action version of Disney classic and an animated K-pop fantasy musical.
July 11, 2025
‘Apocalypse in the Tropics’: A Passionate Take on Brazilian Politics
The director Petra Costa examines a rightward shift in her country by zeroing in on the rise of a televangelist.
July 11, 2025
‘Madea’s Destination Wedding’ Review: Hellur, Bahamas
Tyler Perry returns as a series of characters, and this time, the real struggle for the family is boarding a plane.
July 11, 2025
‘Wild Diamond’ Review: The Reel World
In this French coming-of-age drama, a young woman auditions for a reality show to escape life at home.
July 10, 2025
‘Sovereign’ Review: The Fringe and the Forgotten
Nick Offerman stars as an anti-government widower whose extremist philosophy inches closer and closer to violent conflict.
July 10, 2025
‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’ Review: Through a Child’s Eyes
This drama about a white family in Zimbabwe is told almost entirely from the girl’s point of view.
July 10, 2025
‘Daniela Forever’ Review: His Girlfriend’s Back
In this agreeably unpretentious science-fiction feature, Henry Golding plays a D.J. who has lucid dreams about his dead girlfriend.
July 10, 2025
‘Brick’ Review: No Way Out?
In this overly constructed thriller from Germany, tenants are trapped in an apartment building by a mysterious bulwark.
July 10, 2025
‘Rosa la Rose: Fille Publique’ Review: Lady Liberty of the Streets
A new restoration of a 1986 drama by the filmmaker Paul Vecchiali melds a candy-colored vision of the world’s oldest profession with a grim take on neoliberalism.
July 10, 2025
‘Little, Big, and Far’ Review: Dwelling in the Cosmos
The experimental director Jem Cohen’s latest is an uncategorizable film about astronomers and humanity and love and the stars.
July 10, 2025
‘Ne Zha 2,’ Blockbuster Chinese Animated Film, Will Get English Version
The English-language version will feature the voice of Michelle Yeoh and be released in the United States in August.
July 9, 2025
Danielle Deadwyler on Balancing Brutality and Family in ‘40 Acres’
The star plays a stoic matriarch raising a militant brood to protect their land and each other against cannibals in R.T. Thorne’s new horror indie.
July 9, 2025
‘Superman’ Review: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Reboot!
Beginning again with the Man of Steel, this time in the hands of James Gunn.
July 8, 2025
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
In this month’s picks, time-loop romance and creepy postapocalyptic roommates.
July 4, 2025
How to Escape a T-Rex in ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’
The director Gareth Edwards narrates a harrowing sequence from his film.
July 4, 2025
Superhero Movies Dominated the Box Office, but Not the Top 100 List
The notable exceptions — “The Dark Knight” and “Black Panther” — stood out among the many sequels and spinoffs.
July 4, 2025
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.
July 4, 2025
‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The director Gareth Edwards narrates a sequence from his film.
July 4, 2025
Michael Madsen, a Familiar Hollywood Heavy, Is Dead at 67
He had the air of a timeless movie bad guy in movies like “Reservoir Dogs” and “Kill Bill.” “I’m a bit of a throwback to the days of black-and-white movies,” he said.
July 3, 2025
Charlize Theron’s Injuries, Uma Thurman’s Boundaries
In her return to action, Thurman is pitted against Theron in “The Old Guard 2.” The two discuss the pains and pleasures of the genre.
July 3, 2025
The Best Movies of the 21st Century: Readers Choose Their Top Movies
The people have spoken. Here are the movies they voted for.
July 2, 2025
‘The Odyssey’ Teaser Is in Theaters. We Took a Look.
The teaser for Christopher Nolan’s next film, based on Homer’s epic, is playing ahead of screenings of “Jurassic World Rebirth.” Here’s how much of the film’s story is revealed.
July 2, 2025
‘Kill the Jockey’ Review: Backing the Wrong Horse
An equestrian suffers a brain injury that alters his identity in Luis Ortega’s stylized gangster movie.
July 2, 2025
‘This Is Spinal Tap’: So Bad, They’re Great
Rob Reiner’s 1984 cult film about a British band past its prime returns to theaters in a new 4K restoration.
July 2, 2025
From No Home to a Perch in Hollywood, a Filmmaker Finally Breaks Through
Victoria Mahoney, director of “The Old Guard 2,” experienced homelessness early in her career. Thanks to sheer grit and a few mentors, she made a big-budget leap.
July 2, 2025
‘Videoheaven’ Review: Rewinding the Tape
A documentary by Alex Ross Perry examines how movies and TV have portrayed video store culture.
July 2, 2025
‘The Old Guard 2’ Review: Thurman vs. Theron
Uma Thurman joins the expanded cast in this sure-footed sequel to the action blockbuster about a team of immortal heroes.
July 2, 2025
‘Heads of State’ Review: John Cena and Idris Elba Are Assassins’ Targets
This action movie about U.S. and British leaders, also featuring Priyanka Chopra Jonas, plays like a silly version of a BBC political satire series.
July 2, 2025
‘40 Acres’ Review: This Land Is Their Land
Danielle Deadwyler tussles with cannibals in a disturbing postapocalyptic thriller.
July 2, 2025
‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Review: Wonder, Gone Extinct
With its seventh entry, the popular dinosaur franchise is starting to show signs of wear.
July 1, 2025
Three Great Documentaries to Stream
In this month’s picks, a look back at a city in France during the Nazi occupation, an assessment of a renowned gay politician and an exploration of press freedoms in sovereign tribal nations.
June 30, 2025
How ‘Colors of the Wind’ Became a Generational Rallying Cry
Thirty years after Disney released “Pocahontas,” the film’s Oscar-winning song has taken on a life of its own with millennial and Gen-Z fans.
June 30, 2025
After Seeing ‘F1,’ Here’s What to Stream Next
Once you’ve spent some time on the track with Brad Pitt, steer your way toward these other suspenseful racing movies and shows.
June 29, 2025
21世纪最好的100部电影
来自好莱坞及世界各地的500多位有影响力的导演、演员及其他知名人士评选出了自2000年1月1日以来世界各地上映过的最佳电影。
June 28, 2025
Audience Report: Celebrating 50 Years of ‘Jaws’ on Martha’s Vineyard
The anniversary festivities included V.I.P. meet-and-greets, book signings, film screenings and lectures about sharks. But for many, the real draw was the island itself.
June 28, 2025
Priyanka Chopra Jonas Is OK Sitting With Idris Elba and John Cena
A scene in their new movie “Heads of State” involved a car chase and close quarters. “It was the smallest space for the two biggest guys I’ve ever worked with,” she said.
June 28, 2025
Five International Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a Spanish drama about a transgender girl, a nail-biting Indian thriller, a Chinese docufiction and more.
June 27, 2025
Watch Brad Pitt Burn Rubber in ‘F1’
The director Joseph Kosinski narrates a sequence in which Pitt’s character hatches a plan different from his team during a race.
June 27, 2025
The Story of Movies in the 21st Century Is One of Context Collapse
As the 100 best films list shows, long-held categories in Hollywood are fading, just as they are in the broader culture.
June 27, 2025
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.
June 27, 2025
When Nobu Matsuhisa Changed Sushi in America Forever
“I am so glad I didn’t give up on my life and kept going,” says the chef, who’s the subject of a new documentary about his remarkable career.
June 27, 2025
Barbara Walters Film Emphasizes the Highlights in a Mixed Legacy
“Tell Me Everything” is more of a puff piece than its subject might have liked, but the film is at its best examining TV journalism’s evolution.
June 27, 2025
Amie Donald Has the Moves as the Killer Robot in ‘M3gan 2.0’
The sunny 15-year-old dancer-turned-actress is about as far as you can get from the role she’s best known for: a deadly A.I. doll.
June 27, 2025
‘F1’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Joseph Kosinski narrates a sequence from his film, starring Brad Pitt.
June 27, 2025
Our Best Movies of the 21st Century List
More than 500 directors, actors and other names in Hollywood and around the world voted on the best films released since Jan. 1, 2000. Mekado Murphy, assistant film editor at The New York Times, and Kyle Buchanan, who writes The Projectionist awards season column, talk about how their ballots stacked up.
June 27, 2025
The Best Movies of the 21st Century: What to Watch
For your next movie night, our list of the 100 best films of this century makes a terrific resource. But how do you narrow it down?
June 27, 2025
The Best of the Rest: A Game to Rank Your Favorite 21st-Century Genre Movies
A collaborative, live-updating reader exercise.
June 27, 2025
‘Sorry, Baby’ Review: Life and Nothing but, Beautifully
In her tender, funny feature directing debut, Eva Victor tells the story of a woman, the trauma that changed her and the life she kept on living.
June 26, 2025
‘Dune’ Director Denis Villeneuve to Take On Next James Bond Film
Amazon MGM Studios announced earlier this year that it had gained creative control over the Bond franchise after a family had held those duties for more than 60 years.
June 26, 2025
‘Stealing Pulp Fiction’ Review: A Lowbrow Homage
A couple of loser cinephiles concoct a dumb heist plan, and hilarity is the last thing that ensues.
June 26, 2025
‘Ponyboi’ Review: The Cost of Living Authentically
In this gritty film by River Gallo, an intersex character has to navigate New Jersey gangsters and double crosses.
June 26, 2025
‘My Mom Jayne’ Review: An Exceptional Family Tale
Mariska Hargitay sets out to learn about her mother, the Hollywood actress Jayne Mansfield, through intimate conversations with her siblings.
June 26, 2025
‘M3gan 2.0’ Review: Back to Slay Another Day
Everyone’s favorite campy killer doll returns in a movie that has some thoughts about artificial intelligence.
June 26, 2025
‘Hot Milk’ Review: Mommy Issues
Emma Mackey and Fiona Shaw star in this drama about a young woman in a codependent relationship with her disabled mother.
June 26, 2025
‘F1: The Movie’ Review: Brad Pitt Goes Zoom
In tanned, tousled form, the actor stars in a Formula 1 story about fast cars, last chances and pretty people by the director of “Top Gun: Maverick.”
June 26, 2025
‘Afternoons of Solitude’ Review: Man Versus Bull
Albert Serra’s mesmerizing documentary about a bullfighter faithfully depicts a violent tradition and the specter of death that suffuses it.
June 26, 2025
P. Adams Sitney, Leading Scholar of Avant-Garde Film, Dies at 80
He championed works of cinema that were destined never to have a commercial breakthrough — which, to him, was the whole point.
June 25, 2025
A Film About a Murdered Russian Activist Takes Its Own Risks
The widely condemned killing of Natalya Estemirova is the subject of a documentary that those involved say needed to take heed of the dangers of speaking out.
June 25, 2025
How a Salary Figure Changes Everything in ‘Materialists’
By making the number explicit, Celine Song’s new film reflects modern dating realities in a way rom-coms rarely have before.
June 25, 2025
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June 23, 2025
‘Jaws’ Is a Masterpiece, but ‘Jaws 2’ Deserves a Legacy, Too
The sequel had a tough act to follow, but it still delivered a terrifying monster movie with grand sequences, a sweeping score and an indelible tagline.
June 23, 2025
The Best Movies of the 21st Century: You Decide
More than 500 directors, actors and other notable movie fans submitted their ballots for the Best Movies of the 21st Century. Now it’s your turn to vote.
June 23, 2025
The Best Movies of the 21st Century: How Actors, Directors and Other Film Lovers Voted
To determine the best movies of the 21st century, we polled hundreds of celebrities. See how your favorite stars and directors voted.
June 23, 2025
The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century
More than 500 influential directors, actors and other notable names in Hollywood and around the world voted on the best films released since Jan. 1, 2000. See how their ballots stacked up.
June 23, 2025
Five Free Movies to Stream Now
Films including “Jodorowsky’s Dune” and Owen Kline’s “Funny Pages” delve into the pain and anguish — and brief ecstasy — of making art.
June 20, 2025
Who Directed ‘Elio?’ It’s Complicated
Three directors are credited for Pixar’s latest film, but not all are listed onscreen at the same time. Here’s the back story.
June 20, 2025
Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a full-throttle vampire movie, a heartbreaking ghost story, a creature-feature comedy and more.
June 20, 2025
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.
June 20, 2025
Watch Hiccup and Toothless Connect in ‘How to Train Your Dragon’
The director Dean DeBlois narrates a sequence from his live-action film, starring Mason Thames as Hiccup.
June 20, 2025
Never Quitting ‘Brokeback Mountain’
Now 20 years old, this love story about two sheepherders is being rereleased in theaters. Here’s a look at what it meant to pop culture, then and now.
June 20, 2025
What to Know About ‘28 Years Later’
We catch you up on the “28” franchise, including the new movie, with commentary from the films’ screenwriter Alex Garland.
June 20, 2025
Be the First to Find Out the 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century
Starting June 23, we’ll unveil a list of 100, as voted on by directors, actors and other notable names in Hollywood and around the world. Make sure you’re getting updates.
June 20, 2025
Marlee Matlin Tells Her Own Unvarnished Story
In a new documentary, the actress talks about the prejudice and loneliness she faced after becoming the rare Hollywood star who is deaf.
June 20, 2025
‘How to Train Your Dragon’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Dean DeBlois narrates a sequence from the live-action film featuring Mason Thames.
June 20, 2025
William Cran, ‘Frontline’ Documentarian, Is Dead at 79
Producing or directing, he made more than 50 films over 50 years, including a series on the English language and an exploration of J. Edgar Hoover’s secret life.
June 19, 2025
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Review: Singing, Slinging and Slashing
Beyond the somewhat silly premise of this Netflix animated film is a charming, funny and artfully punchy original universe.
June 19, 2025
‘28 Years Later’ Review: Danny Boyle Revives His Monsters
The director returns to the postapocalyptic Britain he conjured in his 2002 movie “28 Days Later,” this time with a father and son running from the infected. Mom joins in, too.
June 19, 2025
‘Elio’ Review: Pixar’s Fantastical, Familiar World
An orphaned boy is whisked away on a visually wondrous cosmic adventure, but he returns home with mostly reassuring lessons.
June 19, 2025
‘Shanghai Blues’ Review: Slapstick Fun in a 1984 Tsui Hark Picture
This newly restored screwball comedy is a buoyant romp. The director revisits and refines the techniques used here in his later work in other genres.
June 19, 2025
Mariska Hargitay Comes to Terms With a Lifetime of Family Secrets
In a new documentary made by the “Law & Order: SVU” star, she examines her own clouded origins and the mother she barely knew: Jayne Mansfield.
June 19, 2025
‘The Queen of My Dreams’ Review: From Karachi to Toronto
Fawzia Mirza’s amiable feature debut traces the lives of a mother and her daughter in two coming-of-age tales.
June 19, 2025
‘Familiar Touch’ Review: Living With Dementia
In this empathetic debut feature, Kathleen Chalfant plays Ruth, a woman who moves into an assisted living facility and adapts to her new life.
June 19, 2025
‘Everything’s Going to Be Great’ Review: Show People
A theater family sorts out its offstage drama in a coming-of-age movie starring Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney.
June 19, 2025
‘Bride Hard’ Review: Taking on Baddies at Her Best Friend’s Wedding
Rebel Wilson gamely plays the role of secret agent and bridesmaid in this action-thriller mixed with a rom-com.
June 19, 2025
How the World Ends in ‘The Life of Chuck’
The screenwriter and director Mike Flanagan narrates a sequence from his film, featuring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Violet McGraw. (Plus, Chuck.)
June 18, 2025
‘Sisu,’ ‘Final Score’ and More Streaming Gems
This month’s streaming suggestions include poignant biographical portraits, coming-of-age dramas, a late-career leading role for a legend and more.
June 18, 2025
‘The Life of Chuck’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Mike Flanagan narrates a sequence from his film.
June 18, 2025
Cruise Will Receive an Honorary Oscar at Governors Awards
The film industry will honor Tom Cruise this fall with an Honorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement, along with the choreographer Debbie Allen and the production designer Wynn Thomas.
June 18, 2025
‘Sally’ Review: Rocket Woman
The remarkable life of the first American woman in space is profiled in this diverting but tame documentary.
June 17, 2025
The ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Star Mason Thames Is Still Freaking Out
As Hiccup, the 17-year-old actor is shouldering the weight of Universal’s new live-action franchise — and living out his childhood fantasy.
June 15, 2025
Inside Universal’s Big Bet on ‘How to Train Your Dragon’
In an era of skepticism around live-action remakes, Universal believes audiences will take flight with Hiccup and Toothless again.
June 14, 2025
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a gaslit mother, a hungry shark, vengeful French cops, and more.
June 13, 2025
7 Father’s Day Movies to Watch in Theaters
Whether you’re in the mood for dragons or a new Wes Anderson, theaters this weekend are filled with fatherly flicks.
June 13, 2025
Watch Dakota Johnson and Pedro Pascal Spark in ‘Materialists’
The writer and director Celine Song narrates a sequence from her film, which also features Chris Evans.
June 13, 2025
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.
June 13, 2025
‘Prime Minister’ Examines a New Zealand Leader and a Global Issue
The film is a memoir of sorts for Jacinda Ardern, who governed at a time of multiple disasters. But it was misinformation that proved hardest to cope with.
June 13, 2025
How Much Are You Worth Romantically? This Director Has Thoughts.
Celine Song’s new “Materialists” takes a deep look at love and value via a rom-com, a genre that she argues is wrongfully dismissed: “What is more important than love?”
June 13, 2025
‘Materialists’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Celine Song narrates a sequence from her film featuring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans.
June 13, 2025
Enzo Staiola, Who Starred in ‘Bicycle Thieves’ as a Child, Dies at 85
Discovered on the street in Rome, he had a brush with stardom when he was cast in what many consider one of the greatest films of all time.
June 12, 2025
‘Sex’ Review: Two Men Talk About and Around the Subject
A chimney sweep and his colleague get deep on the roofs of Oslo in Dag Johan Haugerud’s curious meditation on marriage and masculinity.
June 12, 2025
‘Tatami’ Review: A Bitter Fight, Both on and Off the Mat
A flinty Iranian judoka competing in the World Judo Championships is menaced by her government in this absorbing political thriller.
June 12, 2025
‘Echo Valley’ Review: Mother Knows Best, Daughter Does Worst
A stellar cast led by Julianne Moore is unable to breathe life into this unsuccessful blend of maternal drama and crime caper.
June 12, 2025
‘Deep Cover’ Review: Fighting Crime With Improv
Three hapless comics, played by Orlando Bloom, Bryce Dallas Howard and Nick Mohammed, infiltrate the criminal underworld.
June 12, 2025
‘Will’ Review: Heartache and Hope in Harlem
In Jessie Maple’s restored 1981 drama, one of the first feature-length films by a Black woman, a heroin addict mentors a young boy and tries to find his footing.
June 12, 2025
‘Meeting With Pol Pot’ Review: Snapshots of Totalitarianism
The director Rithy Panh dramatizes events from 1978, when a group of outsiders was allowed to enter Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge.
June 12, 2025
‘Materialists’ Review: When Dakota Met Pedro (and Chris)
The director Celine Song follows up her “Past Lives” with a side-eyeing update on the rom-com, starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans.
June 12, 2025
‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Review: The Return of Hiccup and Toothless
This live action remake of the 2010 animated film is religiously faithful to the original. The result is exhilarating at times, if somewhat mechanical.
June 12, 2025
Tom Hiddleston Dances Up a Storm: ‘I Just Wanted It to Fly’
In “The Life of Chuck,” the actor known for spontaneous eruptions of joyful movement, lets loose with a feast of footwork.
June 11, 2025
John C. Reilly Wants to Talk to You About Love
The actor’s passion project is a cabaret act in which he sings the standards. “It might sound Pollyanna-ish,” he says, but his goal is to connect.
June 11, 2025
Pop Culture Takes Up Smoking Again
From movies and TV shows to music, the habit is no longer taboo. It’s even being celebrated for the way it makes characters look cool or powerful.
June 11, 2025
‘Titan: The OceanGate Disaster’ Review: A Company’s Failures
Netflix’s documentary about the catastrophe uses familiar techniques to spotlight the faulty judgment of Stockton Rush, who ran OceanGate.
June 11, 2025
How ‘Ballerina’ Set People on Fire
Ana de Armas wields a flamethrower in “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina” and torches, well, a lot. Here’s how they made that sequence come to life. (And yes, the flames are mostly real.)
June 10, 2025
The Director of ‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’ Unpacks Key Moments
The filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie discusses major character deaths, the end (or is it?) of an action-movie franchise and what comes next.
June 7, 2025
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
In this month’s selections, romance across dimensions and an animated entry in the “Predator” franchise.
June 6, 2025
Watch Ana de Armas Fight Using Kitchen Utensils in ‘Ballerina’
The director Len Wiseman narrates an action sequence from “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina.”
June 6, 2025
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.
June 6, 2025
5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include an Oscar-nominated DreamWorks adventure and a fun summer mystery for tweens.
June 6, 2025
In Wes Anderson’s New Movie, Real Masterpieces Get a Starring Role
Paintings by Magritte and others were borrowed for “The Phoenician Scheme.” Safeguarding them amid the hot lights and chaos of a film set was challenging.
June 6, 2025
‘Ballerina’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The director Len Wiseman narrates a sequence from his film “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina,” featuring Ana de Armas.
June 6, 2025
‘Tyler Perry’s Straw’ Review: The Accidental Bank Robber
A single mom in Atlanta (Taraji P. Henson) is having a very, very, very bad day.
June 6, 2025
Mara Corday, Starlet of Monster Movies and Magazines, Dies at 95
She appeared in Playboy and sci-fi films in the 1950s. Later, in Clint Eastwood’s “Sudden Impact,” she was a hostage until he uttered five famous words.
June 5, 2025
‘Sunlight’ Review: A Man Wakes Up in a Camper, Monkey at the Wheel
In Nina Conti’s absurdist love story, a radio host and a new friend have nowhere to go but up.
June 5, 2025
‘The Ritual’ Review: An Exorcism to Forget
Al Pacino speaks in an exaggerated accent and Dan Stevens looks overly concerned in this movie directed by David Midell.
June 5, 2025
‘Slumlord Millionaire’ Review: Costs of Living
A documentary looks at New York City residents pushing back against housing troubles.
June 5, 2025
He Created the Original Modern Zombie. His Family Wants to Define What’s Next.
George Romero’s daughter, ex-wife and widow are each working on movies rooted in his legacy, even as they wrestle with their memories and a contentious split.
June 5, 2025
‘The Life of Chuck’ Review: Don’t Worry, Be Happy
Tom Hiddleston dances his way through a movie about death and dystopia, based on a Stephen King story, that has an incongruous feel-good vibe.
June 5, 2025
‘The Last Twins’ Review: A Rare Holocaust Story
Erno Spiegel was spared because he was a twin. He went on to help others at Auschwitz, as detailed in this documentary by Perri Peltz and Matthew O’Neill.
June 5, 2025
‘I Don’t Understand You’ Review: Murder and Mayhem in Italy
The film follows dads-to-be Dom (Nick Kroll) and Cole (Andrew Rannells) as they make a series of disastrously wrong turns during their anniversary trip.
June 5, 2025
‘Dangerous Animals’ Review: Here, Sharky Sharky!
The Australian director Sean Byrne combines the serial killer and shark movie subgenres into a trashy good time.
June 5, 2025
‘From the World of John Wick: Ballerina’ Review: Dance, Killer, Dance!
Ana de Armas twirls into the franchise as a ballerina-assassin with vengeance on her mind in this by-the-numbers cash grab.
June 5, 2025
Sacha Jenkins, Filmmaker Who Mined the Black Experience, Dies at 53
Shaped by early hip-hop culture, his documentaries put race in the foreground, whether the topic was hip-hop fashion, the Capitol riots or Louis Armstrong.
June 4, 2025
Haley Joel Osment Ordered to Attend A.A. After Ski Resort Arrest
The actor was charged in April with public intoxication and possession of cocaine and was recorded using the word “Nazi” and an antisemitic slur during his arrest. He later apologized.
June 4, 2025
The Women Who Try to Keep Pace With Ethan Hunt
Over eight installments, the “Mission: Impossible” franchise has never quite found the perfect match for Tom Cruise’s world-saving spy.
June 4, 2025
In ‘Bring Her Back,’ Sally Hawkins Takes Horror to Heart
In a rare interview, the actress discusses tackling a difficult, sensitive and often dastardly role in the latest offering from Danny and Michael Philippou.
June 4, 2025
‘Happiness’: Living in a State of Irony
Todd Solondz’s 1998 movie, revived for a run at the IFC Center in a new 4K restoration, has scarcely lost its capacity to discomfit.
June 4, 2025
A Pirouette Through ‘John Wick’ Lore
With the release of “From the World of John Wick: Ballerina,” a guide to the expanded Wick cinematic universe.
June 4, 2025
At the Tribeca Festival, Standouts Come From Near and Far
A documentary about a New York restaurant and a Korean film about dine-and-dashers are among the standouts in this year’s festival.
June 3, 2025
For Pride, Stream These Queer Horror Movies
Standouts include a lesbian-coded vampire thriller and a Mexican folk-horror drama.
June 2, 2025
At Tribeca Festival, ‘The Scout’ Spotlights a Typically Low-Profile Role
Written and directed by Paula González-Nasser, who worked as a location scout for about six years, the film explores the existential quandary at the heart of this seeming dream job.
June 1, 2025
A Documentary About Life, Death and ‘The Cathedral’
The process of making a wood sculpture of Jesus Christ took the artist James Grashow four years to complete.
June 1, 2025
Lin-Manuel Miranda Has Advice for Aspiring Filmmakers
An artist development program at the Tribeca Festival aims to support underrepresented groups in filmmaking.
June 1, 2025
How They Pulled Off That Wild ‘Mission: Impossible’ Plane Stunt
Creating Tom Cruise’s pivotal scene for “The Final Reckoning” required months of grit, G-force training and a little hypothermia.
May 31, 2025
Kyra Sedgwick Wants More Middle-Aged Sex Onscreen
The actress, currently starring in “Bad Shabbos,” on ’90s rock, Miranda July and “PBS NewsHour.”
May 31, 2025
A ‘Nurse Action Movie’ Might Be Different, but That’s the Point
From TV series to art house films, Leonie Benesch brings a quiet intensity to the screen, including her latest movie.
May 30, 2025
For This Director, Iranian Films Can Be About More Than Despair
Amirali Navaee’s new film, “Sunshine Express,” screening next at South by Southwest London, is a project more focused on hope than politics.
May 30, 2025
Five International Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a Chinese martial arts movie, an Indonesian political thriller, a documentary about a Norwegian family that stumbles upon a long-hidden secret and more.
May 30, 2025
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.
May 30, 2025
When the Whole Country Watched a Nuclear War Movie at Once
The 1983 ABC movie “The Day After” was a landmark moment that proved contentious even before it aired, as a new documentary shows.
May 30, 2025
Wes Anderson’s Newest Star Finds Inspiration Everywhere (Even a Napkin)
Mia Threapleton is Kate Winslet’s daughter but she’s intent on making her own way in Hollywood. That includes her deadpan nun in “The Phoenician Scheme.”
May 30, 2025
‘Karate Kid: Legends’ Review: The Student Becomes the Teacher
The latest installment to the long-running franchise is a messy entry that tries to throw too many legacies into a blender.
May 29, 2025
‘Tornado’ Review: She Wants Revenge
In the title role, the singer-songwriter Koki is both charming and indomitable as she goes after a band of thieves led by Sugarman (Tim Roth).
May 29, 2025
‘Ghost Trail’ Review: A Cat and Mouse Thriller
A hypnotizing Adam Bessa anchors this tale about a Syrian refugee living in France who believes he has found the man who tortured him.
May 29, 2025
Three Great Documentaries to Stream
This month’s picks follow a journalist facing an Alzheimer’s diagnosis and a unionization effort for Amazon workers. Plus, an exploration into the nature of film editing.
May 29, 2025
‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Review: Benicio Del Toro Plans to Save His Soul
Wes Anderson returns with another intricately designed film, and an inquiry into the meaning of goodness.
May 29, 2025
‘Bring Her Back’ Review: A Foster Mother Like No Other
Sally Hawkins plays a menacingly unhinged foster parent to two bereaved siblings in this emotionally potent chiller.
May 29, 2025
Kevin Costner Is Sued by ‘Horizon’ Actor Over Rape Scene
A stunt double said she was left with trauma by an unscripted scene that did not include an intimacy coordinator. Mr. Costner’s lawyer said the claims were meritless.
May 28, 2025
Bruce Logan, Who Blew Up the Death Star in ‘Star Wars,’ Dies at 78
A special effects artist and cinematographer, he also worked on “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Tron,” and took a detour to comedy with “Airplane!”
May 28, 2025
‘The Sealed Soil’: Modesty and Its Discontents
The Iranian director Marva Nabili’s first feature gets a weeklong run at Brooklyn Academy of Music.
May 28, 2025
Then and Now, It’s a Thrill to Star Alongside Stitch
Cast members from the original 2002 animated film and the live-action remake explain what lured them to — or back to — “Lilo & Stitch.”
May 28, 2025
Last Year’s Cannes Winners Won Big at Oscars. Can the 2025 Crop Do the Same?
The most likely movies to grab academy voters are “Un Simple Accident,” “Sentimental Value” and “Nouvelle Vague.” But none are primarily in English.
May 26, 2025
Marcel Ophuls, Myth-Shattering War Documentarian, Is Dead at 97
He was best known for “The Sorrow and the Pity,” a landmark film that debunked ideas of vast French resistance to the Nazi occupation.
May 26, 2025
A ‘Mission: Impossible’ Fan Favorite Returns 3 Decades Later. Even He’s Surprised.
Rolf Saxon thought he was being pranked when the director of the new film contacted him for a role that actually expanded during production.
May 25, 2025
Iranian Movie Shot in Secret Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival
The film, “Un Simple Accident,” was directed by Jafar Panahi, a longtime festival favorite. The award capped a contest that was widely seen as the strongest in years.
May 24, 2025
Michael Roemer, Maker of Acclaimed but Little-Seen Films, Dies at 97
His “Nothing but a Man” and “The Plot Against Harry” drew critical praise but never found an audience. He said he took “a certain pride in not having been a success.”
May 24, 2025
At Cannes, Sneaky Period Pieces and Film Lovers’ Delights Rule the Screen
Movies from China, Brazil, Iran and elsewhere prove that there’s so much more to cinema than Hollywood would have us believe.
May 23, 2025
Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
This month’s evils lurk around a bend in the road, behind a locked door and on the prom dance floor.
May 23, 2025
The Best Movies of 2025, So Far
Our critics picked 10 films that you might have missed but that are worth your time this summer.
May 23, 2025
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.
May 23, 2025
Tom Cruise Really, Really Loves the Movies
One of the industry’s biggest stars is also its most enthusiastic evangelist. He is hoping it pays off for the eighth “Mission: Impossible” film.
May 23, 2025
If This Movie Wins the Palme d’Or, It Will Extend a Staggering Streak
The distributor Neon has been on a run at the Cannes Film Festival, and it has three movies, including “Sentimental Value,” considered front-runners.
May 22, 2025
A ‘Mission: Impossible’ Movie Game
We picked 20 movies, including the new “Mission: Impossible,” and found the headlines that ran with each New York Times review. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to pair them correctly. The world is counting on you.
May 22, 2025
Scarlett Johansson Unveils Her Newest Role at Cannes: Filmmaker
The star came across the script for “Eleanor the Great,” already starring June Squibb, and instantly realized, “I know how to make it.” Now she wants to direct again.
May 22, 2025
At Cannes, Can You Trust the Length of a Standing Ovation?
The applause at premieres like “Mission: Impossible” or “The History of Sound” is often timed and reported breathlessly. But there’s more to the story.
May 22, 2025
‘Fountain of Youth’ Review: John Krasinski Goes Continent Hopping
An adventurer enlists his disapproving sister (Natalie Portman) in this Guy Ritchie movie with a hint of Indiana Jones.
May 22, 2025
‘Bad Shabbos’ Review: Guess Who’s Kvetching About Dinner?
A newly engaged Jew and gentile plan to introduce their parents. But first: There’s a crisis involving a body, a ticking clock and a doorman played by Method Man.
May 22, 2025
‘The Last Rodeo’ Review: One for the Money, Two for the Show
A family tragedy forces an aging bull rider back into the saddle in this blandly wholesome drama.
May 22, 2025
‘The New Boy’ Review: Finding a Light in the Darkness
Cate Blanchett stars as a nun who encounters an Indigenous Australian boy with special powers in this film about forced assimilation.
May 22, 2025
‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ Review: It’s Not Me, It’s Jane
A modern heroine learns about love, and a whole lot more, at a writing residency.
May 22, 2025
David Lazer, Executive Who Joined the World of Muppets, Dies at 89
At IBM, he hired a young Jim Henson to make humorous corporate films using his puppet creations. Mr. Henson later hired Mr. Lazer to help run his company.
May 21, 2025
How Do You Follow One of the Craziest Cannes Movies Ever?
Julia Ducournau, who won the Palme d’Or for “Titane,” returns with the body-horror tale “Alpha.” The critical reception has not been kind.
May 21, 2025
‘Lilo & Stitch’: How a Fuzzy Blue Alien Became a Disney Cash Cow
Step aside, Moana, Elsa and Simba. In recent years, Stitch has quietly become one of Disney’s most popular — and most merchandised — characters.
May 21, 2025
Los Angeles Mayor Seeks to Lure Filming Back by Cutting Red Tape
With film and TV production in Los Angeles down by roughly one-third in recent years, Mayor Karen Bass took steps to make it easier to shoot at top locations.
May 20, 2025
Spike Lee May Be in Cannes, but His Heart Is Courtside With the Knicks
The director brought his latest collaboration with Denzel Washington, “Highest 2 Lowest,” to the festival, but he really wanted to talk basketball.
May 20, 2025
‘Lilo & Stitch’ Review: Creature Chaos
The live-action remake of the hit 2002 Disney film is mostly serviceable and often adorable, even if the best parts of the original got left behind.
May 20, 2025
Ari Aster on ‘Eddington’: It’s ‘About What the Country Felt Like to Me’
The Covid-era satire has been divisive at Cannes, but the director has not seen the reviews. He’s focused on his fears about where the world is headed.
May 19, 2025
‘The Order,’ ‘The Outrun’ and More Streaming Gems
A handful of last year’s best (yet overlooked) indies are among this month’s hidden treasures on your subscription streamers.
May 19, 2025
Kristen Stewart Thinks the Critics at Cannes Are Being Too Nice
Her directorial debut, “The Chronology of Water,” has earned good notices, but after fighting to get it made, the filmmaker wouldn’t mind a battle with reviewers.
May 18, 2025
Jennifer Lawrence Gets Her First Cannes Starring Role, and It’s a Risky One
In “Die My Love” with Robert Pattinson, she plays a mother with postpartum depression. She was four months pregnant then and the hormones helped a lot.
May 18, 2025
Eiza González Says Legend of Zelda Changed How She Looks at Life
“At first glance you’d be like, ‘Oh, it’s a simple game,’” said the star of the new movie “Fountain of Youth.” “But it’s so much more deep than anyone could imagine.”
May 17, 2025
Death, Disaster, Weird Liquids: What to Expect in a ‘Final Destination’ Movie
We have a premonition of the (mostly terrible, often funny) things you’re likely to see in any of the films from the long-running horror franchise. Follow along below, and beware.
May 17, 2025
Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ Has Critics Squaring Off at Cannes
Set in the pandemic’s early days, the noted horror director’s Covid comedy satirizes the national mood during lockdown. Reactions have been polarizing.
May 16, 2025
At the Cannes Film Festival, the Mood Is Uncertain and Unsettled
The threat of tariffs and the struggles of Hollywood have dampened what is usually an international party. Even the early standouts are somber.
May 16, 2025
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a deadly train, a Blaxploitation-coded revenge tale, a serial killer seeking justice, and more.
May 16, 2025
Five Free Movies to Stream Now
In films like “Embrace of the Serpent,” you’ll find stories about history and power. Here’s a rundown of what’s currently on Tubi, Plex and PlutoTV.
May 16, 2025
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.
May 16, 2025
The Director of ‘Thunderbolts*’ Unpacks the Movie’s Spoilers
The filmmaker Jake Schreier explains how a test of the film led to a change in the ending and other developments.
May 16, 2025
‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ Review: The Shadow Cast by Blinding Lights
A filmic companion to the Weeknd’s latest album, this meta psychological thriller is all style and no substance.
May 15, 2025
Palme d’Or Projections: Has Cannes Found Its Early Front-runner?
“Sound of Falling,” which tracks four German girls over the course of a century, drew early raves. But it might not go the distance.
May 15, 2025
Joe Don Baker, Actor Who Found Fame With ‘Walking Tall,’ Dies at 89
His performance as a crusading Southern sheriff made him a star after a decade under the radar in character parts. He went on to play a wide range of roles.
May 15, 2025
‘Sister Midnight’ Review: The Feminine Mystique, but Make It Macabre
A housewife’s domestic distresses take a horrifying turn in this dark comedy set in the slums of Mumbai.
May 15, 2025
‘Desert of Namibia’ Review: Ups and Downs
Yoko Yamanaka’s film is a brilliantly observed portrait of a young woman simmering with frustrations and coming to terms with her relationships and place in the world.
May 15, 2025
‘The Kiss’ Review: A Romance Without Love?
A young military man asks a woman to dance, but they’re in for a bumpy ride in this story adapted from a novel by Stefan Zweig.
May 15, 2025
‘Deaf President Now!’ and the Biases of a Hearing World
The documentary recalls the 1988 protests that erupted at Gallaudet University when trustees rejected deaf candidates to lead it.
May 15, 2025
‘Love’ Review: Connection, Oslo Style
A poetic drama weaves together the lives of Norwegians as they pursue connection in their own ways.
May 15, 2025
‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ Review: Born to Die
The sixth installment in the horror franchise might be the most self-consciously silly of the bunch — and it’s all the better for it.
May 15, 2025
‘The Damned’ Review: Unfortunate Sons
In Roberto Minervini’s intimate and impressionistic drama, a group of Civil War scouts faces the harsh realities of the uncharted Montana territory.
May 15, 2025
Tom Cruise Gives Cannes a Master Class in Star Power
Whether in “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” or on the red carpet, the 62-year-old actor ensured that all eyes were on him.
May 15, 2025
‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’ Review: Tom Cruise Defies All
For the eighth installment of this stunt-spectacular franchise, the star returns to fight off A.I. planetary domination, the bends, gravity and maybe mortality itself.
May 14, 2025
Cannes Reacts to Gérard Depardieu Verdict With Soul-Searching and Shrugs
The actor, who was found guilty of sexual assault on Tuesday, was a festival stalwart and had brought nearly 30 movies to the event.
May 14, 2025
In Dark Comedies Like ‘Friendship,’ Bad Bromance Brews
A spate of recent indie films provide a complicated, sometimes solemn take on male friendship.
May 14, 2025
Robert Benton, Influential Director and Screenwriter, Dies at 92
After collaborating on the script for “Bonnie and Clyde,” he went on to write and direct “Kramer vs. Kramer” and “Places in the Heart.”
May 13, 2025
Cannes Film Festival: What to Look for (Like Stars Behind the Camera)
The event is packed with high-profile English-language movies, including the new “Mission: Impossible” and a Jennifer Lawrence-Robert Pattinson drama.
May 13, 2025
When Movie Stars Come to Cannes, a Traverso Is There to Take Pictures
Gilles Traverso is the third in a line of photographers from his family to capture the film elite every year of the Cannes Film Festival.
May 12, 2025
At the Cannes Film Festival, a Story of Love, Money and Scandal
The director Thierry Klifa discusses his new film, “The Richest Woman in the World,” based on the true story of the French billionaire Liliane Bettencourt.
May 12, 2025
When Watching These Films at Cannes, Feel Free to Put Your Feet in the Sand
Cinéma de la Plage is the Cannes Film Festival’s free program of nightly film screenings on the beach and under the stars.
May 12, 2025
Anamaria Vartolomei Brings a Fearless Streak to Her Roles
The actress’s latest film, “Adam’s Interest,” will open the Critics’ Week showcase at the Cannes Film Festival.
May 12, 2025
Lewis Pullman of ‘Thunderbolts*’ Has Become Hollywood’s Go-To Bob
In “Top Gun: Maverick” and the latest Marvel movie, the actor has played memorable characters by that name. “I should probably take a breather from playing Bobs,” he said.
May 10, 2025
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
There’s scorched earth with a little bit of hope in this month’s sci-fi picks.
May 9, 2025
Wunmi Mosaku on Why ‘Sinners’ Is the ‘Greatest Love Story Ever Told’
The British Nigerian actress’s turn as the hoodoo-practicing love interest has given her a brighter spotlight. She is trying to stay grounded through it all.
May 9, 2025
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.
May 9, 2025
‘My Robot Sophia’: An Unsettling Look Into the Soul of a Machine
This film by Jon Kasbe and Crystal Moselle skirts gimmicks to examine a creator’s drive to build a humanoid device powered by artificial intelligence.
May 9, 2025
‘Nonnas’ Review: Oversauced
Vince Vaughn plays a restaurant owner who hires Italian grandmothers to cook for him in this corn-filled gabagool.
May 8, 2025
‘Summer of 69’ Review: A Crash Course in Carnal Knowledge
Jillian Bell’s feature directorial debut centers on a nerdy teenager who hires a stripper for a sexual education, but the movie favors modesty over vulgarity.
May 8, 2025
‘Juliet & Romeo’ Review: Tragedy Executed as Farce
This movie musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers is no “& Juliet” — that is, it’s no fun.
May 8, 2025
‘Clown in a Cornfield’ Review: Stalkers
In this underbaked slasher film, killer bozos terrorize teens in the American heartland.
May 8, 2025
‘Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted’ Review: In the Deep End
The movie offers full-on immersion, or perhaps submersion, in the singer-songwriter’s musical world.
May 8, 2025
‘Lilly’ Review: She Did It Her Way
Patricia Clarkson plays the equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter in this misty-eyed drama.
May 8, 2025
‘Friendship’ Review: Are Men OK?
Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd star in the kind of comedy you watch from behind your hands.
May 8, 2025
‘Fight or Flight’ Review: Conned Air
Josh Hartnett plays a rugged mercenary in an airborne action movie that struggles to stay on course.
May 8, 2025
‘Caught by the Tides’ Review: Jia Zhangke Sees Constant Flux
The Chinese director shot two decades of footage for his new film, which captures his country in tumult and one woman living through it.
May 8, 2025
‘Forbidden Games’: A War Orphan’s Sweet, Ultimately Shattering Story
Hailed on its release as the most troubling French film made in the aftermath of World War II, it returns for a week at Film Forum.
May 7, 2025
‘Sinners’ and Beyoncé Battle the Vampires. And the Gatekeepers, Too.
This moment might call for excessive, imaginative Black art that wants to be gobbled up. That’s Ryan Coogler’s new movie. That’s “Cowboy Carter.” Let’s throw in some Kendrick, too.
May 7, 2025
Dishing With the Stars of ‘Nonnas’
Lorraine Bracco, Brenda Vaccaro, Talia Shire and Susan Sarandon discuss playing cooks in a new film, aging in Hollywood and the movies that their grandchildren cannot yet watch.
May 7, 2025
At Milestone Films, Passing the Torch, but Keeping the Flame Alive
The distributor’s owners, Amy Heller and Dennis Doros, made the unusual choice to give it away. Their successor is Maya Cade of the Black Film Archive.
May 6, 2025
Trump Called for Movie Tariffs. Newsom Proposes a Tax Credit Instead.
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California said that he wanted to team up with the Trump administration to craft a $7.5 billion federal film tax credit.
May 5, 2025
The 50 Best Movies on HBO Max Right Now
In addition to new Warner and HBO films, the streamer has a treasure trove of Golden Age classics, indie flicks and foreign films. Start with these.
May 5, 2025
‘Thunderbolts*’ Axes the Asterisk to Market Its Surprise Title Reveal
A plot twist that comes in the movie’s final moments will now be front and center on billboards. The director Jake Schreier explains the rebrand.
May 5, 2025
Wim Wenders on Where the War in Europe Really Ended 80 Years Ago
In a short film and in conversation, the German filmmaker ponders the meaning of freedom, the complacency of peace and the new insecurity from Russia’s war and Donald Trump.
May 5, 2025
Cora Sue Collins, a Busy Child Actress in the 1930s, Dies at 98
She was in films with Greta Garbo, who became a friend, and Myrna Loy, Bette Davis and others. She ended her career after being sexually harassed.
May 4, 2025
When One Actor Contains Multitudes: An Old Form Finds (Eerie) New Life
Online, onstage and onscreen, performers are playing multiple parts. The effect of watching someone shape-shift can be both thrilling and unnerving.
May 4, 2025
Where Would Hollywood Find Its Guillotines or Pay Phones Without Them?
For nearly four decades the prop house History for Hire has helped filmmakers recreate the past. But with fewer films shot in Los Angeles, they are not sure how much longer they can hang on.
May 4, 2025
David Harbour Is Conflicted About Becoming a Morning Person
Working on the new movie “Thunderbolts*” and the TV series “Stranger Things,” he said, “You’re up early at 6 in the morning. But I still have that beast inside me that wants to sleep till 1 p.m.”
May 3, 2025
Five International Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a hit Thai family drama, an Iranian animated film, a trilogy of documentaries about Chinese textile workers and more.
May 2, 2025
Conjuring the Past and Future of Black Music in ‘Sinners’
The writer and director Ryan Coogler narrates a sequence from his film.
May 2, 2025
Paul Feig’s Favorite Female-Centered Movies
The filmmaker behind “Another Simple Favor” likes when things get “really, really extra” onscreen.
May 2, 2025
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.
May 2, 2025
5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include animals galore and an animated “Addams Family” adventure.
May 2, 2025
‘Pavements’: A Sly Ode to the Last Band You’d Give the Biopic Treatment
Part spoof and part serious, the film is about mythmaking as much as it is about music. The result is delightfully destabilizing.
May 2, 2025
Seven Roles That Explain the Deeply Nuanced, Not Crazy Art of Nicolas Cage
Don’t reduce his career to his unhinged characters. The actor’s work is often more textured and soulful than he’s given credit for.
May 2, 2025
‘Sinners’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Ryan Coogler narrates a musical sequence from “Sinners,” in which the past and future of Black music is conjured.
May 2, 2025
Martin Scorsese Got One of Pope Francis’ Final Interviews
The project will highlight scripted short films from international communities along with snippets of a conversation between the director and the pontiff, who died last month.
May 1, 2025
‘Rust’ Review: It’s a Hard Watch
During every scene of this western, I couldn’t stop thinking about the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, who was killed on set in an entirely preventable tragedy.
May 1, 2025
‘Vulcanizadora’ Review: Guilt Trip
Two midlife losers reckon with past mistakes on a despairing and oddly haunting trip into the woods and out of their heads.
May 1, 2025
‘Words of War’ Review: Portrait of a Fearless Reporter
The Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya is the subject of a film that honors her bravery.
May 1, 2025
Alec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Gets Muted Release, Years After Fatal Shooting
The filmmakers said that they hoped the finished product would honor the work and memory of its cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, who was shot and killed on the set.
May 1, 2025
‘Pavements’ Blurs Fact and Fiction to Reimagine a Band’s Legacy
The director Alex Ross Perry said Stephen Malkmus of Pavement told him to “avoid the legacy trap.” The result is a music documentary with made-up elements that really existed. What?
May 1, 2025
‘The Surfer’ Review: Catching a Wave, and Catching Hell
Nicolas Cage plays the title role in this punishing beach drama, where an aggressive group of surfers advise him the spot is for “locals only.”
May 1, 2025
‘Lavender Men’ Review: Daring to Reimagine ‘America’s Daddy’
A writer rethinks queer history through Abraham Lincoln’s political ambitions, but needs a few present-day edits.
May 1, 2025
‘A Desert’ Review: Motel Hell
A washed-up photographer finds himself embroiled in an eerie mystery in Joshua Erkman’s strange, singular thriller.
May 1, 2025
‘Bonjour Tristesse’ Review: Goodbye Girlhood
Durga Chew-Bose boldly reimagines a work once adapted by Otto Preminger in her beguiling first film set on the French Riviera.
May 1, 2025
‘Another Simple Favor’ Review: Big Hats and Big Intrigue
The sequel to the deranged 2018 comedy finds Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick feuding in the Italian sun.
May 1, 2025
‘Electra’ Review: Not Exactly a Unicorn
In Hala Matar’s stylish if somewhat vacant drama, flair trumps grief.
May 1, 2025
‘Thunderbolts*’ Review: Florence Pugh and Pals Kick Some Asterisk
The actress is the main attraction in Marvel’s latest, about a group of ragtag super-types who join forces to (spoiler alert!) save the world.
May 1, 2025
Ted Kotcheff, Director Who Brought Rambo to the Screen, Dies at 94
His films, including “First Blood” and “Weekend at Bernie’s,” covered a range of genres. He was later an executive producer of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”
April 30, 2025
Three Great Documentaries to Stream
In this month’s picks, a solemn look at the war in Ukraine, plus an ongoing struggle over land and a spirited search for truffles.
April 30, 2025
Liked ‘Havoc’? Here are Five Movies to Stream Next
Gareth Evans’s action film starring Tom Hardy delivers a fire hose of action. If you want the punches to keep coming, we recommend these five movies.
April 29, 2025
Pedro Almodóvar Through the Eyes of Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton and 7 Other Stars
In advance of a gala celebration of the director’s career, we asked nine actresses about working with the auteur. They painted a picture of a precise artist.
April 27, 2025
The Symbolism in ‘Sinners’
Beneath the spectacle of an action-packed vampire movie, the film has plenty to say about what is sacred and what is profane.
April 26, 2025
Watch Ben Affleck Line Dance in ‘The Accountant 2’
The director Gavin O’Connor narrates a sequence from the film featuring the actor and Jon Bernthal.
April 25, 2025
Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a robot revenge drama and a supernatural detective story.
April 25, 2025
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.
April 25, 2025
Doubling Up: How ‘Sinners’ and Other Movies Multiply One Actor
From camera tricks to digital facial replacement, a history of duplicating effects.
April 25, 2025
‘Drop Dead City’: When New York Was on the Financial Brink
This surprisingly entertaining film examines the 1975 fiscal crisis that nearly led the city to bankruptcy. The movie’s conclusions remain relevant today.
April 25, 2025
‘The Accountant 2’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The director Gavin O’Connor narrates a sequence from “The Accountant 2,” starring Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal.
April 25, 2025
Andrea Nevins, Who Turned Offbeat Subjects Into Moving Films, Dies at 63
Her documentaries, one of which received an Oscar nomination, explored subjects like punk-rock dads and Barbie dolls.
April 24, 2025
‘Havoc’ Review: A Fighting Spirit
Tom Hardy is a crooked cop looking to make amends in Gareth Evans’s action-packed film.
April 24, 2025
Masahiro Shinoda, Leading Light of Japan’s New Wave Cinema, Dies at 94
His films tapped into the fantasies of disgruntled youth by embracing brazen sexuality and countercultural politics. But unlike his peers, he did not shun tradition.
April 24, 2025
A New Requirement for Oscar Voters: They Must Actually Watch the Films
The new rule, announced this week by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was greeted with laughter and disbelief that it had not been required all along.
April 24, 2025
‘Until Dawn’ Review: They Keep Dying, You’ll Keep Shrugging
Based on a video game, this movie is done in by mediocre monsters and muddled time loops.
April 24, 2025
‘The Trouble With Jessica’ Review: Dinner Party or Crime Scene?
This British black comedy, starring Indira Varma, centers on a group of wealthy middle-aged friends with fraught histories.
April 24, 2025
‘Magic Farm’ Review: A Droll Delight
Amalia Ulman’s playful second feature follows an American television crew that lands in rural Argentina.
April 24, 2025
‘Cheech and Chong’s Last Movie’ Review: Rolling Another One for the Road
The comedy duo celebrates a partnership that they just can’t quit in this celebratory documentary.
April 24, 2025
‘On Swift Horses’ Review: Putting It All on the Line
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi lead a melancholic drama about love and longing in the 1950s.
April 24, 2025
‘April’ Review: A Doctor’s Dilemma
In this, her second feature, the Georgian filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili takes on the risks faced by an obstetrician who performs kitchen-table abortions.
April 24, 2025
‘Blue Sun Palace’ Review: A Whole World Inside
A gorgeously intimate debut feature explores the lives of Chinese immigrants in a massage parlor in Queens.
April 24, 2025
‘The Accountant 2’ Review: Ben Affleck’s Revenge of the Killer Nerd
Affleck returns as a brilliant C.P.A. who moonlights as a mysterious, gun-toting fixer and gets help from his little bro, played by Jon Bernthal.
April 24, 2025
Her Abortion Drama Won Praise, but Not in Her Native Country
The director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s new movie, “April,” shines a light on the complicated situation for women seeking abortions in Georgia.
April 24, 2025
Death, Taxes and Ben Affleck: ‘The Accountant’ Gets a Sequel
The director and the writer of the surprisingly successful “Accountant” franchise join Affleck to discuss its origins, getting ahead in Hollywood and learning to line dance.
April 23, 2025
Pope Francis, the Unlikely Movie Star: 6 Films Show His Cinematic Appeal
In fictional tales and documentaries, directors approached him as a screen character who was both admired and controversial.
April 21, 2025
‘Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey’ Review: Emotional Rescue
In this heartfelt wildlife documentary, a volunteer conservationist and an endangered critter develop a parent-child connection.
April 21, 2025
David Cronenberg Lost His Wife and the Will to Make Movies. Then Came ‘The Shrouds’
The acclaimed filmmaker discusses bringing death to the forefront in his latest picture.
April 19, 2025
There’s a Feeling We’re Not in Hollywood Anymore
Movies and TV productions are rapidly leaving California to film outside the United States, where labor costs are lower and tax incentives greater. Industry workers are exasperated.
April 19, 2025
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include brave siblings and violent young men.
April 18, 2025
Five Free Movies to Stream Now
In films like Andrew Haigh’s “Weekend,” you’ll find new beginnings in time for spring. Here’s a rundown of what’s currently on Tubi, Plex and PlutoTV.
April 18, 2025
The ‘Pride & Prejudice’ Hand Flex: One Gesture and the Web Is Still Swooning
The subtle expression of longing in the 2005 adaptation wasn’t meant to be a key moment. Even the director is surprised it took on a life of its own.
April 18, 2025
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.
April 18, 2025
How John Cena Became the Last Great Crossover Wrestling Star
As his in-ring career draws to a close, the most popular star in W.W.E. is trying out a new role: the bad guy.
April 18, 2025
Ani DiFranco Tried to Collaborate. Then the Pandemic Hit.
The film “1-800-ON-HER-OWN” follows the fiercely independent artist as she tries a career first: writing a song with another artist.
April 18, 2025
‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Review: Nipped, Tucked and Royally Fussed Over
This deliciously nasty reworking of the Cinderella fairy tale imagines how far one of the stepsisters would go to marry her prince.
April 17, 2025
‘The Wedding Banquet’ Review: The Family You Find
A retelling of Ang Lee’s classic of queer cinema comes at the same farcical situation in a new way.
April 17, 2025
‘Sinners’ Review: Ryan Coogler’s Southern Horror Fantasia
The director goes boldly out there in his fifth feature, a genre-defying, mind-bending shoot-em-up that stars Michael B. Jordan as twins.
April 17, 2025
‘The Shrouds’ Review: For Cronenberg, Grief Is an Obsession
The director’s latest stars Vincent Cassel as an entrepreneur who mourns the death of his wife by inventing technology that surveils her entombed body.
April 17, 2025
‘Queens of Drama’ Review: A Half-Century Feud
Alexis Langlois’s musical romance is an unruly story of a love-hate relationship between two ambitious musicians.
April 17, 2025
‘The President’s Wife’ Review: Would Madame Get Your Vote?
Catherine Deneuve plays the former French first lady Bernadette Chirac in this puckish, highly fictionalized biopic with a pop-feminist edge.
April 17, 2025
‘The Legend of Ochi’ Review: The Great, Familiar Adventure
A 1980s throwback movie about a teenager who sets out on a journey with a mysterious being.
April 17, 2025
‘Invention’ Review: Patent Pensive
In this strange experimental feature from Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez, a grieving daughter investigates the mysterious gadget her father left behind.
April 17, 2025
Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler and a Dozen Years of Collaborations
The star and the director of “Sinners” have risen in parallel since first working together over a decade ago. In a joint interview, they explain their connection.
April 16, 2025
‘The Voyeurs,’ ‘Cyrano’ and More Streaming Gems
Exciting new riffs on 1990s genre movies are among the highlights of this month’s recommendations on your subscription streaming services.
April 16, 2025
Joan Chen: Exacting Artist, Cool Mom
The acclaimed actress and filmmaker is having a career renaissance playing dynamic mother roles in indie films, including in the new version of “The Wedding Banquet.”
April 16, 2025
Wife of Gene Hackman Asked About Flulike Symptoms Before Their Deaths
Videos, photographs and police reports released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office in New Mexico offered a look into the days before Betsy Arakawa and Mr. Hackman died.
April 15, 2025
Alex Garland Pairs With a Veteran to Engage in Realistic ‘Warfare’
The filmmaker directed his latest picture with Ray Mendoza, a U.S. Navy veteran of the Iraq War. They wanted to depict, with a sense of urgency, war as it is really experienced.
April 12, 2025
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
In this month’s picks, there’s a reincarnation satire, some timeline spaghetti and a family-friendly end-of-Earth film.
April 11, 2025
Watch Rami Malek Explode a Pool in ‘The Amateur’
The director James Hawes narrates a sequence from his film.
April 11, 2025
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.
April 11, 2025
Rami Malek, Professional Outcast, Becomes ‘The Amateur’
The actor discusses his new thriller, as well as his most recognizable roles portraying misfits who prove their doubters, including themselves, wrong.
April 11, 2025
‘Pets’ Is the Rare Documentary for Children, About Children
The movie, directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, celebrates animals while planting a seed of interest in rescue operations.
April 11, 2025
‘The Amateur’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The director James Hawes narrates a sequence from his film, starring Rami Malek.
April 11, 2025
Stunt Design Will Be Honored at the Academy Awards
Movies that are released in 2027 will be the first ones eligible for the new category honoring the people who make some of the most audience-pleasing moments.
April 10, 2025
James Toback Is Ordered to Pay $1.7 Billion in Sexual Assault Case
After the former Hollywood director stopped participating in the civil case against him, a jury awarded 40 accusers $42 million each.
April 10, 2025
Wes Anderson and Richard Linklater to Compete at Cannes Film Festival
A sidebar to the competition will feature Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut.
April 10, 2025
‘Chicken Jockey!’: How a Crazy Catchphrase Took Over Multiplexes
When Jack Black yells that in “A Minecraft Movie,” young audiences respond raucously. The director approves, but some theaters don’t. Here’s what to know.
April 10, 2025
‘G20’ Review: Viola Davis Plays an Action-Hero President
Davis raises the bar on sheer brawniness in this action film where an American president has to fight Australian crypto-terrorists.
April 10, 2025
‘Warfare’ Review: A Combat Movie That Refuses to Entertain
In Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s film about an American platoon in Iraq, there is no admirably staged bloodshed or witty repartee. That’s the point.
April 10, 2025
‘The Uninvited’ Review: A Surprise Guest at the Garden Party
Hollywood types get skewered in this comedy of manners, starring Walton Goggins, Pedro Pascal and Elizabeth Reaser.
April 10, 2025
‘The Teacher’ Review: Harsh Lessons in the West Bank
A legal procedural, a family tragedy, a romance and a kidnapping plot are a lot to hang on one character in this debut film by Farah Nabulsi.
April 10, 2025
‘Sacramento’ Review: Best Frenemies
In this warmly funny indie comedy, two friends with a complicated past confront their grief and anxieties on a California road trip.
April 10, 2025
‘One to One: John & Yoko’ Review: A Year in the Life
Kevin Macdonald’s immersive documentary follows the couple from their heady first days in New York to their galvanizing concert at Madison Square Garden in 1972.
April 10, 2025
‘The King of Kings’ Review: A Remaking of the Christ
The story of Jesus, told through the eyes of Charles Dickens, that nobody asked for.
April 10, 2025
‘Drop’ Review: The Ultimate Doomscroll
A first date turns hellish when a terrified woman’s phone is cloned by an anonymous psycho in this stylishly silly thriller.
April 10, 2025
‘The Amateur’ Review: An Unsafe World
Rami Malek stars in a spy movie that struggles with its conspiratorial angle.
April 10, 2025
‘Pink Narcissus’: A Home Movie Both Abject and Erotic
Originally released anonymously, this homoerotic fantasia by James Bidgood gets its first theatrical run in 54 years at Metrograph.
April 9, 2025
This Studio Turns to Viewers of Faith to Greenlight Movies
The company behind “Sound of Freedom” follows an unusual strategy that relies on an army of subscribers to its streaming platform.
April 9, 2025
Film at Lincoln Center Chooses Daniel Battsek as Next President
At the production company Film4 he was instrumental in financing British movies. In New York, his goal is to attract a younger, more diverse audience.
April 8, 2025
‘A Goofy Movie,’ With a Serious Impact
The 30-year-old animated Disney film has fans across generations. Now, a documentary looks back at its legacy.
April 7, 2025
Upper West Side Theater Is Sold After Governor Allocates $3.5 Million
A nonprofit bought the landmark Metro Theater after receiving financial support from Gov. Kathy Hochul, the State Senate and Steven Spielberg’s foundation.
April 6, 2025
Five International Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a Taiwanese horror-comedy, a South Indian tale of possession and patriarchy, a rain-soaked Chinese noir and more.
April 4, 2025
How Jack Black and Jason Momoa Share a Mine Cart in ‘A Minecraft Movie’
The director Jared Hess narrates an adventure sequence from his film, involving a cozy ride.
April 4, 2025
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.
April 4, 2025
5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a modern spin on a classic book and a “Lion King” prequel.
April 4, 2025
A Film Tries to Make Sense of Andy Kaufman’s Comedy of Discomfort
“Thank You Very Much,” directed by Alex Braverman, uses archival footage and interviews to explore the appeal of a stand-up who didn’t tell jokes.
April 4, 2025
‘A Minecraft Movie’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Jared Hess narrates a mine cart sequence from his film, featuring Jack Black, Jason Momoa and Sebastian Hansen.
April 4, 2025
‘When Fall Is Coming’ Review: Cooking Up a Mystery
With her kind eyes and guileless smile, Hélène Vincent plays a sweet old French lady. But looks can be deceiving in this François Ozon film.
April 3, 2025
‘The Luckiest Man in America’ Review: Taking a Game Show for a Spin
Paul Walter Hauser stars as a real-life contestant on “Press Your Luck” who pulled off an improbable trick.
April 3, 2025
‘Hell of a Summer’ Review: Shallow Cuts
Summer camp counselors run afoul of a masked killer in this limp, uninspired slasher throwback from Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk.
April 3, 2025
‘Henry Fonda for President’ Review: A Legend and His Contradictions
Fonda was the embodiment of America, the director Alexander Horwath posits in this documentary.
April 3, 2025
‘Freaky Tales’ Review: Totally Oakland
Misogyny and racism get their butts spanked in this bold, messy celebration of the Bay Area in the 1980s.
April 3, 2025
‘A Nice Indian Boy’ Review: Meet-Cute at a Hindu Temple
Thanks to the instant chemistry between Karan Soni and Jonathan Groff, the film pulls off their whirlwind romance.
April 3, 2025
‘The Martial Artist’ Review: Tap Out
In this overwrought action film by Shaz Khan, a mixed martial artist’s career is upended when his brother is killed.
April 3, 2025
‘Love Hotel’ Review: Finding Space for Beauty in the Bleakness
A Shinji Somai contribution to a narrow soft-core subgenre crushes together the anonymity and violence, desire and trauma, that bind lives of alienation.
April 3, 2025
‘Gazer’ Review: Peering Out From a Lonely Place
Ryan J. Sloan’s brooding thriller is a murky tale about an isolated woman, with many shades of Schrader, Nolan and Cronenberg.
April 3, 2025
‘Eric LaRue’ Review: When Pain Won’t Stay Quiet
Judy Greer stars in a searing drama about the mother of a school shooter and all the things we try not to say.
April 3, 2025
The Movie That Can Help You Understand Cory Booker’s Senate Speech
“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” starring Jimmy Stewart as a naïve senator, explores the idealism — and reality — behind the tactic.
April 2, 2025
Val Kilmer Brought a Wonderfully Weird Sensibility to Every Role
Even his choice of parts could be eccentric. In the end, he’s best thought of as a character actor trapped in a leading man’s body.
April 2, 2025
‘A Minecraft Movie’ Review: Block by Bizarre Block
Jack Black and Jason Momoa star in this adaptation of the megahit video game that leans into the mindless silliness of mid-aughts comedy.
April 2, 2025
When Val Kilmer Was Batman and the ’90s Were Their Most ’90s
The actor took only one turn in the famous batsuit. That film, “Batman Forever,” couldn’t be a more representative artifact of its era.
April 2, 2025
Val Kilmer: A Life in Pictures
A charismatic and handsome leading man in the 1990s, Kilmer played both superhero and rock star.
April 2, 2025
At New Directors/New Films, the Faces Tell the Story
They’re the great cinematic landscape in stories as diverse as “Familiar Touch,” about dementia, and “Timestamp,” about Ukrainian schoolchildren.
April 2, 2025
Great Dane, Great Co-Star
In “The Friend,” a huge dog and his new human, played by Naomi Watts, are in mourning. Both actress and canine had to learn new tricks for the film.
April 2, 2025
Val Kilmer: Seven Memorable Movies to Stream
Kilmer’s film career ranged from slapstick comedy to some of the most memorable films of the 1980s and ’90s.
April 2, 2025
Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65
A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade.
April 2, 2025
Meet the Beatles! (The Movie Version, at Least.)
The director Sam Mendes announced the stars of his four-film series, each told from the perspective of a different Beatle, set to be released in 2028.
April 1, 2025
How to Live in the Mall
Want your living space a stone’s throw from the Aéropostale and Hot Topic? A new documentary, “Secret Mall Apartment,” will show you the way.
March 29, 2025
Stream These 17 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in April
A few popular franchises are leaving this month for U.S. subscribers, including the first three “Karate Kid” movies. Catch these before they leave.
March 28, 2025
Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include everyday evildoers, Indonesian demons and a smug Brazilian serial killer.
March 28, 2025
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.
March 28, 2025
In Sofia Carson, Netflix Finds a Go-To Streaming Star
After breaking out in Disney Channel’s “Descendants,” the actress has made a habit of starring in popular streaming films.
March 28, 2025
‘Secret Mall Apartment’ and the Blurred Line Between Life and Art
Jeremy Workman’s documentary looks back at a project that may sound like a joke but had serious underpinnings.
March 28, 2025
A Short Film, a Long Wait, a Happy Return
“The Ballad of Wallis Island” came together after a long wait and a little help from Carey Mulligan.
March 28, 2025
Clive Revill, Original Voice of Emperor Palpatine in ‘Star Wars,’ Dies at 94
His voice can be heard for only a minute in “The Empire Strikes Back,” but it provided the first draft of a character that would be a mainstay of the franchise for decades.
March 27, 2025
Hollywood Has Not Recovered Jobs Lost During Strikes, Report Says
Many entertainment industry workers have been jobless for months, leading state officials to consider increasing subsidies to keep film and television production in California.
March 27, 2025
‘A Working Man’ Review: Blue Collar, Bloody Hands
Jason Statham plays a construction worker who’s as deft at breaking bones as he is at building high-rises.
March 27, 2025
‘The Penguin Lessons’ Review: A Unique Approach to Teaching
Steve Coogan plays Tom Michell, an English teacher in 1970s Argentina, whose small new friend makes his class a hit.
March 27, 2025
‘Julie Keeps Quiet’ Review: Coping at Her Own Speed
A teenage regional tennis star moves on at her own pace after her ex-coach is dismissed under a cloud of suspicion.
March 27, 2025
‘Grand Tour’ Review: A Quiet Knockout
The Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes’s black-and-white film follows a colonial official on a 20th-century odyssey across Asia, with his fiancée in pursuit.
March 27, 2025
‘Holland’ Review: Nicole Kidman Goes Dutch
Set in a Michigan town designed to evoke the Netherlands, this thriller has red herring on the menu.
March 27, 2025
‘Viet and Nam’ Review: A Soft Kiss Underground
Truong Minh Quy’s haunting romance between two Vietnamese coal miners contemplates war and loss with pained elegance.
March 27, 2025
‘Holy Cow’ Review: How to Become a Big Cheese
Louise Courvoisier’s debut feature follows a teenager in the French Alps who, when thrust into caring for his sister, forges a path in cheese making.
March 27, 2025
‘The Friend’ Review: The Writer vs. the Great Dane
Naomi Watts plays a writer in mourning who is given a formidable gift from a friend in this adaptation of the Sigrid Nunez novel.
March 27, 2025
‘Death of a Unicorn’ Review: Into the Woods (Chomp, Chomp)
Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega play a father and daughter who run down a mystical beast and end up running amok with a monstrous brood.
March 27, 2025
‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ Review: A Sour Note
Carey Mulligan briefly warms this damp, downbeat comedy about two lonely men and their musical obsession.
March 27, 2025
‘Art for Everybody’ Review: The Hidden Life of the ‘Painter of Light’
Thomas Kinkade turned himself into a ubiquitous brand — but there was more to him than that, a new documentary shows.
March 27, 2025
How ‘No Other Land’ Became an Unlikely Box Office Success
The Oscar-winning documentary has surpassed $2 million at the box office despite the lack of a traditional distribution deal.
March 26, 2025
Three Great Documentaries to Stream
In this month’s picks, sheep, shirkers and coup d’état soundtracks.
March 26, 2025
‘Last Tango’ Derailed Maria Schneider’s Life. A New Film Takes Her Side.
“Being Maria” uses the actress’s own words to show how the star’s frank discussion of the experience was an early salvo in the #MeToo movement.
March 26, 2025
‘Being Maria’ Review: The Muse’s Side of the Story
Starring Anamaria Vartolomei and Matt Dillon, this French drama chronicles the life of the actress Maria Schneider after her traumatic experience on the set of “Last Tango in Paris.”
March 25, 2025
The Original Oscars Blogger Takes on Hollywood as a MAGA Pundit
Sasha Stone, who has been covering awards season since the ’90s, has recast herself as a voice against what she perceives as the industry’s liberal status quo.
March 23, 2025
Five Free Movies to Stream Now
In films like “First Cow” and “Red Rocket” on Tubi, Plex and PlutoTV, you’ll see the arc of a country that bends from opportunity to opportunism.
March 21, 2025
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include dead-serious assassins, replicant Keystone Kops, long-simmering revenge and more than one variety of stuffed bear.
March 21, 2025
In Wes Anderson’s World, It’s All About the Details
A museum exhibition shows how thousands of small decisions add up to make the director’s signature style.
March 21, 2025
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.
March 21, 2025
‘Misericordia’ Review: Danger Always Hides in the Bushes
The French director Alain Guiraudie’s latest film, a bent kind of murder mystery, presents life at its basest and gamiest.
March 20, 2025
‘Locked’ Review: Cramped Quarters
This gimmicky thriller starring Bill Skarsgard and Anthony Hopkins sees a petty criminal fall victim to a vigilante’s trap.
March 20, 2025
‘Bob Trevino Likes It’ Review: From a Stranger to Found Family
Barbie Ferreira shines as a young woman who befriends a stranger with her father’s name in this indie tear-jerker.
March 20, 2025
‘The Alto Knights’ Review: A Double Helping of De Niro
Robert De Niro plays the crime lords Vito Genovese and Frank Costello in this film about midcentury Mafia moves.
March 20, 2025
‘The Assessment’ Review: Meticulously Planned Parenthood
A couple must endure a punishing evaluation process for permission to become parents in this sleek, hermetic science fiction.
March 20, 2025
‘Snow White’ Review: A Princess’s Progress
The new live-action version of Disney’s 1937 animated fairy tale has drawn (maddening) criticism for its casting and an updated story. But liberation only goes so far.
March 20, 2025
‘Magazine Dreams’ Review: Pain Without Gain
Shown at Sundance two years ago, the film was shelved when its star, Jonathan Majors, was arrested and charged with assault and harassment of his girlfriend at the time.
March 20, 2025
‘Ash’ Review: Deep-Space Horrors
In this sleek film by Flying Lotus, Eiza González plays a marooned explorer haunted by the killing of her crew mates.
March 20, 2025
‘O’Dessa’ Review: One Song to Save Them All
Sadie Sink (“Stranger Things”) rules this postapocalyptic musical with a guitar and an attitude.
March 20, 2025
Just a Bit Outside: How ‘Moneyball’ and ‘Sugar’ Altered the Baseball Movie
Two contemporary films reimagined the stories we tell about the sport.
March 19, 2025
In This French Director’s Work, Sex Leads to Unexpected Destinations
Alain Guiraudie broke through with “Stranger by the Lake.” In his new movie, “Misericordia,” eroticism and death are also intimately entangled.
March 19, 2025
‘Ghostlight,’ ‘Watcher’ and More Streaming Gems
A pair of carefully crafted character studies and three female-fronted thrillers are among the gems hidden on your subscription streaming services this month.
March 18, 2025
Gene Hackman’s Wife Died at Least a Day Later Than Originally Thought
Betsy Arakawa made several calls to a medical clinic on Feb. 12, the day after the authorities initially believed that she died.
March 17, 2025
Gemma Chan Gets Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’ More as She Gets Older
The actress, now starring in “The Actor,” talks about Schubert, “In the Mood for Love” and other art, food and pets that she loves.
March 15, 2025
Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
In this month’s picks, multidimensional comedy and extraterrestrial drama.
March 14, 2025
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.
March 14, 2025
In ‘Meanwhile,’ a Nation Remembers to Breathe
The director Catherine Gund fuses work from multiple artists with archival footage and interviews to craft an exploration of Black resilience.
March 14, 2025
Florida Mayor Threatens Cinema Over Israeli-Palestinian Film
The mayor of Miami Beach wants to end the lease of a group renting a city-owned property because it is screening the Academy Award-winning “No Other Land” there.
March 14, 2025
‘Young Hearts’ Review: Finding Acceptance
In this coming-of-age drama from Belgium, a 14-year-old boy falls in love with his neighbor and questions his sexual identity.
March 13, 2025
‘Novocaine’ Review: Sticks and Stones Will Never Hurt Him
In this gross-out action spectacle, Jack Quaid plays an unlikely action hero who, because of a genetic disorder, can’t feel any pain.
March 13, 2025
‘Who by Fire’ Review: Masculinity and Its Discontents
Men posture and peacock in the Québecois director Philippe Lesage’s ensemble drama set at an isolated house in a remote forest.
March 13, 2025
‘Opus’ Review: A New Album They’re Dying to Hear
John Malkovich plays a ’90s pop star who emerges from retirement with a bloody agenda.
March 13, 2025
‘The Electric State’ Review: 1990s Robot Apocalypse? As If!
Who needs dystopian artificial intelligence to destroy faith in humanity when you can watch this sci-fi extravaganza?
March 13, 2025
‘The Day the Earth Blew Up’ Review: Daffy, Porky, Petunia and Alien Goo
Subtitled “A Looney Tunes Movie,” this installment, directed by Peter Browngardt, takes bubble gum to a whole new level.
March 13, 2025
‘An Unfinished Film’ Review: When Reality Interrupts Art
A drama full of unconventional touches recalls a time when all we had were our screens.
March 13, 2025
‘Black Bag’ Review: Blanchett v. Fassbender
The actors play a glamorous couple of spies in this latest sleek collaboration from the director Steven Soderbergh and the screenwriter David Koepp.
March 13, 2025
‘The Parenting’ Review: Meet the Poltergeist
A family getaway turns ghastly when a demon is awakened in this juvenile, meanspirited horror-comedy.
March 13, 2025
‘The Actor’ Review: No Direction Home
André Holland plays an actor with amnesia in this wonderfully surreal and poignant mystery.
March 13, 2025
The Movies We’ve Loved Since 2000
Explore 25 years of our movie coverage, and find your next film from this collection of our critics’ favorites from each year.
March 12, 2025
With ‘Él,’ Buñuel Turns His Gaze to Male Pathology
Luis Buñuel’s Mexican melodrama about a jealous husband who makes his young wife’s life a living hell opens at Film Forum.
March 12, 2025
He Voices Porky Pig, and That’s Not All, Folks
Listen to the performer Eric Bauza voice the characters Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny and more. His work appears in the new animated feature, “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.”
March 12, 2025
Stanley R. Jaffe, 84, Oscar-Winning Producer and Hollywood Power, Dies
His “Kramer vs. Kramer” won for best picture in 1980, one of many high points in a career that saw him in top jobs, twice, at Paramount.
March 11, 2025
Some Vegans Were Harmed in the Watching of This Movie
A film critic who provides “vegan alerts” for animal cruelty goes beyond onscreen violence. Milk and eggs are problematic, too.
March 11, 2025
‘Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna’ Review: Confusing Accounts
The Hulu documentary challenges ideas around who is responsible for the death of the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust.”
March 11, 2025
The Oscar-Winning Movie That Pets Can’t Stop Watching
“Flow,” a dialogue-free animated Latvian film made with open-source software, is keeping our domesticated friends riveted.
March 9, 2025
Five International Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a documentary about a Nigerian college film club, a Chinese noir about a man and his dog, a wry Quebecois comedy about adultery and more.
March 7, 2025
‘Mickey 17’ and the Long Line of Movie Clones
Mickey is the latest addition to the world of expendable doppelgängers created to perform all sorts of dangerous and unpleasant tasks humans would rather not do.
March 7, 2025
Jonas Mekas, Master of Avant-Garde Film, Shows His Tender Side
Mekas’s diaristic film clips, left behind when he died, fuel a new documentary that renders an intimate portrait of a man who often trafficked in the abstract.
March 7, 2025
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.
March 7, 2025
‘Housewife of the Year’: Contestants Look Back in Dismay
Ciaran Cassidy’s film revisits an Irish television show that judged stay-at-home moms on budgeting and appearance.
March 7, 2025
5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a new Oscar winner and a feel-good sports movie starring Kevin James.
March 7, 2025
‘Chaos: The Manson Murders’ Review: All You Ever Knew is Suspect
Errol Morris returns to his main obsessions — evil and delusion — in a new Netflix documentary about the famous murders.
March 7, 2025
‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Review: Watchful Eyes
The heroine of Rungano Nyoni’s second feature keeps her cool even as she uncovers long-buried family secrets in Zambia.
March 6, 2025
‘Picture This’ Review: Five Dates Away From Love
Simone Ashley (“Bridgerton”) stars as Pia, a talented photographer in London navigating business pressures with her wish for independence in this vivid rom-com.
March 6, 2025
‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ Review: An Updated Italian Heroine
Set in Rome after World War II, this black-and-white feminist film directed by (and starring) Paola Cortellesi tells a nuanced story about domestic abuse.
March 6, 2025
‘Seven Veils’ Review: Private Anguish in Public View
Atom Egoyan’s latest film, starring Amanda Seyfried as a director of an opera, could only have come from him, in ways both good and bad.
March 6, 2025
‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Review: More Than the Usual Nursing Home Horrors
A bully with a baby doll makes life distressing for all.
March 6, 2025
‘Rule Breakers’ Review: Afghanistan’s First Robotics Team
Based on a true story, this wholesome movie centers on four girls who make it to a worldwide competition in Washington, despite the odds.
March 6, 2025
‘Queen of the Ring’ Review: Fighting for Respect
A waitress becomes a wrestler in this sports drama, based on the true story of the champion Mildred Burke.
March 6, 2025
‘In the Lost Lands’ Review: A Postapocalyptic Romance
Dave Bautista and Milla Jovovich lack chemistry in this action film, based on a short story by George R.R. Martin.
March 6, 2025
‘The Empire’ Review: Star Tangled
In Bruno Dumont’s sci-fi farce, an alien conflict disrupts a sleepy French village.
March 6, 2025
‘Mickey 17’ Review: This Job Is Killing Him
In Bong Joon Ho’s latest dystopian romp, Robert Pattinson plays a hapless underdog whose work aboard a spaceship requires him to die, over and over.
March 6, 2025
‘Eephus’ Review: One Last Game
The final day on a small town baseball field is the setting for a funny, elegiac feature directorial debut.
March 6, 2025
Joan Didion Knew the Stories We’d Tell About the Manson Murders
Didion’s influential account of the era, “The White Album,” captures the ripples of terror provoked by the 1969 murders.
March 5, 2025
Joy, and Selfies, at the Oscars
Timothée Chalamet, Demi Moore, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and other stars dropped their guard on Hollywood’s biggest night.
March 5, 2025
In ‘The Electric State,’ Jolting a Robot to Life
How the makers of a new Netflix science fiction movie enhanced the look of the cute, round-headed bot at its center.
March 5, 2025
Sean Baker’s Oscars Battle Cry (and Mine): Don’t Abandon the Big Screen
The director of the best picture winner, “Anora,” urged viewers to keep seeing films in theaters. Our critic hopes the industry listens, and that Baker keeps his independence.
March 3, 2025
After Scandals, ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Nominated for 13 Oscars, Won 2
The Spanish-language musical from Netflix saw its grand hopes fizzle after derisive social media posts from its star resurfaced.
March 3, 2025
Where to Stream the 2025 Oscar Winners, From ‘Anora’ to ‘Flow’
Most of the awarded films, including the winner of best picture, can be watched at home. Here’s a guide to catch up.
March 3, 2025
Why Demi Moore’s Oscar Loss to Mikey Madison Stings for Some Fans
Moore had been considered a favorite for her strong performance in “The Substance,” but Madison won for “Anora.”
March 3, 2025
On the Ground at the Governors Ball 2025 Oscars Party
Mikey Madison, Zoe Saldaña, Kieran Culkin and other winners celebrated at the official Academy Awards after-party.
March 3, 2025