Time and memories flow like water in “Aftersun,” the Scottish writer-director Charlotte Wells’ singular feature debut. It is not a generalized… Read moreA daughter is drawn back to a childhood vacation with her father in the lovely 'Aftersun'

There's a moment in "Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths" when the docufiction filmmaker Silverio (Daniel Giménez Cacho) encounters … Read more'Bardo' is impeccably staged and shot psychobabble

From its frantic opening moments, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" announces its intentions. Princess Shuri (Letitia Wright) is desperately tr… Read more'Wakanda Forever' is one long eulogy to Chadwick Boseman

Great true stories about space exploration don’t come around too often anymore. Our pop cultural representations about NASA’s achievements (or… Read moreMars rovers steal the show in fresh, imaginative 'Good Night Oppy'

South Korea's Oscar submission in the international feature category, the twisty, heavily hyped romance "Decision to Leave," has already garne… Read more'Decision to Leave' features murder, romance and a plot that's hard to follow

Before the streaming warriors mined the world for content, British television made its way into the American living room almost exclusively by… Read more'Magpie Murders' has everything you want in a British mystery

It's Monday afternoon and Christian Bale, god of acting, is on the phone from his Los Angeles home, where he's "doing s--- around the house," … Read moreChristian Bale on 'Amsterdam,' fatherhood and the end of the world

Ruben Ostlund's Palme d'Or-winning social satire, "Triangle of Sadness," is many things: a cautionary tale about the perils of slurping shellf… Read moreIn 'Triangle of Sadness,' strained satire, and vomit, on the high seas

The title character of "Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile" may be a coldblooded reptile - in this case, one who sings - but never you worry: This family f… Read more'Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile' will melt even the most coldblooded heart

"A lot of this actually happened" is the opening epigram of "Amsterdam," David O. Russell's kaleidoscopic riff on the curious case of Gen. Sme… Read more'Amsterdam' is a true-ish shaggy-dog tale from 1933 with echoes of 2022

Remember back when alcoholism was a punchline? Read moreNot-so-great 'The Good House' plays like an alcoholism-themed rom-com

DALLAS — It all started with a Plano mom, Sheryl Leach, who drew inspiration from her dinosaur-loving son to bring a stuffed toy to life. Read moreBarney docuseries 'I Love You, You Hate Me' traces the unexpected vitriol for TV’s best-known dinosaur

So many different kinds of not-great or even not-good movies lay siege to our affections, for reasons to do with why people love movies in the… Read more‘Hocus Pocus 2’ will cast a spell on fans of the original

For his follow-up feature to his Oscar-winning 2018 film “Green Book,” director Peter Farrelly (known mostly for his comic collaborations with… Read more'The Greatest Beer Run Ever' recounts a war story that's stranger than fiction

Writer/director Parker Finn’s feature debut “Smile” boasts the thinnest of premises based on a laundry list of horror movie trends and tropes,… Read more'Smile' lampoons horror tropes – or does it?

Marilyn Monroe never trained as a dancer, but she stars in one of the great movie dance scenes, a number so joyful, vivacious and wittily self… Read moreMarilyn Monroe was a great dancer, but you wouldn't know it from 'Blonde'

The advance hype for "Don't Worry Darling" has been so incessant - from director Olivia Wilde's location-turned-relationship with her leading … Read more'Don't Worry Darling': Trouble in a 'Twilight Zone'-adjacent paradise

Movies based on true stories don't typically open with a sequence made with stop-motion animation. But then "The Silent Twins" attempts to tel… Read more'The Silent Twins' is a strange but true story of sibling connection

Described in marketing material as a feminist horror fantasy - whatever that means - the strange and unsettling Brazilian drama "Medusa" cente… Read moreNew movies to stream this week: 'Medusa' and more

From the moment she appears on the screen - rising up from tall grasses while leading an all-female army into battle - Viola Davis owns "The W… Read moreViola Davis rules in 'The Woman King'

"It was a pudding of new ideas." Read morePrismatic 'Moonage Daydream' captures David Bowie's many personae

Early in the first episode of Showtime’s “American Gigolo,” we get a montage: Tanned abs, vintage sports car, a man’s arm around a woman’s wai… Read more‘American Gigolo’ a nod to the skuzzy-sleek 1980 original, and yet it all feels so expected

Like Dante and Randal, the slacker protagonists of the movie "Clerks" - who, as the sequel "Clerks III" opens, haven't gotten very far from th… Read more'Clerks' sequel reveals a well that long ago ran dry

Jan Zizka, a beloved 15th-century Czech folk hero, looms large in the nation’s collective consciousness, a skilled, ingenious, one-eyed warrio… Read more'Medieval' story of Czech folk hero suffers from identity crisis

In “Gigi & Nate,” a film directed by BAFTA Award-winning Irishman Nick Hamm of the far superior 2016 drama “The Journey,” London-born Char… Read moreProblematic ‘Gigi & Nate’ aims for the heartstrings, misses

Note: This article may contain spoilers for HBO's "House of the Dragon" - depending on how closely future episodes of the show track with the … Read more'House of the Dragon' is based on this real medieval civil war

ATLANTA — Sterling K. Brown is best known for his dramatic turn for six seasons as earnest Randall Pearson on "This is Us." Read moreSterling K. Brown, Regina Hall 'Honk for Jesus' in comedy about sin and redemption

Domhnall Gleeson has to do a balancing act for the new limited TV series he stars in – delve into the psyche of a serial killer without justif… Read moreDomhnall Gleeson, Steve Carell try to avoid empathizing with a serial killer in ‘The Patient’

In “The Good Boss,” Javier Bardem plays Blanco, owner of a factory that manufactures scales. Blanco lectures his employees about “balance” and… Read more‘The Good Boss’ is a satisfying sendup of workplace hypocrisy

LOS ANGELES — Apparently some people are getting the chance to see "Batgirl" after all. Read moreRIP 'Batgirl': Warner Bros. reportedly holding 'funeral screenings' for DC film

Australian filmmaker George Miller’s latest cinematic exploration of humanity is a far cry from the dusty, diesel-fueled “Mad Max” franchise f… Read more'Three Thousand Years of Longing' has more questions than answers

The fact-based hostage drama "Breaking" is a kind of chamber piece, set almost entirely inside the lobby of a Marietta, Ga., Wells Fargo branc… Read moreJohn Boyega rages against injustice in the fact-based 'Breaking'

Will Vinton may not be a household name, outside the world of animation junkies. But anyone who was around in the 1980s will recognize his bes… Read moreClaymation pioneer is celebrated in documentary 'Claydream'

LOS ANGELES — Despite his long-established reputation of playing put-upon nice guys, Seth Rogen wants to make it clear: He does not want you t… Read moreSeth Rogen doesn't want you to like him this time. Really

Hulking out hasn't been all it could be during the past couple decades onscreen, but that's all about to change with the debut Thursday of "Sh… Read moreWho is She-Hulk? 6 things to know before her Disney Plus series

A kind of gravitational pull emanates from Aubrey Plaza as the title character in "Emily the Criminal," a passably diverting crime thriller wh… Read moreAubrey Plaza is stellar in so-so crime thriller 'Emily the Criminal'