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Blue Heron doesn't evoke the haunting of an unknowable person, but the emptiness of living for 90 minutes with people who don’t seem to try.
Some Dumas, yes?
Our Hero, Balthazar is in some ways a feature-length extension of the ending montage in Eddington.
All I got was one lousy irony.
In Run the Song, Ben Ratliff demonstrates how to ignore new media.
The Dink has too many things going against it, from a lack of good jokes to an over-reliance on hackery.
Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest is an enjoyable, frustrating anti-narrative.
Maddie’s Secret is a phenomenal debut by John Early.
Some of the oldest buildings and edifices in Queens.
In an era of clean, sharp digital images, watching videotapes is a minor revelation.
Anniversary isn’t a classic, but it’s an appropriate time capsule that could end up being prescient.
Although The Odyssey takes too many liberties with Homer's text, Christopher Nolan's latest is still an entertaining film.
Women’s empowerment as fetish.
From what Tweets, YouTube shows indicate.
There goes the Bronza Age.
Not an outrage, not a good idea, just a tiresome third thing.
A review of what has come out and what is to come, 2026 has been an outstanding year for film thus far.
The Invite is a less ambitious follow-up to Don’t Worry, Darling.
From Supergirl’s dying city, Tony Stark’s grave, and Brit Marling’s Iceland, the end nears.
Spielberg’s latest debunks the decades-old myth that Hollywood should make movies.
Sometimes small is better.
The directors talk at the world premiere of Robert Rodriguez's film in Austin on January 15, 1996.
Kermode talks at length about Christopher Nolan's latest film.
The legendary director on Robert Altman, Steven Spielberg, Rob Zombie, Eli Roth, David Cronenberg, and more.
The actress on how she really feels about her character in the 2008 Hollywood hipster classic (500) Days of Summer.
The actress talks about her memoir and working with Dunaway on 1981's Mommie Dearest.
The actress talks Scary Movie 2 and being new to show business.
The director on his new film Disclosure Day and the importance of theatrical exhibition.
The Scary Movie star and co-writer talks about how the Wayans' were "molested in them deals" with Miramax and the Weinstein brothers.
The actress on Scary Movie, Lost in Translation, Smiley Face, The House Bunny, and more.