In Tyler Spindel’s feature, a young couple receive a surprise visit from the bride’s criminal-minded parents just before their wedding. Like the chicken and the
Premiering at Tribeca, Alison Ellwood’s straightforward biography centers on the singer/activist’s unconventional talent. In her professional life, Cyndi Lauper has been a kaleidoscope of personae: ’80s pop
The interstellar gang is back in the third installment of the hugely popular Marvel franchise starring Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista and Zoe Saldaña. Cinematic superheroes
Based on the same material that Sean Penn would later use for ‘The Pledge,’ the 1990 film is receiving its first U.S. release. With the
Pierre Földes’ animated feature interweaves six stories by the celebrated Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. The recent films Drive My Car and Burning, two exquisite screen
The latest from the ‘Twilight’ director is about a woman who travels to Italy for a funeral only to reluctantly become a crime boss. The
Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane and Parker Posey also star in this pitch-dark existential horror comedy about an emotional wreck on a painfully conflicted
Ariela Barer, Sasha Lane, Kristine Froseth and Lukas Gage star in Daniel Goldhaber’s film about a group of environmentalists plotting to detonate bombs at an
The latest from the ‘Twilight’ director is about a woman who travels to Italy for a funeral only to reluctantly become a crime boss. The
Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key and Seth Rogen are among stars providing the voices for this new screen adaptation of
Cage plays Dracula and Hoult the titular long-suffering servant in Chris McKay’s New Orleans-set film co-starring Awkwafina. It seemed great on paper. Nicolas Cage as
Directed by Tony Tost, the recent SXSW selection also stars Paul Walter Hauser and Simon Rex. The theft of a valuable Native American artifact triggers
The two stars return to solve another case in the streamer’s follow-up to 2019’s hugely popular comic thriller. To quote the evil Noah Cross in
The actor plays a landscape painter who hosts a popular public television show in Brit McAdams’ comedy inspired by longtime PBS star Bob Ross. If
In the latest entry in Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell’s series, a mother and her children must fight the demonic forces in their apartment. In
Director Alexandre O. Philippe walks the actor through his career in a documentary that covers everything from ‘Star Trek’ to ‘Boston Legal’ to his trip
Director Ondi Timoner (‘Last Flight Home’) unveiled her latest documentary, an investigation into the toxicity of our current moment, at SXSW. In a jam-packed 102
In her debut documentary premiering at SXSW, Lagueria Davis examines the origins and implications of Black Barbie dolls. It is part of American lore on
The ‘Argo’ actor/director stars alongside Matt Damon and Viola Davis in this feature about the creation of Nike’s Air Jordan shoe. Ben Affleck’s Air operates
The Makings of Curtis Mayfield is a bit of a misleading title for the oblique documentary directed by the Grammy- and Oscar-winning musician H.E.R. The
The ultimate sign of television’s arrival as a cinematic art form may be the medium’s growing obsession with the oner — the uninterrupted single-shot technique
The official description for Netflix’s new documentary CHAOS: The Manson Murders invites viewers to “Explore a conspiracy of mind control, CIA experiments and murder.” The
Raquel “Raq” Thomas is not molded after your typical TV queenpin. She isn’t an unassuming victim who suddenly finds herself rising to power in a
So far in 2025, I’ve seen shows about doctors in urgent care, cannibals stranded in the woods, superheroes battling the forces of evil, vast governmental
Everything is not sunny in Philadelphia on the small screen this week. Both Apple TV+’s Dope Thief — review coming Thursday — and Peacock‘s Long
Persistence sure does pay off. Porky Pig and Daffy Duck have been gracing screens since 1935 and 1937, respectively, but it took until now for
For a while, Apple TV+‘s adaptation of Dennis Tafoya’s Dope Thief fits into one of my favorite subgenres of crime fiction: Longtime friends, bonded by
In his acidic 1931 satire, Black No More, the writer George Schuyler imagines a world where Black people can undergo an experimental surgery to become
It’s safe to say that films dealing with the Holocaust have a higher bar than most. The subject is so momentous that any efforts not
“I would describe my aesthetic as Old World trash and treasure,” says Margarita (Anna Baryshnikov), a few minutes into Idiotka. “She’s milking a cow at five,
This portrait of a relationship between a woman with an eating disorder (Courtney Eaton of ‘Yellowjackets’) and a boy with co-dependency issues (Thomas Mann) won
Kit Zauhar writes, directs and stars in the film, which debuted at SXSW and unfolds over a weekend in a Philadelphia. Building on the success
After an asteroid collision, astronaut Mills (Adam Driver) crash lands on Earth — 65 million years ago. Together with the only other survivor, a young
Lori Singer plays a novelist and professor still reeling from her husband’s sudden death in this Florida-set character piece from the director of ‘Ruby in
A gay undercover cop pairs up with a paroled trans felon to infiltrate a drug network and finds their liaison complicated by his love for
Imagine the iconic diner sit-down scene between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in Michael Mann’s Heat stretched out to feature length and you’ll get
If you found Joe Johnston’s failed 2010 vehicle for Benicio del Toro, The Wolfman, bogged down by Gothic melodrama, fussy folklore and CGI excess, then
Few moments provoke more anxious dread for residents of The Jungles, the vibrant Los Angeles locale in which the hilarious new film One of Them
It’s probably premature to say Netflix has finally started finding its groove with mainstream popcorn features, but after Rebel Ridge and Carry-On delivered muscular B-movie
Rare is the artist whose work is such a game-changer that the only way to describe it is to transform their last name into an
Sometimes, the more a movie strains for realness the more fake it seems. Such is the case with the new thriller directed by Neil Burger
“There’ve been two moments in my life when I was happiest. The first was the day I met Josh. And the second was the day
Scientists say that our universe is constantly expanding. But some universes should know when to quit, as evidenced by the first television film (well, technically
First, manage your expectations: This bio-documentary doesn’t reveal much that its subject, the actor Marlee Matlin, hasn’t already discussed — particularly in her own 2009
It’s enormously gratifying to see John Magaro in a solo leading role. While he was one point of the love triangle in Past Lives, a
Mel Gibson’s first directorial effort since 2016’s Hacksaw Ridge finds the new ambassador to Hollywood working on a distinctly more intimate scale than usual. The inside of
Maybe it’s because I’m a writer, but sports competition documentaries leave me cold. Same for those harrowing true-life tales of mountain climbers, free divers and,
After Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, a virtuoso showcase for Emma Thompson that was also a rare candid conversation about an older woman’s sexuality,