Dead for a Dollar sees Walter Hill back in fighting form
The legendary director teams with Christoph Waltz and Willem Dafoe for a thoughtful, superbly crafted western.
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“Tommaso” is the perfect cure for insomnia
The only thing that saves Abel Ferrara’s autobiographical drama is a typically excellent performance by Willem Dafoe.
Review: Disney +’s “Togo” is a Doggone Bore
Willem Dafoe and some cute puppies aren’t enough to save this dull, overlong adventure.
The Lighthouse Review: Madness in the Fog
Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe crash upon the ramparts of Robert Eggers’ disquieting followup to The Witch.
“Pasolini” Is an Iconoclastic Biopic for an Iconoclastic Director
Abel Ferrara eulogizes fellow scandalizer Pier Paolo Pasolini in a suitably grimy tone poem featuring Willem Dafoe.
Poor Things is a weird & wonderful Frankenstein story
Yorgos Lanthimos directs a sumptuous adult fairy tale featuring Emma Stone at her very best.
The gold beneath the glitter of To Live and Die in L.A
Initially written off as vapid & glitzy, L.A.‘s a searing indictment of 80s materialism and macho posturing crafted from the era’s shallow pop culture trappings. NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch It must have been easy to be cynical about William Friedkin’s To Live and Die in L.A. in 1985. After a blazing hot early 1970s, his critical … The gold beneath the glitter of To Live and Die in L.A
In Asteroid City, Wes Anderson reflects on his own actors and style
Anderson’s latest is maybe his most reflective and curious film yet, a reflection of the ways he keeps old Hollywood forms of storytelling and acting alive.
The 25 Best Films of 2022
From After Yang to Top Gun, we break down our favorite movies of the year.
The Kingdom Exodus is a monument to its creator’s strangeness
Viewers’ enjoyment of the sequel series will depend on their affection for Lars Van Trier’s peculiarities.NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch Lars Von Trier is a complicated figure. The Danish director has ardent fans, fervent critics, and a whole host of international film watchers in-between. After 25 years of varying other projects, he returns to his favorite … The Kingdom Exodus is a monument to its creator’s strangeness
10 films we’re dying to see at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival
Some of the titles we’re most looking forward to, from docs about pranksters to revivals of Abel Ferrara classics.
“No Way Home” is the ultimate vindication of Spider-Man on the big screen
How Marvel’s latest cuts through the MCU trappings to deliver one of Spidey’s most personal stories yet.
Spider-Man: No Way Home rolls two decades of comic book filmmaking into its web
The third entry in Tom Holland’s web-slinging saga sends him through the looking glass in a fan service-packed sequel that’s fairly fun even in its franchise calculations.
Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley has little behind the flim-flam
The auteur’s update of the 1946 novel is a film noir steeped in too much of the author’s romanticism.
P.S.H. I Love You: Hoffman is the best part of “A Most Wanted Man”
Philip Seymour Hoffman classes up an otherwise dull and contrived spy drama.
“Zack Snyder’s Justice League” is a worthy film with a fraught history
The ambitious-as-hell, occasionally lovely superhero epic comes with a whole lot of baggage.
“Painting With John” is an unlikely balm to the soul
A quirky documentary series starring an indie Renaissance man might be just the thing to get you through these troubling times.
“Blue Steel” sees Kathryn Bigelow burrow deeper into her pet themes
Kathryn Bigelow’s hard-hitting cop thriller deconstructs the masculinity that often comes with police dramas.
There’s plenty to admire, though little to love, in “The Loveless”
Kathryn Bigelow’s directorial debut has its standout elements but is overall too detached for its own good.
“We’re going this way”: “To Live and Die in L.A.” at 35
Pegged upon release as a retread of previous work, William Friedkin’s neo-noir is something altogether different.
“Spider-Man” swung us into the brightness of the modern superhero era
Sam Raimi brought his camp sensibilities to Marvel’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, launching a bright new era for superhero filmmaking.