“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is little without its two leads
The 2011 adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s hit novel does right by its investigators but drags out the story around them.
The 2011 adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s hit novel does right by its investigators but drags out the story around them.
From The Assistant to Wolfwalkers, we guide you through the cinema that survived a devastating 2020 and made it to our screens — and hearts.
Sean Penn and Elizabeth Hurley set sail in this testament to Kathyrn Bigelow’s trend for aquatic turmoil.
The underrated psychological thriller turns 40 & finds a new audience on Shudder.
Angel Manuel Soto’s tale of Baltimore dirt bikers has all the right ingredients, but it rides the clutch too often.
Brannon Braga taps into Clive Barker’s horror anthology, but the end result fails to live up to its reputation.
Netflix helps you scratch your decluttering itch, Kondo-style, with a bougie but buoyant reality series.
After a handful of missteps, Gus Van Sant regained his footing with a solid—if fittingly flawed—indie.
Both tactile and ethereal, Gus Van Sant’s skateboarding drama saw him expand upon his neorealist work that spanned the 2000s.
Ryan Coogler’s superhero film not only salvages the colonialist origins of the comic’s imagery, it reclaims them for a Black audience.
It’s not perfect, but the Russo brothers’ conspiracy-thriller take on the MCU turned its eye inward to the more explicitly political.
A comprehensive guide to the streaming films you should watch as you quarantine from the coronavirus.
Kelly Reichardt’s latest is a kindhearted storybook of a film that gracefully balances the sights, sounds, and textures of pre-Gold Rush Oregon.
Al Pacino leads a team of Nazi Hunters in a brassy Amazon series stuffed with Holocaust pathos and comic-book sleaze.
Brandon Cronenberg’s second feature is a po-faced collection of genre tropes that wastes its cast and a modest sense of style.
Jim Jarmusch’s black and white punk Western is both his most beautiful & most baffling film.
As his WWI war epic 1917 comes out in time for the holidays, we spend December looking back on the eclectic modes of Sam Mendes.
Tone-deaf obviousness and blunt-force capitalist critiques plague Morris’ latest, letting down its good intentions with disappointing bluntness.
Working with some of the top names in horror, Shudder’s take on the classic 80s film is a fun & spooky ride.
Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar track the intersection of culture and capitalism in this intriguingly humanistic doc.
Remembering the actor who brought a weird energy & dignity to even the most B-grade films.