She’s the typical rom-com protagonist, or at least she’d like to think so: She’s obsessed with them, right down to coveting ...
There is an entire world in David Jonsson’s performance as the synthetic Andy in Fede Álvarez’s otherwise largely quotidian and fan-serving “Alien: Romulus.” By himself, he is reason to not just watch ...
Based on Sigrid Nunez’s novel What Are You Going Through, “The Room Next Door” is an emotional two-hander between acting ...
Watching “Three Women” is an uneasy experience. The STARZ series uses a truly female gaze, which is still disorienting in ...
That’s a way of tap-dancing in the direction of an interesting development: Distributors that aren’t necessarily known for ...
An interview with the writer/director about his locked-in take on Bob Dylan, and whether he thinks "Walk Hard" killed the music biopic.
Ten years ago, in 2014, I was invited as a guest on Anna Sale’s Podcast, “Death, Sex & Money.” Still raw from my recent widowhood after the death of my husband, Roger Ebert, I nevertheless embarked on ...
A reflection on my time at the Critics Choice Association's celebration of Black entertainers in film and television.
While it has its issues, mostly around repetitive combat mechanics, “The Veilguard” does a lot of things very well, including a depth of character we don’t often see in games like this and an emphasis ...
It’s a film that turns in on into itself, winding its themes around its characters like a great American novel.
The Last Showgirl,” directed with melancholy sweetness by Coppola, features Anderson as Shelly, the oldest showgirl on the ...
After months of morose awards season fare, there’s something so refreshing about the refined simplicity of the Netflix ...