Movie Reviews

5 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week

Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these fil...

‘Bushido’ Review: A Samurai’s Dangerous Moves

In this period drama, a vagrant samurai slays with a sword and his mastery of th...

Remembering Marilyn Monroe, Draped In Diamonds and Cove...

Events marking the birth centennial of the person who became Marilyn Monroe will...

‘Group: The Schopenhauer Effect’ Review: The Art of Bei...

Group therapy sessions are dramatized in this absorbing film from the writer-dir...

‘Undertone’ Review: And Now a Word From Our Demon!

An effective if occasionally bumpy debut horror film makes full use of the audie...

A New Oscar for Best Casting

This year, there’s a new category at the Oscars: the Academy Award for best achi...

‘Space Cowboy’ Review: A Sky-diving Cinematographer’s H...

This documentary about the ace sky-diving cameraman Joe Jennings unexpectedly, b...

‘Slanted’ Review: Narratively Botched

This body horror thriller, about a Chinese American girl who undergoes a surgery...

‘Reminders of Him’ Review: A Second Chance at Love

The movie, based on a Colleen Hoover book, is an unabashed tear-jerker. Terrific...

Oscars 2026 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Act...

“Sinners” and “One Battle After Another” have been neck and neck all season. Her...

Angelika Saleh, the Angelika of Angelika Film Center, D...

After making the journey from prewar Germany to Madison Avenue opulence, she gav...

Bill Kurtis to Leave NPR’s ‘Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!’

As the irreverent quiz show’s judge and scorekeeper, Kurtis, a former news ancho...

‘Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare’ Review: An Emotional C...

This documentary offers a rundown of the 2011 nuclear meltdown with special atte...

How Best Picture is Decided

Best picture is the only Oscar category decided by preferential ballot. Our repo...

Casting, Which Will Be Celebrated at This Year’s Oscars...

What once involved an actor and a casting director in a room is now a technologi...

Alan Trustman, Who Wrote ‘Bullitt’ and ‘Thomas Crown Af...

In a wide-ranging career, he was a Boston lawyer, a Hollywood screenwriter and a...