Celebrity Life
‘Escape Room: Tournament of Champions’: Die Young, Stay Pretty
The movie franchise remains a fool-proof suspense vehicle
‘Pig’ Gives Us a Sadder Nicolas Cage — But Not Without Rage
A slow-burn of a story about a man searching for his stolen prize pig, this character study hands its star a chance to tone things down
‘Roadrunner’: The Life, Death and Passion of Anthony Bourdain
Morgan Neville's documentary on the late chef/author/TV show host gives you a tragic mystery — but also the pleasure of Bourdain's company
‘Black Widow’: Scarlett Johansson Finally Gets Her Moment to Shine in the MCU
Credit is due to Florence Pugh and Johansson for proving that their foes-then-friends dynamic could satisfyingly hold an entire movie
Soderbergh Returns to Familiar Territory With ‘No Sudden Move’
The automatic pleasure of seeing Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Brendan Frasier and others up to no good is the draw, but the auteur's latest crime drama is much more than easy coolness
‘Zola’ Violates All the Rules of ‘Good Storytelling’ — Which Is Why It Works
Implausibility is one key to why Janicza Bravo’s new feature is such a disconcerting, curious, abrasive, intelligent, surprising, and likely polarizing joy
“Why Women Kill”s Rachel Redleaf Talks Favorite Role, Working With Margot Robbie and Broadway
This amazing actress is completely owning the industry! If you have seen her star in the latest tv shows, including Netflix’s “Atypical” and Paramount Plus’s “Why Women Kill”, then you know her as playing Mama Cass in Quentin Tarantino’s iconic … Read more
‘Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over’: All Hail the Queen of the Underground
Beth B's documentary on the singer/provocateur/No Wave icon looks, sounds and feels like a Lydia Lunch song: raw, loud, unfiltered and unflinching
‘False Positive’: A Breach-Birth Version of Pregnancy Horror
A surreal tale of maternal paranoia à la 'Rosemary's Baby' feels like it never gets past its thinkpiece-headline ambitions — or knows quite what it wants to say
‘F9’: A Long-Overdue Family Reunion Brings Lots of Drama
The ninth movie in the 'Fast & Furious' franchise features all the chases, destruction, and convoluted plot you'd expect — and soap-opera histrionics galore
‘The Ice Road’: Go Truck Yourself
Let's just say that this thriller about big-rig haulers navigating slippery, frosty terrain is on thin ice in more ways than one
‘Summer of Soul’: A Legendary Long-Lost Concert, An Instantly Classic Concert Film
Ahimr "Questlove" Thompson's look back at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival rescues a milestone series of live shows — and is damn near a music-doc masterpiece