You can't say Adam McKay isn't timed into the cynical zeitgeist that defines American political discourse. "Vice," which gets an [...]

The trailer markets “The Favourite” as British court farce, with clips of lavishly dressed scene-eaters. Ever-challenging director Yorgos Lanthimos, however, [...]

The latest in the “Rocky” franchise, “Creed II” is disappointing. One cause is the baggage of the prior, successful 2015 [...]

“If Beale Street Could Talk,” the James Baldwin tale of young lovers doomed by an unfair imprisonment of the young [...]

Films with a biographical slant are at their most poignant when the focus comes after the spotlight has faded. Bravo [...]

David Lynch is often labeled one of American cinema’s great surrealists, to the extent that the term “Lynchian” is now [...]

From the beginning we know that Don Shirley-Doc (Mahershala Ali), an aloof, reserved, highly educated, virtuoso black pianist on tour [...]

Solid acting by its stars, spirited animation, and a fast-paced (if somewhat predictable) plot make “The House with a Clock [...]

Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón shares quirky affinity with the late Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño. The Chilean novelist ventured far afield [...]

There’s only one character in “The Kindergarten Teacher” worth caring about: it’s Lisa Spinelli, the teacher of the title, played [...]

From the British "Kitchen Sin" movement of the 1950s and 60s, to modern auteurs like the Dardenne brothers, cinematic representation [...]

Johnny Case (Cary Grant) is a witty guy out of Baltimore who never takes himself too seriously and has no [...]