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'Avatar: Fire and Ash' review: Spectacular effects in search of a story
On 'Heated Rivalry,' hot gay sex, and the reason woke is winning
'The Green Knight,' a holiday tradition: Never forget what happened this Christmas Day
'Hamnet' review: Chloé Zhao's Shakespearean drama is such sweet sorrow
'Dust Bunny' review: Bryan Fuller makes feature debut with fearsome, fanciful fairy tale
'Wake Up Dead Man' review: Let us proclaim the mystery of faith
Awards season underway with Golden Globe nominations, a podcast appearance, and more
'Frankenstein' review: Guillermo Del Toro explores life, death, and the nature of humanity
'Wicked: For Good' review: Has the musical been split in two for the better?
'Train Dreams' beautifully captures the fullness of a life
'Rental Family' is a sweet but safe drama about the roles we play in people's lives
Tessa Thompson devours 'Hedda,' a splendid update of Henrik Ibsen's play
'Weapons' is a tantalizing mystery with a great horror villain
'The Perfect Neighbor': Netflix documentary exposes the lethality of white fright
'Bugonia' spoiler review: Oh Yorgos Lanthimos, you magnificent freak
'Kiss of the Spider Woman' then and now: Queerness, music, revolution in 1985 and 2025
'The Smashing Machine' isn't the movie you expect. It's better
Stories we tell: Navigating my first New York Comic Con since the pandemic
'Boots' review: Netflix's gay military drama and the performance of masculinity
'One Battle After Another' and the curse of over-hype
New York Film Festival centerpiece 'Father Mother Sister Brother': An intimate but slow triptych
New York Film Festival: 'It Was Just an Accident' and 'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You'
New York Film Festival: Women on the verge in 'Sentimental Value' and 'A Private Life'
'Anemone' frustrates despite strong Daniel Day-Lewis at New York Film Festival
New York Film Festival: Lovely 'Blue Moon' and high-octane 'House of Dynamite'
New York Film Festival opener 'After the Hunt' tackles #MeToo with mixed results
George Clooney lives la dolce vita in 'Jay Kelly' at New York Film Festival
New York Film Festival: The history of artists in 'Duse' and 'Nouvelle Vague'
'Superman' review: Hope in an era of real-world supervillains
Ben Whishaw recalls 'Peter Hujar's Day' at New York Film Festival
New York Film Festival dispatch: 'Late Fame' and 'No Other Choice'
'Conclave': Revisiting last year's Oscar runner-up
2025 Emmys from the outside looking in
'Code 3' filmmakers interview: Paramedic dramedy 'turns expectations upside down'
'Mickey 17' review: Robert Pattinson gets weird, and I like it
'The Pitt': It's not HBO, it's TV, and it's just about perfect
'KPop Demon Hunters' review: Vibrant animation with soundtrack full of bangers
'Fit for TV': Reflecting on 'The Biggest Loser' and body dysmorphia
What defines a movie? Blurred lines in the 21st century
Blind Spots: 'Alien' is superb, but in 'Aliens,' bigger isn't better
'Scream VI' review: Does it slay, or has the franchise overstayed its welcome?
The lonely wanderer: London and Paris, je vous aime
The movies followed me home: How the big screen lost its appeal
The bittersweet 2025 Emmy nominations
Blind Spots: Before his 4 Oscars, Sean Baker made 'Tangerine' and 'Red Rocket'
'Sinners' review: Blood suckers, bold themes, and the blues in thrilling horror
'The Bear' Season 4 review: It's still a gutsy, perfectly seasoned drama
'A Nice Indian Boy' review: The closet that never leaves you
'Gay Space Husbands' - Short Story
The lonely wanderer: Adventures in Chicago, Boston, Puerto Rico, Bermuda
'Black Bag' review: Scenes from a spy marriage
On 'Doctor Who,' sometimes the timey-wimey stuff gets too wibbly-wobbly
Revisiting 'Munich' 20 years later as the Gaza genocide rages on
Catching up on 'The Last of Us,' and what happens when you get spoiled
'Heartstopper,' 'Love, Simon,' and mourning the young love that never was
Dipping my toe back in the MCU with the pleasantly surprising 'Thunderbolts'
Wrestling with endless media at the end of the world
'Squid Game' season two and the endless expansion of IP
'Dear White People,' or how I learned to start worrying and become woke