The true heart of “Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted” is not simply the impressive biographical bullet points, but rather the ...

Now, nearly 40 years (and considerably more than a hundred films) later, comes “The Surfer,” a film in which Cage does it all ...

This is not so much a narrative as an exploration, a meditation, a jazz riff, a mood piece, and a myth, and best seen in that ...

“Bonjour Tristesse” works best as a sustained mood, as an evocation of long summer days that might not actually exist outside ...

“A Desert” is more interesting to look at than to think about. Its well-marked tropes—lots of third-hand Americana and horror ...

I don’t need a war correspondent; everyone’s got one of those,” a newspaper editor says. “We need a people correspondent: ...

That uncomfortable and utterly unflattering incident kicks off the series of small cataclysms that befall him in the tightly ...

The Four Seasons” unfolds in four hour-long chapters, inexplicably divided into half-hour episodes instead of just presented ...

What to watch on Netflix in May 2025, including Dawn of the Dead, Ali, The Sugarland Express, Smile, and Heart Eyes.

On the loss of a friend, filtered through 1987's bittersweet tale of perseverance through troubled times.

At any given film festival, I look forward to discovering the thematic connections between the films that have been programmed. Take last year’s Chicago Critics Film Festival, whose opening night film ...

We are incredibly proud to present an excerpt from the excellent Gandolfini: Jim, Tony & the Life of a Legend by Jason Bailey. The author of The Ultimate Woody Allen Film Companion and Fun City Cinema ...