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The new film Challengers stars, from left, Josh O’Connor, Zendaya, and Mike Faist.

Follow the bouncing ball in love triangle

When I first saw that Challengers, the latest from Italian auteur Luca Guadagnino, was being presented in IMAX, I admit to being thrown off balance a bit. After all, this […]

Melissa Barrera and Dan Stevens star in the new horror film Abigail.

Ballerina keeps bandits on their toes

Abigail is a movie that will play very differently for those who know nothing about it going in versus those who enter the theater having seen a trailer or ad […]

Kirsten Dunst, left, and Cailie Spaeny star in the new A24 film Civil War.

Meaning behind ‘Civil War’ up to viewer

To describe what Civil War is, it may be more helpful to first describe what it is not. It’s not a movie that’s interested in moralizing about how the United […]

Dev Patel directs and stars in the action film Monkey Man, currently in theaters.

Dev Patel’s action film packs a punch

fter an outstanding turn in 2021’s The Green Knight, Dev Patel makes his directorial debut with the visceral action vehicle Monkey Man, in which he also stars and co-write the […]

Differences are put aside between iconic monsters in Godzilla x King: The New Empire.

Unleveled storytelling hurts blockbuster

In divisive times, it’s heartening to know that even the most gargantuan of monsters are able to put their differences aside and come together for the greater good. Case in […]

Sydney Sweeney stars in the new horror film "Immaculate."

New horror movie is far from perfect

In 2021’s The Voyeurs, writer and director Michael Mohan mined the depths of trashy ’90s erotic thrillers to create his own take on the subgenre and almost pulled it off. […]

Katy O’Brian, left, and Kristen Stewart shine in the lead roles of "Love Lies Bleeding."

Leads are a knockout in love story

Last month, Ethan Coen’s Drive-Away Dolls had a very brief theatrical run as a light-hearted queer romance that was zany and even cartoony at points. This month, we have Love […]

Pyper Braun stars in the new horror film Imaginary.

Hard to imagine a worse horror film

Blumhouse made almost $300 million last fall with the sinister bear-fronted Five Nights at Freddy’s, and they returned to theaters on Oscars weekend with another bear in mind. The would-be […]

Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya reprise their roles in Dune: Part Two.

‘Dune: Part Two’ builds on storytelling

For retroactive clarity, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part One was originally due to come out November 2020, but got pushed almost a year, debuting October 2021 in theaters and on HBO Max […]

Margaret Qualley, left, and Geradline Viswanathan star in the new comedy Drive-Away Dolls.

Ethan Coen goes it alone on comedy

When the Coen Brothers decided to amicably part ways in 2018 following their co-directed Western anthology The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Joel Coen chose to veer into the Shakespearean route […]

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