Hollywood Cannot Survive Without Movie Theaters
Why is this so hard for studios to believe?
Film
A Slick Mystery That Takes Place Entirely on Screens
Missing is a slick but buggy update to the genre.
Skinamarink Is a Delightful Nightmare
The idiosyncratic horror film makes use of one of the scariest devices: a story with more questions than answers.
The Speeches That Saved the Golden Globes
If the show succeeded, it was thanks to the likes of Michelle Yeoh, Jennifer Coolidge, and Ke Huy Quan.
A Disability Film Unlike Any Other
I Didn’t See You There depicts, with a hypnotic realism, life from the perspective of a disabled person.
M3GAN’s Killer-Robot Doll Is Just What 2023 Needs
The zany horror film is as self-aware as the sentient android at its center.
When a Single Conversation Can Mean Life or Death
Sarah Polley’s new film, Women Talking, is about “ending a world and creating a new one”—all in the space of a single debate.
The Mind-Boggling Grandeur of White Noise
The film is sharply funny, eerily timely, and loaded with movie stars. So why is this blockbuster-size event falling flat?
Hollywood’s Love Affair With Fictional Languages
In Avatar, the fictional language Na’vi is built on a painstakingly detailed world.
Rian Johnson’s Primal Scream
The Glass Onion director on why his sequel to Knives Out is louder and angrier