It’s a Miracle Anyone Stays in Love
Fingernails, now on Apple TV+, is a mischievous brainteaser that challenges our preconceived notions of commitment.
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Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Unearths a Delicate Truth
How did one of the most storied romances in American history produce a terrible loneliness?
A Movie About the Singular Intensity of Endurance Athletes
Annette Bening’s portrayal of a legendary swimmer in Nyad ultimately succumbs to narrative cliché.
Sadness and Triumph at a Massachusetts Boarding School
Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers is a pitch-perfect dramedy from a master of the form.
Pain Hustlers Is a Goofy Celebration of Greed
The film turns the opioid crisis into a scammer story, not a criminal one.
A Movie About the Perils of Being a Control Freak
David Fincher’s The Killer is a darkly funny look at a cold-blooded murderer’s tedious daily routine.
A Slow, Staggering American Conspiracy
Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of David Grann’s best-selling Killers of the Flower Moon explores the rot beneath the myth of American exceptionalism.
Taylor Swift Did What Hollywood Studios Could Not
Her record-breaking concert film brought viewers to the theater in droves during a tricky season for cinema.
Only Wes Anderson Could Have Adapted Roald Dahl This Way
The director’s renditions of the famed author’s short stories ask us to think actively—even skeptically—about what we’re seeing.
Anatomy of a Fall Is a Gloriously Disorienting Thrill Ride
Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or–winning film is an emotional puzzle that will keep you guessing.