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‘The Running Man’: Glen Powell Rushes Through Dystopia in Edgar Wright’s Eye-Popping Stephen King Adaptation
Edgar Wright • Published on November 2025
Maybe Stephen King was ahead of the curve all along. Famous for his horror novels, King has lately seen a cinematic and TV surge of his dystopias. It could be because they tap…
‘The Beast in Me’: A Searing Claire Danes Brings Powerful Emotional Weight To Netflix’s Compulsively Watchable Thriller
Claire Danes • Published on November 2025
Netflix’s limited series “The Beast in Me” is the latest example of old formulas still working like fine aged wines. Read the plot and it sounds like a scenario that has been…
Rosalía Soars Between the Divine and Profane on ‘Lux,’ a Masterfully Operatic Record of Grand Scale
Album Reviews • Published on November 2025
Internationally revered artist Rosalía’s latest body of work, “Lux,” is, at times, an exhilarating journey, at others, a meditative one. It has been described by the Catalan singer as Maximalist, in…
‘Christy’: A Hard-Punching Sydney Sweeney Transforms Into Christy Martin for a True Story of a Boxer’s Battle With Abuse
Christy • Published on November 2025
A story like that of Christy Martin has a wrenchingly tragic irony at its heart. As a ferociously talented boxer who could easily knock out an opponent, she found herself for years gripped…
‘Nuremberg’: Russell Crowe Becomes a Chilling Hermann Göring in Gripping Nazi Trials Drama
Features • Published on November 2025
The evils of the Nazi Party were so horrifying that World War II has provided an easy crop of go-to villains ever since Adolf Hitler was defeated. Few dramas have tried to truly…
Jennifer Lawrence Burns Brightly in Lynne Ramsay’s Uninhibited ‘Die My Love’
Die My Love • Published on November 2025
The work of Scottish director Lynne Ramsay is rarely devoid of fierce emotion. Her worlds are populated by characters who are trapped in environments where violence can erupt out of sheer hatred, or…
Stellan Skarsgård, Renate Reinsve and Elle Fanning Form a Powerful Triangle of Yearning and Creativity in Joachim Trier’s Masterful ‘Sentimental Value’
Elle Fanning • Published on November 2025
Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” is a delicate drama that masterfully balances various angles all at once. It is a meditation on how we cannot choose our parents, at times left to pick…
‘Nouvelle Vague’: Richard Linklater’s Jean-Luc Godard Tribute Goes Behind the Scenes of ‘Breathless’ To Celebrate French New Wave
Breathless • Published on October 2025
French New Wave appeared at the right time at the dawn of the 1960s, as rebellion filled the air and a new generation began questioning everything, including art forms. While many of the…
‘The Witcher’: Liam Hemsworth Wields the Sword in a Fourth Season That Widens Its Fantasy Saga
Andrzej Sapkowski • Published on October 2025
A character like Geralt of Rivia may seem easy to cast from a distance. You just need a buff and tall enough guy to dress in the costume and don the long white…
Colin Farrell Is a Feverish Gambler in Edward Berger’s Unfocused ‘Ballad of a Small Player’
Ballad of a Small Player • Published on October 2025
For most of its running time, Edward Berger’s “Ballad of a Small Player” features a startling performance by Colin Farrell, one that defines tension. Sweating, paranoid and boxed in, Farrell’s delivery fully…
‘It: Welcome to Derry’: Stephen King Prequel Series Returns to Pennywise’s Old Neighborhood With Gruesome Ferocity
Bill Skarsgård • Published on October 2025
HBO’s “It: Welcome to Derry” pulls a fast one all too typical to franchise extensions. This nine-part limited series is being touted as a prequel to Andy Muschietti’s two movie adaptations of…
‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’: Jeremy Allen White Becomes a Reflective Portrait of the Boss During the Making of a Timeless Album
Bruce Springsteen • Published on October 2025
Rock biopics have been undergoing a new cinematic resurgence over the past several years. Some of the better ones make the creative choice of not attempting to encompass an artist’s entire life, but…
‘Shelby Oaks’ Summons a Few Decent Scares Before Descending Into Standard Demon Spooks
Chris Stuckmann • Published on October 2025
Chris Stuckmann’s “Shelby Oaks” feels like a movie made by a movie reviewer who has digested so many of the trends now in play. That is indeed the case. Stuckmann made a…
‘Bugonia’: Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons Are an Apocalyptic Riot in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Latest Surreal Vision
Alicia Silverstone • Published on October 2025
The dying of the bees has long been an urgent environmental concern and a clear symbol of humanity’s peril. If we lose those miniature wonders of nature, then our very existence will start…
Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Is a Grandly Monstrous Reimagining of Mary Shelley’s Classic Tale
Features • Published on October 2025
Part of the timeless brilliance of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus,” is how all the fame goes to its monster. Hollywood has, of course, contributed to this aspect of…
‘Mr. Scorsese’ Profiles the Good, the Violent and the Saintly of a Great American Director’s Life and Career
Apple TV Plus • Published on October 2025
Few film directors achieve the status of a cultural icon. There is no doubt Martin Scorsese is of that stature. One of the best directors of our time, his body of work spans…
‘Good Fortune’: A Heavenly Keanu Reeves Tastes the Joys of Humanity and Sorrows of Late Stage Capitalism in Aziz Ansari’s Directorial Debut
Aziz Ansari • Published on October 2025
You have to try and smile a little in our current phase of capitalism. Surely, there must be some light at the end of the gig economy tunnel. Aziz Ansari certainly hopes so…
‘Blue Moon’: Ethan Hawke Captures the Wit and Struggles of Lorenz Hart in Richard Linklater’s Enrapturing Portrait of a Great American Songwriter
Andrew Scott • Published on October 2025
Being a genius does not make life any easier, quite the opposite. Stories of great artists can be so compelling because of their pains and heartaches. Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon” manages to…
‘Black Phone 2’ Awakens the Ghost of Ethan Hawke’s Deranged Killer for Stylishly Eerie Sequel
Black Phone 2 • Published on October 2025
When “The Black Phone” premiered in 2022 and became a hit for Blumhouse Productions, studio executives no doubt wanted a sequel, but the story posed a classic dilemma. Its memorable villain, played with…
‘It Was Just an Accident’: Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or Winner Is a Compellingly Human Confrontation With Iran’s Internal Scars
Features • Published on October 2025
It takes a master to conduct varying notes of drama, humor and social consciousness in one film. Iran’s Jafar Panahi does just that with his “It Was Just an Accident,” which won…