A look at the drama, both onscreen and off, of this classic but underseen romantic three-hander from director David Lean.
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The image of the protagonist running across space on New Year’s Eve is a potent one, scattered across cinema history, with classic films redefining it for a new era and a new audience. What does it convey about our desire for newness and progression?
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I’ve spent a fair amount of time over the last couple of weeks trying to understand why I haven’t been able to concur with the widespread opinion, shared in quite a few listicles just like this, that 2023 was a particularly exceptional year for movies. I’m not saying it’s been a bad one, certainly, as […]
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The skillful playing of this musical adaptation can’t make up for the sheer miscalculation at its center.
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“Much Ado About Nothing” gets an R-rated update with this raunchy rom-com starring Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney.
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They may shirk the label, but both “Maestro” and “Ferarri” tell us much about the ubiquity — and the limitations — of biopics in contemporary American prestige cinema.
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Andrew Haigh’s intimate, time-bending romance is worth the ugly cry.
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Though Sean Durkin’s latest is undeniably well-acted and beautifully made, the dramatic lives of the wrestling Von Erich family make for oddly undramatic storytelling.
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Errol Morris’s Oscar-winning documentary, released 20 years ago, is a masterful meeting of stylist and subject.
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Our mini-reviews of “The Ghost Station,” “Snow White’s Christmas Adventure,” “The Inner Cage,” and more home-viewing picks.
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The Paris of Hemingway, Stein, and company is the stuff of legend, but in Alan Rudolph’s “The Moderns,” the myth comes crashing down to earth.
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On the 40th anniversary of the release of the tough-as-nails cop movie, an appreciation of its unorthodox leading man.
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