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More Like ‘NOPEoleon’ and ‘Dream ScenariNO’

OK, Ridley Scott's epic biopic and Kristoffer Borgli's black comedy aren't THAT bad. But they aren't that good either.

December 1, 2023

‘May December’ Is Nasty and Unsettling in a Way ‘Saltburn’ Only Wishes It Was

Todd Haynes's latest domestic melodrama perpetually keeps you off balance; Emerald Fennell's black comedy twists itself into gratuitous knots.

November 22, 2023

‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is a Whodunnit Where the Culprit Is America

In Martin Scorsese's epic about the Osage killings, evil is more banal than ever—and more persistent too.

October 23, 2023

A Teenage Swiftie Checks in on the Biggest Movie in the Country

‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ is as much an event as the live concerts were—but come on, turn off your phone’s flashlight

October 23, 2023

‘Oppenheimer’ Takes on America’s Long, Fucked Up History of Anti-Communism

Finally, a Christopher Nolan movie that even a Nolan hater can—well, not, love, exactly, but admire.

Clever and Often Hilarious, ‘Barbie’ Thinks Outside the Box It Can’t Quite Escape

Greta Gerwig occasionally achieves the impossible with the year's most hyped movie.

Cruise Against the Machine

The choice of villain in the latest ‘Mission Impossible' and in this summer’s other big budget movies says a lot

July 14, 2023

Movies For Grown-Ups: ‘Past Lives’ and ‘You Hurt My Feelings’ Are Both Fine, I Guess

Celine Song and Nicole Holofcener peer into everyday dilemmas without cutting too deep.

June 16, 2023

What I Watched in the 2nd Week of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival

Was the best movie I saw also the longest? Yep, sometimes that's just how it goes.

April 28, 2023