I was fortunate enough this year to be at both Sundance and Cannes, so it was something like agony for me to watch the litany of critics and commentators who spent the summer and early fall ...

“Jackie” — Natalie Portman deserves a best actress nomination if not an outright victory at the Oscars for her harrowing portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy during the week in November 1963 when President ...

In a profile early this year, the novelist Dana Spiotta told the New York Times, “That’s seductive, being paid attention to.” Several of the films below — those that seduced me — feature pivotal ...

What began as a profoundly poor year for movies hit its nadir this summer with the weakest bunch of blockbusters in memory. But then came the fall, and the movie year righted itself. A few smart ...

The mid-2010s was a time of rapid change in the movie industry. MCU films were reigining supreme, CGI was rampant, and many franchises since thought to be finished made a much-desired comeback.