Shots of extravagantly composed dishes have become cliché. “The Bear” and two other summer releases use well-plated food to convey darker themes.
Category: Movies
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‘The Instigators’ Review: A Star-Studded Boston Heist Movie
Casey Affleck and Matt Damon star in a Boston heist that goes sideways.
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‘Girl You Know It’s True’ Review: Milli Vanilli, Fictionalized. Again.
This film, based on the lives of the duo who lip-synced their way to stardom and downfall, fills in many of the details behind the facade.
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‘Dance First’ Review: Beckett Encounters Himself
Samuel Beckett’s life is reduced to mommy and daddy issues in a biopic that offers simple explanations for the career of a complex writer.
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At 50, ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Still Cuts Deep
Eli Roth, Paul Feig and other directors with movies out this month explain how this gory horror classic has inspired their work.
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Food Porn Gets Dark
Shots of extravagantly composed dishes have become cliché. “The Bear” and two other summer releases use well-plated food to convey darker themes.
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‘Good One’ Review: Revelation in the Woods
Lily Collias delivers an extraordinary lead performance in this exquisite debut feature about a camping trip and a moment of self-realization.
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‘Cuckoo’ Review: Never Has a Movie Been More Aptly Named
Dan Stevens and Hunter Schafer face off in this unexpectedly fun and undeniably nutty horror-comedy about cross-species pollination.
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‘Borderlands’ Review: Shoot First, Ask Questions Never
In Eli Roth’s caper movie, based on the best-selling video game franchise, Cate Blanchett plays a bounty hunter who is tasked with finding a tycoon’s daughter.
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‘The Blair Witch Project’ Brings Up a Riddle That Looms 25 Years Later
Twenty-five years ago, the indie horror blockbuster compelled audiences to ask, “Was that real?” The question now permeates our age of misinformation.
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Festival Winners Crowd New York Film Festival Main Slate Lineup
Top titles from Cannes and Berlin, like Sean Baker’s “Anora” and Mati Diop’s “Dahomey,” join new work by Pedro Almodóvar, Steve McQueen and RaMell Ross.
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Josh Hartnett Is in His Dad Era
The actor, who has spent more than two decades in the movie business and now stars in the thriller “Trap,” discussed fatherhood, fame and his love of the French New Wave.