This month’s picks embrace the holiday season, including an installment of the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” franchise and a remake of “The Velveteen Rabbit.”
Category: Movies
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A Beloved Comedian’s Film on Domestic Abuse Draws Italians, in Droves
Paola Cortellesi’s directorial debut is kindling discussions about domestic violence and women’s rights. It’s also become one of Italy’s highest-grossing films.
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The Creepiest Moment Onscreen This Year Occurred in a Comedy
“The Curse” has been described as cringe, but look closely and you’ll see it plays with the classic tropes of horror like jump scares.
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The Creepiest Moment Onscreen This Year Occurred in a Comedy
“The Curse” has been described as cringe, but look closely and you’ll see it plays with the classic tropes of horror like jump scares.
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The Meaning of Flight in the Films of Hayao Miyazaki
When characters take flight in the films of the master animator, there is always a deeper meaning.
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Jane Wodening, Experimental Film Star and Intrepid Writer, Dies at 87
For 30 years she collaborated with the filmmaker Stan Brakhage, her husband, often appearing on camera. After they divorced, she lived off the grid and wrote about her life.
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‘Poor Things’ Review: Monster Mash
Emma Stone runs amok with Mark Ruffalo and Willem Dafoe in Yorgos Lanthimos’s off-key Victorian-era riff on “Frankenstein.”
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‘Oppenheimer’ Will Be Released in Japan After Backlash Over Marketing
Many in Japan were offended by what they saw as insensitive cross-promotion with the film “Barbie,” but the biopic will be released next year.
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‘Our Son’ Review: The Right to Break Up
A simple yet engaging melodrama, starring Billy Porter and Luke Evans, explores what it means for two fathers to divorce.
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‘Waitress: The Musical’ Review: A Big-Screen Helping of a Broadway Hit
Sara Bareilles is the heart and soul of this live capture of her musical.
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‘Concrete Utopia’ Review: Housing Insecurity
Love thy neighbor is far from mind when disaster strikes a Seoul apartment complex in this blackhearted social satire.
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‘Origin’ Review: The Roots of Our Racism
Ava DuVernay’s new feature film, adapted from the Isabel Wilkerson book “Caste,” turns the journalist into a character who examines oppression.