If studios greenlight more movies about toys, they’ll be missing the point. Greta Gerwig’s hit is about smart filmmaking, not brand awareness.
Category: Movies
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‘Barbie’ Debuts in Saudi Arabia, Sparking Delight, and Anger
Denounced in some Middle Eastern countries for undermining traditional gender norms, the hit movie is finding an audience in Saudi Arabia, illustrating the region’s shifting political landscape.
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Fassbinder’s World: A Refuge for Outcasts
Rethinking the German filmmaker’s vast body of work while reading a new book about him.
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Action Movies to Stream Now: ‘Call Her King,’ ‘Supercell’ and More
From films with swift swordplay to those with mega-tornadoes, this month’s action picks go big.
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How ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ Reimagined a BookTok Sensation
The filmmakers didn’t want to disappoint fans of Casey McQuiston’s novel about the romance between a U.S. president’s son and a British prince.
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‘Heart of Stone’ Review: Mission Improbable
Gal Gadot plays an international superspy who teams up with an all-powerful computer in this ludicrous and derivative Netflix espionage thriller.
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Striking Writers and Studios Agree to Restart Negotiations
The two sides in the Hollywood stalemate will formally meet on Friday, after an informal sidebar session last week.
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‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’ Review: Blood on the Water
This horror movie, based on a chapter from Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” is set on a cargo ship unwittingly transporting an evil demon.
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‘Love Life’ Review: Encounters in Grief
In this Japanese drama from Koji Fukada, the death of a child alters life for a couple and for the boy’s previously absent father.
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‘Sound of the Police’ Review: The Silence and the Fury
This documentary dives into the nation’s outrageous history of the policing of Black citizens by touching on the 2022 killing of Amir Locke.
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‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ Review: Keep Calm and Pine On
This film, about an American president’s son who falls for a British prince, starts with a giddy premise and has the derring-do to succeed.
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‘Jules’ Review: Close Encounters of the Lonely Kind
Ben Kingsley plays an elderly man struggling with a fading memory when an extraterrestrial crashes into his life.