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‘Inheritance’ Review: A Thriller Without Thrills

Shot on an iPhone, this globe-trotting drama fails to deliver on its promises.

‘Grand Theft Hamlet’: The (Game) Play’s the Thing

The film captures two players staging the classic within an online video game, raising fascinating questions about community and connection.

‘Wish You Were Here’ Review: One Night Can Change a Life

A tepid romance follows familiar genre lines, but lacks some fundamental appeal.

‘I’m Still Here’ Review: When Politics Invades a Happy Home

The award-winning Brazilian film has been a major hit in its home country — and it’s easy to see why.

‘Every Little Thing’: Enchantment That Flaps at 50 Beats a Second

This film by Sally Aitken follows a hummingbird rescue center and the woman who tends to its denizens with immense care.

‘The Last Republican’ Review: Sometimes Political Opposites Really Can Talk

This film about Adam Kinzinger, the politician of the title, benefits from the involvement of the progressive filmmaker Steve Pink.

‘The Damned’ Review: The Very Deep Midwinter

A bleak if repetitive thriller centers on a 19th-century Icelandic fishing outpost and a moral quandary.

‘The Substance’ Scene Analysis: A Battle of Gazes in Elisabeth vs. Sue

In the brawl between Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley’s characters, the images that loom over them prove the most telling.

Bob Dylan on Film: A Guide to the Movies’ True Shapeshifter

The singer-songwriter was never only a creature of music. Our critic watched every film with him that she could find to better understand the artist.

Robert Eggers Discusses ‘Nosferatu’

The filmmaker discusses his adaptation of this vampire tale, stories of female desire and why putting maggots on Bill Skarsgard was a beautiful idea.