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‘Empire of Light’ Review: They Found It at the Movies
Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward pursue a bittersweet workplace romance in Sam Mendes’s look back at Britain in the early 1980s.

How Streaming Has Rewritten the Script for Movies
As a business and a cultural pursuit, Hollywood is in a state of chaos that has been growing year by year.

‘The Whale’ Review: Body Issues
Brendan Fraser plays an obese writing instructor reckoning with grief and regret in Darren Aronofsky’s latest film.

Is Sight and Sound’s List of 100 Greatest Films Too Tasteful?
To our chief critics, news that “Jeanne Dielman” topped the magazine poll was a welcome jolt. If only there had been more room for the...

‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ Review: When Connie Met Ollie
The new Netflix adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s once-controversial novel is both steamy and decorous.

‘White Noise’ Review: Toxic Events, Airborne and Domestic
Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel is a campus comedy, a domestic drama and an allegory of contemporary American life.

‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ Review: Another Clue for You All
Daniel Craig returns as the world’s greatest detective, facing down a blue-chip cast of possible murderers in Rian Johnson’s new whodunit.

‘The Inspection’ Review: Boot Camp, a Love Story
Elegance Bratton’s autobiographical first feature is a lyrical, wrenching look at a young Marine’s journey through basic training.

‘Bones and All’ Review: You Eat What You Are
Luca Guadagnino’s latest stars Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell as young cannibals on the run.

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Review: Women on the Home Front
Shadowed by Chadwick Boseman’s death, this sequel focuses King T’Challa’s mother and the women helping her to contend with a slippery new villain.