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‘The Road Dance’ Review: A World War I Weepie

Based on a Scottish best seller, the movie is a standard period drama that arrives at hard truths with a hammy delivery.

When Did the Plot Become the Only Way to Judge a Movie?

At the New York Film Festival, auteurs conjure up moods and sensory experiences that show why the story isn’t always the thing.

Diving Into ‘The Exorcist: Believer’

We knew Ellen Burstyn would be back. But what else? A discussion of some of the spoiler moments in the new sequel to the 1973...

‘More Than Ever’ Review: A Shared Melancholy

This middlebrow weepie about a woman dying from a rare lung disease stars Vicky Krieps and Gaspard Ulliel in his final role before his death...

‘Saw X’ Review: Blood, Guts and a Little Heart

The 10th movie in this horror series gives the fans what they want.

‘The Origin of Evil’ Review: Daddy Issues

“Succession” meets Brian De Palma in this delicious family-fortune thriller from France, directed by Sébastien Marnier.

‘Rebel’ Review: A Family Caught in the Islamic State’s Snare

This musical drama about Islamic extremism (yes, you read that right) crowds out its finer points with spectacle.

‘Joyce Carol Oates’ Review: What’s She Thinking?

This generic documentary, subtitled “A Body in the Service of Mind,” is so fixated on canonizing its subject that it skirts around what makes her...

‘Fremont’ Review: Rapid Transit

This dry, understated film follows a young Afghan refugee looking for connection in her new home, the San Francisco Bay Area.

‘Our Father, the Devil’ Review: Wash Away Your Sins

In this absorbing psychological thriller, a Guinean refugee living in France is rattled by the appearance of a menacing figure from her past.