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‘The Imaginary’ Review: Off to Another World

This poignant animated film casts the world of imaginary friends as an arena to reckon with emotional turmoil and loss of innocence.

‘Despicable Me 4’ Review: This Time They’re Superheroes

The crew is back, but this time around they need to lie low. Sort of.

‘Fancy Dance’ Review: The Search for a Sister

This debut feature about a missing woman on an Oklahoma reservation is an imperfect but palpably emotional portrait of desperation and hard-won hope.

‘The Garfield Movie’ Review: This Feels Like Too Much Effort

Garfield, voiced by Chris Pratt, is joined by Samuel L. Jackson as his father, in an inert big-screen adaptation that fundamentally misunderstands its protagonist.

Hong Sang-soo’s Film ‘In Our Day” Meditates on the Spice of Life

The Korean director Hong Sang-soo winds together the slenderest strands of two intersecting stories to make a tender film about simple pleasures.

‘Wildcat’ Review: Seeing Flannery O’Connor Through Her Stories

Ethan Hawke teams up with his daughter, Maya Hawke, for an unconventional and somewhat muddled portrait of a singular author.

‘The First Omen’ Review: The Days Before Damien

A prequel to the original franchise, this debut feature from Arkasha Stevenson is a thrilling mash-up of horror tropes that gives the story new life.

These Grandmas Are Going to the Oscars

In the documentary short “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó,” Sean Wang chronicles the inner lives of his grandmothers. Now, the film is nominated for an...

‘Cobweb’ Review: A Film Within a Director’s Cinematic Ego Trip

Kim Jee-woon toys with the absurdity of filmmaking itself in this story of a director compelled to take his cast and crew captive to shoot...

‘Disco Boy’ Review: Pawns in a Bigger Game Struggle for a New Start

This feature debut from the Italian director Giacomo Abbruzzese takes on ordinary people trying to free themselves from the bonds of their homelands.