In these dispatches I often talk about themes naturally arising or not arising at all between films. Well, the throughline between these trio of titles couldn’t be clearer: They all thoroughly ...

That pride is challenged by the very existence of a Green Lantern recruit by his side. In the premiere, Jordan puts Stewart through the motions, sending his car off the cliff so John will use the ring ...

In the opening minutes of “American Doctor,” filmmaker Poh Si Teng sits with Dr. Mark Perlmutter, a Jewish-American surgeon (one of three medical professionals this film will track), over photos of ...

Towards the end of Rian Johnson’s “Wake Up Dead Man,” Josh O’Connor’s Judd Duplenticy says of his suffering congregation, “And some got their miracle. Not being cured or fixed, but finding the ...

There’s a special sauce in the art of the stoner comedy, flavoring its antics with a mirepoix of stoned pontifications, gleefully zooted dissociation, and pure euphoria. Combining the integral laissez ...

Since the Canadian “PAW Patrol” television series debuted in 2013, it has become one of the most lucrative franchises in the world, a powerhouse source of spin-offs, toys, games, t-shirts, backpacks, ...

We sometimes talk about how an actor portraying a real-life figure is “virtually unrecognizable” and “disappears into the role” thanks to makeup and hair and prosthetics and, most important, the tools ...

Sometimes you see a movie so dull, it’s a struggle to string words together about it. “The Birthday Party,” Miguel Ángel Jiménez’s meandering snooze fest, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival ...

Matthew McConaughey was a star to connoisseurs of up-and-coming actors long before his official ascension into the firmament in March 2014, when he won an Oscar for “Dallas Buyers Club” before “True ...

In this first dispatch from Locarno is a trio of films one might call “elusive.” They all capture weighty, human subjects: sensuality, war, and disaster—with a visual and sonic approach that’s ...

In 2024, I wrote about Netflix’s surefire hit “Tires”: “I suspect the second season will be stronger as the writers hone the voice of this show and characters.” Because of content timing, we didn’t ...

On paper, “The End of Oak Street” seems like a departure from the type of horror, noir, surrealist comedy work David Robert Mitchell is best known for in “ It Follows ” and “ Under the Silver Lake .” ...