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Paul Mescal, Josh O’Connor collect folk songs in tender ‘The History of Sound’
If the algorithm was overseeing casting for a tender, queer romance, it’s likely that at least one combination would involve Paul Mescal and Josh ... -
In ‘The Baltimorons,’ emergency dental work prompts an unlikely rom-com
There are all kinds of movies that are either endangered or practically extinct. The big-studio comedy. The original musical. But the sweet and shaggy ... -
Ron Howard’s ‘Eden’ brings 1920s chaos on a Galápagos island to life
Ron Howard’s “Eden” opens with a bold statement: “Fascism is spreading.” It’ll surely carry weight in modern society, but the phrase is referencing events ... -
Spike Lee’s ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ finds its groove in New York’s streets
Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest” takes some time to find its groove. But once it does, when the film leaves the high rises and ... -
Liam Neeson tries to fill Leslie Nielsen’s gumshoes in a new ‘Naked Gun’
Casting Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin in “The Naked Gun” remains one of the greatest comic choices in film history. A former dramatic ... -
‘Oh, Hi!’ Is a sharp, silly take on modern romance
Modern dating can feel like a psychological minefield. Filmmaker Sophie Brooks leans into that disarray with “Oh, Hi!” – a dark comedy about expectations, ... -
A satire about our broken brains that might re-break your brain
You might need to lie down for a bit after “Eddington.” Preferably in a dark room with no screens and no talking. “Eddington,” Ari ... -
In ‘Heads of State,’ a buddy comedy with statesmen
Say what you will about the Idris Elba-John Cena vehicle “Heads of State,” but it’s surely the first buddy comedy about the fraying bonds ... -
Charlize Theron and Uma Thurman get half a movie
About 80 minutes into “The Old Guard 2,” you may start to wonder how it’s going to wrap up. Charlize Theron’s gang of immortal ... -
In ‘Sorry, Baby,’ Eva Victor makes a disarming debut
The first thing to love about writer-director-star Eva Victor’s extraordinary debut “Sorry, Baby” is how she, as the young professor Agnes, tries, and fails, ... -
Ana de Armas is better at killing than ballet, in a John Wick spinoff
Watch a bunch of John Wick movies all in a row, and you can get pretty paranoid. You start to think everyone’s an assassin. ... -
Mr. Miyagi’s absence is felt in ‘Karate Kid: Legends’
Mr. Miyagi was known for waxing poetic. So the fact that “Karate Kid: Legends” has nothing to say is all the more disappointing. One ... -
The sweep of history courses through Jia Zhangke’s ‘Caught By the Tides’
Jia Zhangke’s “Caught by the Tides” is less than two hours long and yet contains nearly a quarter-century of time’s relentless march forward. Few ... -
‘The Accountant 2,’ with Ben Affleck, isn’t quite a write-off
Hordes of horror films line up for Halloween and a sleigh full of Christmas movies arrive annually in December, but there is slightly less ... -
‘Drop’ doesn’t phone it in
It’s oddly comforting that a movie can still dial M when it wants to. Smart phones have largely been a bit of a buzzkill ... -
Naomi Watts and a Great Dane mourn Bill Murray in ‘The Friend’
Having it all means different things to everyone, but a rent-controlled apartment in Manhattan is probably pretty close to a universal dream — even ... -
‘The Ballad of Wallis Island’ is the loveliest movie of the year (so far)
It’s never a bad time for a film like “The Ballad of Wallis Island,” but at the moment it feels like a much-needed balm. ... -
Even two De Niros aren’t enough to make ‘Alto Knights’ a successor to ‘Goodfellas’
You’re the actor!” shouts Anna Genovese at her estranged spouse, gangster Vito Genovese, in a courtroom where he’s implausibly claiming he lacks funds to ... -
‘Novocaine,’ with Jack Quaid, is a shot of bloody action-comedy
Nathan Caine may not be able to feel pain, as the tagline for the new action-comedy “Novocaine” reads, but the same does not apply ... -
A gripping deep-sea rescue mission in ‘Last Breath’ with Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu
A routine deep-sea diving mission in the North Sea goes terribly wrong when a young diver is stranded some 300 feet below the surface ... -
Bloody and witty, ‘Companion’ explores what humanity means in an AI-powered world
“Iris, wake up!” Early in “Companion,” lovely Iris and her nerdy-nice boyfriend Josh are driving to a secluded lake house for a stay with ... -
‘No Other Land’ is a shocking look at Palestinian life under occupation
The irony shouldn’t be lost on anyone that “No Other Land,” a documentary about the systemic demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, ... -
Steven Soderbergh’s eerie haunted house drama ‘Presence’ packs a punch
The camera is the ghost in Steven Soderbergh’s chillingly effective, experiential haunted house drama “Presence.” The filmmaker traps the audience in a beautiful suburban ... -
‘Wolf Man’ is a toothless reboot that’ll make you bark at the moon
Blake Lovell thinks taking his wife and young daughter to rural Oregon to pack up his dead father’s belongings is a good idea. It’s ... -
Robbie Williams has always lived to entertain. In ‘Better Man,’ he’s still doing it
I came out of the womb with jazz hands,” pop star Robbie Williams recounts in “Better Man,” his new biopic. “Which was very painful ... -
With ‘The Room Next Door’, Almodóvar makes a lively movie about death
Films that are straightforwardly about death are rare, but movies that are about both death and sex are rarer, still. In Pedro Almodóvar’s “The ... -
A wordless Latvian cat parable about climate change is the year’s best animated movie
Of all the post-apocalyptic landscapes we’ve been treated to over the years, none is as beautiful nor peaceful as that of “Flow.” In Gints ... -
‘Gladiator II,’ with Denzel Washington, goes back into the arena
Rome teeters on the brink in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II.” Its fall is said to be imminent. The dream it once symbolized is dead. ... -
Angelina Jolie is graceful and sharp as opera star Maria Callas in ‘Maria’
Angelina Jolie glides through the final days of Maria Callas’ short life in Pablo Larraín’s “Maria,” a dramatic, evocative elegy to the famed soprano. ... -
Netflix’s ‘Joy’ is a loud cheer for fertility, for never giving up — and science
Toward the end of Netflix’s “Joy,” the muffled cry of a newborn baby prompts a man and woman in a hospital to embrace out ... -
A luminous slice of Mumbai life in ‘All We Imagine as Light’
The rhythms of bustling, working-class Mumbai are brought to vivid life in “All We Imagine as Light.” The stunning narrative debut of filmmaker Payal ... -
‘Heretic’ is a fascinating mix of high discourse, gore and a shifty Hugh Grant
“Heretic” opens with an unusual table setter: Two young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are discussing condoms and why ... -
An unmoving camera and de-aging technology make ‘Here’ with Tom Hanks painful to watch
Robert Zemeckis’ latest movie is insanely ambitious, starting with the dinosaurs and ending in present day with the Roomba. But it’s fixed on just ... -
Drive In It’s all politics at the Vatican in ‘Conclave’
In Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” the selection of the pope is no holy affair. Instead, it’s a petty, political campaign carried out in secrecy, where ... -
Is the killer bachelor one or two? Anna Kendrick’s chilling ‘Woman of the Hour’
In Anna Kendrick’s “Woman of the Hour,” a chilling, based-on-a-true-story drama about when a 1970s serial killer appeared on an episode of “The Dating ...
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