Stephanie Zacharek

Stephanie Zacharek is the film critic for TIME in New York City. She was previously the film critic at the Village Voice and Salon, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism in 2015.

Female Friendships Are the Best, Until They Aren't

Friendships between women--especially among groups of women, where tendrils...

Friendships between women--especially among groups of women, where tendrils of energy and intuition entwine and collide like the offshoots of willful plants--seem to come with so many attendant complications. Ideally, everyone is growing toward and...

Woody (Hanks) has got a friend—or something—in Forky (Hale).

Toy Story 4 Is an Existential Crisis the Whole Family Can Enjoy

We live in an age of sequels upon sequels; we're up to our ears in reboots ...

We live in an age of sequels upon sequels; we're up to our ears in reboots and origin stories. No one needs a Toy Story 4, especially considering that the 2010 Toy Story 3, a...

Director Franco Zeffirelli on set in 1996.

The Lavish Lens of Franco Zeffirelli

In the 1950s and '60s, Franco Zeffirelli made his name with magnificent sta...

In the 1950s and '60s, Franco Zeffirelli made his name with magnificent stage productions of operas like La Traviata, La Bohème and Aida. But more people know Zeffirelli, who died on June 15 at age...

In Rose-Lynn (Buckley), a country star is born.

Country Music Crosses the Pond in Wild Rose

Country music may have flowered in the U.S., but its roots--including fiddl...

Country music may have flowered in the U.S., but its roots--including fiddle tunes and ballads from the British Isles, many of them songs about lost loves and premature death--lie on the other side of an...

Bob Dylan in a still from the documentary Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese.

Martin Scorsese’s Bob Dylan Film Rolling Thunder Revue Is One of the Most Truthful Movies You’ll See in 2019

The new Netflix movie about Dylan's 1975 tour is not entirely factual, but ...

The new Netflix movie about Dylan's 1975 tour is not entirely factual, but that doesn't make it any less true

Review: Late Night Is a Pitch-Perfect Workplace Comedy

Comedy, the genre that’s easiest to underestimate, can be a tunnel into pra...

Comedy, the genre that’s easiest to underestimate, can be a tunnel into practically everything. We may make distinctions between dumb comedies and smart comedies, but the best ones prick the skin at least a little,...

Majors and Fails: living in San Francisco’s present while rooted in its past

The Last Black Man in San Francisco Shows a City in Flux

Where, or what, is home? That question has as many answers as there are hum...

Where, or what, is home? That question has as many answers as there are humans to ponder it. In The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Joe Talbot's odd and wonderful debut film, two young...