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.

The wealthy Park couple (Lee Sun-kyun and Jo Yeo-jeong)

No Other Comedy Captures the Spirit of 2019 Like Parasite

Because movies take so long to make, they can't always be as immediately to...

Because movies take so long to make, they can't always be as immediately topical as television is. But whether by sheer luck or keen prescience, Bong Joon-ho's Parasite is the movie for right now. Kim...

Eddie Murphy Pays Tribute—Gloriously—to a Blaxploitation Legend in Dolemite Is My Name

Murphy plays Rudy Ray Moore in a generous, crackling and moving film

Todd Phillips’ Joker exults in the emptiness of our culture

The Problem With Joker Isn't Its Brutal Violence. It's the Muddled Message It Sends About Our Times

We can’t watch movies in a vacuum, and no matter how entertaining they are,...

We can’t watch movies in a vacuum, and no matter how entertaining they are, they can’t blot out the larger world we live in

Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro in 'The Irishman'

Martin Scorsese’s Masterful The Irishman Is a Moving Portrait of Betrayal and Regret

Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci—who all require extensive digital d...

Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci—who all require extensive digital de-aging—shine in Martin Scorsese's Jimmy Hoffa Netflix movie

Review: Renée Zellweger Captures Judy Garland's Dazzling Essence in Judy

Judy Garland was great. But watching footage of her is almost too much to b...

Judy Garland was great. But watching footage of her is almost too much to bear unless you’re ready to open a figurative vein, to let feelings you might not want to acknowledge flow freely through...

Carmichael, Elizabeth McGovern and Dockery return for a new chapter in their popular period drama

The Downton Abbey Movie Is Exactly What It Should Be

As a person who has seen barely a flicker of Downton Abbey on television, I...

As a person who has seen barely a flicker of Downton Abbey on television, I can't predict whether the movie spin-off--directed by Michael Engler and written by the show's creator, Julian Fellowes--will be everything longtime...

American Beauty Was Bad 20 Years Ago and It's Bad Now. But It Still Has Something to Tell Us

Even when movies are not very good, they can be a kind of altar where we le...

Even when movies are not very good, they can be a kind of altar where we leave our vague, unspecified feelings of dissatisfaction or unrest