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.

Recent Articles

David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future Is Silly and Elegant, and it Might Make You Squirm a Little

From deep in the bowels of David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future, you can hear the gurgle of profound ideas trying to find their way out: something about the evolution and persistence of art, about...

By Stephanie Zacharek May 24, 2022

'Three Thousand Years of Longing' Leaves Much to Be Desired

This is ultimately a story about the romance of companionship, but the highest purpose of movies is to give us more than what we think we want

By Stephanie Zacharek May 21, 2022

In the Film Men a Woman Tries—Unsuccessfully—To Be Left Alone

Depending on whom you ask, modern men are either suffering a crisis of masculinity or they wield more power than ever. In his tricky psycho-sexual horror film Men, writer-director Alex Garland explores both angles, suggesting...

By Stephanie Zacharek May 20, 2022

James Gray's Armageddon Time Is Tender, But Doesn't Allow Viewers to Make Peace With Our Imperfect World

It’s conveniently noble to think that human beings are shaped by their actions, that decisiveness is what makes us who we are. Yet the times we failed to act are often what we remember most...

By Stephanie Zacharek May 20, 2022

The Downton Abbey Crew Exits the Roaring 20s With a Flourish

Though the Downton Abbey TV series had legions of fans during its six-season run, you don’t have to be one of them to enjoy Downton Abbey: A New Era, the second film to spin off...

By Stephanie Zacharek May 18, 2022

'The Hate of Men Will Pass.' Volodymyr Zelensky Makes an Emotional Appeal to the Power of Cinema at Cannes

The opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival is generally, not to put too fine a point on it, a snooze. A highly polished actor or entertainer steps out to host. This year—the festival’s 75th...

By Stephanie Zacharek May 18, 2022

The New Top Gun Is So Much Better Than the First One

It no longer matters whether you like or dislike Tom Cruise: no matter how good he looks in his ultra-moisturized, deal-with-the-devil skin, his ship has sailed not just into the waters of middle age, but...

By Stephanie Zacharek May 12, 2022

Two Former Mr. Darcys Delight in Netflix Espionage Caper Operation Mincemeat

Even the most imaginative spy novelist couldn’t have made it up: In 1943 a motley group of British operatives created an elaborate false identity for a corpse, which they then sent awash on a beach...

By Stephanie Zacharek May 6, 2022

Happening Is a Grim But Timely Warning from 1960s France

In Audrey Diwan’s tense and quietly radical film Happening, Anne, a bright young student in early 1960s France, discovers she’s pregnant. The law, as the doctor who breaks the news tells her, “is unsparing.” Anyone...

By Stephanie Zacharek May 6, 2022

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Review

If you squint and concentrate really hard, you can tell it’s a Sam Raimi movie.

By Stephanie Zacharek May 3, 2022
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