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The Eyes of Tammy Faye Wavers Between Parody and Pathos
By Stephanie Zacharek
Cry Macho
Is Pure Clint Eastwood—and That's Mostly a Good Thing
By Stephanie Zacharek
How This Fall Could Shape the Future of Moviegoing
By Stephanie Zacharek
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The Matrix Resurrections
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Tony Leung Captivates in
Shang-Chi
. But His Favorite Film Is the One He Hasn’t Done Yet
The Hong Kong star talks to TIME about playing Wenwu in ‘Shang-Chi,’ the martial arts-inspired fight choreography and how he thinks about success
By Kat Moon
September 10, 2021
Olivia Colman Is Extraordinary in
The Lost Daughter
, Maggie Gyllenhaal's Bold Directorial Debut
For her directorial debut, Maggie Gyllenhaal takes on a complex and daring narrative about motherhood and all that it can drain from a woman
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 9, 2021
Edgar Wright's 1960s Fever Dream
Last Night in Soho
Is a Half-Brilliant Thriller
Edgar Wright's new thriller, which premiered at the 78th Venice Film Festival, starts off seductively before taking an unfortunate turn
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 12, 2021
Denis Villeneuve's Take on
Dune
Is an Admirably Understated Sci-Fi Spectacle
Denis Villeneuve directs Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya in a largely successful adaptation of Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel, long considered unfilmable
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 20, 2021
Kristen Stewart and Pablo Larraín Do Princess Diana Wrong in
Spencer
Kristen Stewart is a tiger in actor form, one of our most gifted and understated young performers. Her fearlessness is the casual kind, arriving without fanfare or advertisement—languid one minute and ready to leap the...
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 20, 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Made Me Feel Seen Like No Other Hollywood Blockbuster Has
It wasn’t a profound scene in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings that made me feel instantly connected to the film—not the Mandarin narration that opened the movie or even the early references...
By Kat Moon
September 6, 2021
How
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Reimagines Its Characters' Racist Comic-Book Origins
Shang-Chi wasn't always an obvious barrier breaker. The character's origin in the comics was mired in racist stereotypes
By Eliana Dockterman
September 3, 2021
Oscar Isaac Smolders in the Pensive Romantic Thriller
The Card Counter
Oscar Isaac, the star of writer-director Paul Schrader’s ardent romantic drama The Card Counter—premiering at the 78th annual Venice Film Festival—is the matinee idol we barely deserve in our short-attention-span world, an era when we...
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 6, 2021
Jane Campion's Gorgeous Western
The Power of the Dog
Is a Sharp Study of Masculinity Gone Awry
If you’re going to borrow, borrow from the best. Jane Campion begins and ends her sinewy western The Power of the Dog with a nod to John Ford’s penchant for framing figures and action through...
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 5, 2021
Penélope Cruz Gives One of the Best Performances of Her Career in Pedro Almodóvar's
Parallel Mothers
Pedro Almodóvar's 23rd movie opened the 78th Venice Film Festival
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 4, 2021
How
Candyman
Reclaims the History of Cabrini-Green
Nia DaCosta's sequel to "Candyman" hopes to provide a different perspective on a long-maligned and now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood
By Andrew R. Chow
August 27, 2021
Candyman
Teases Out New Relevance From a ‘90s Horror Classic
Sometimes a movie arrives at just the right time, as if it were reading society’s collective mind. Candyman, directed by Nia DaCosta, and written by DaCosta, Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld, is one of those...
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 27, 2021
The 23 Most Anticipated Movies of Fall 2021
This fall marks the last time to see Daniel Craig as James Bond—but the first time to see Angelina Jolie as the Marvel immortal Thena
By Andrew R. Chow
August 31, 2021
Every Single Detail of the
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Trailer, Explained
What to know about the Marvel multiverse and how Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus and Miles Morales may show up in the film
By Eliana Dockterman
August 24, 2021
Rebecca Hall Shows Some Bristling Energy in the Otherwise Turbid Ghost Thriller
The Night House
If there’s one reason to view Oscar tastemakers with skepticism, it’s the career of Rebecca Hall. She’s one of our finest, most daring actors. But year after year, she fails to make a blip on...
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 25, 2021
The Outsider Explores the Controversy Behind the 9/11 Museum
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, a new documentary chronicles the controversy around the creation of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum and goes behind the scenes to explore the purpose of the...
By Sanya Mansoor
August 20, 2021
The Lessons of Father-Daughter Action Movies
“Fame is rot,” J.M. Barrie was purported to have said. “Daughters are the thing.” Of course, the creator of Peter Pan didn’t have any children, so he wasn’t exactly speaking from experience. For the crop...
By Belinda Luscombe
August 20, 2021
John David Washington Can't Outrun the Tedium of Netflix Thriller
Beckett
There is no sadder genre than the tedious thriller, a movie that works hard to entice us with suspense, rough and tumble action, maybe even alluring locales, only to fizzle out far from the finish...
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 15, 2021
Ryan Reynolds' Charm Can't Quite Liberate
Free Guy
From a Cluttered Plot
The secret to life is knowing what your strengths are and running with them, and Ryan Reynolds has figured it out. He has the shiny vinyl good looks of a Ken doll and, when he...
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 13, 2021
Jennifer Hudson Makes a Dazzling Aretha Franklin in 'Respect'
Though biopics about R&B and pop-music artists keep getting made—the past seven years or so have given us Get On Up, Love & Mercy, Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocket Man—they’re among the most easily picked-apart genres,...
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 13, 2021
Marlee Matlin Will Never Stop Fighting
With her new movie 'CODA,' Marlee Matlin continues her decades-long fight for deaf representation
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 11, 2021
A New Documentary Tells the Harrowing History of Conversion Therapy
Director Kristine Stolakis speaks with TIME about her new documentary 'Pray Away'
By Alex Rees
August 12, 2021
Annette
Is Gorgeous to Look at But All the Wrong Kinds of Weird
Leos Carax's new rock opera, starring Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard, might have been a reason for us to find euphoria back at the theater were it not a little too self-consciously weird
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 8, 2021
How
The Suicide Squad
End-Credits Scene Sets Up the Future of the DCEU
The new DC movie The Suicide Squad is a classic James Gunn flick: Like Gunn's other franchise for rival studio Marvel, The Guardians of the Galaxy, The Suicide Squad is very weird and features violent...
By Eliana Dockterman
August 31, 2021
How Disney’s Controversial Jungle Cruise Ride Was Adapted for the Screen—and What It Means for Indigenous Representation
Disney revamped the attraction to address “negative depictions of natives.” Here's how the screenwriters worked the ride into the film and what it means for Indigenous representation onscreen
By Kat Moon
August 7, 2021
Why Scarlett Johansson Is Suing Disney Over Black Widow
The suit will likely have a major impact on whether studios decide to release major films already in the can to streaming services as the pandemic threatens to surge for a fourth wave in the U.S
By Eliana Dockterman
July 30, 2021
Matt Damon Shines in
Stillwater,
an Uneven Thriller Inspired by a Real-Life Murder Case
The one constant is Damon, who’s turning out to be one of those great, casual American actors we didn’t know we had anymore
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 3, 2021
The Green Knight
Is an Extravagant Unicorn Tapestry of a Movie
Dev Patel stars in David Lowery's confident, enchanting retelling of a 14th century poem set in medieval England
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 28, 2021
A Primer on The Last Letter From Your Lover
Here's everything you should know
By Cady Lang
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Val Kilmer Turns the Camera on Himself
Now that we’re used to recording our whole lives on cell phones, it’s hard to imagine an era when we didn’t walk around with mini movie cameras in our pockets. In the early 1980s, Val...
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 26, 2021
M. Night Shyamalan Squanders a Rich Premise in
Old
A reverse fountain of youth could have been a great jumping-off point to riff on human fears of aging, but Shyamalan doesn't go there
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 23, 2021
The Last Letter From Your Lover
Falters Often, But Its Illicit Romance and Gorgeous Costumes Go Straight to the Pleasure Zone
Enough, for now, to keep the flagging genre alive
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 23, 2021
How
Spirited Away
Changed Animation Forever
Spirited Away turns 20 this year. TIME looks at its path from Japanese blockbuster to Oscar winner to beloved classic
By Kat Moon
July 20, 2021
Roadrunner
Illuminates Anthony Bourdain the Man—But Are Its Means Totally Legit?
Morgan Neville's 'Roadrunner' may make you feel you know Anthony Bourdain the man much better than before. But some of its tactics have been called into question
By Stephanie Zacharek
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Breaking Down Black Widow's End-Credits Scene
Expect to see more of these two women in upcoming series and films
By Eliana Dockterman
July 14, 2021
The Loneliest Whale
Brings Us on an Invigorating Search for an Elusive Creature of the Deep
Even if you don’t care much about whales, this documentary might make you care about people who care about whales
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 11, 2021
Black Widow
Is a Showcase for Florence Pugh and Scarlett Johansson First and a Marvel Superhero Movie Second
There are three types of people in this world: those who are first in line for every Marvel movie, those who slouch toward them indifferently, and those who would prefer to stay at home and...
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 12, 2021
Three Music Documentaries Help Connect Artist and Audience
Questlove’s Summer of Soul, Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers and the Hulu docuseries McCartney 3,2,1 remind us of the ways music unites us
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 6, 2021
Black Widow Began as a Sexist Stereotype. More Than a Decade Later, Scarlett Johansson Is Reclaiming Her Story
Behind the scenes of Black Widow's reinvention from sexist stereotype to superhero paving the way for other leading women in action movies
By Eliana Dockterman
July 9, 2021
Don Cheadle Steals the Show in Steven Soderbergh's Twisty Noir Entertainment
No Sudden Move
Set in 1950s Detroit, Steven Soderbergh's playful but pointed neo-noir No Sudden Move is a thrilling ride
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 6, 2021
What F9's Box Office Hail Means for the Movies
it's becoming clearer that the pandemic likely exacerbated trends that were already in place before it began
By Eliana Dockterman
July 1, 2021
A'Ziah 'Zola' King on Making an Authentic Film Adaptation of Her Viral Story—and What Comes Next
'I'm just really glad that my authentic personality is the reason why this happened'
By Cady Lang
July 1, 2021
False Positive
Strives for Elevated Pregnancy Horror But Misses the Mark
Broad City's Ilana Glazer co-wrote and stars in this pregnancy horror film, which doesn't trust its audience enough to avoid hamfisted exposition
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 3, 2021
The Ice Road
Is an Overly Twisty Action Adventure That Has Its Charms, Chief Among Them Liam Neeson
Neeson continues to shoulder the mixed blessing of becoming a late-in-life action hero, making it look like no work at all
By Stephanie Zacharek
June 28, 2021
F9: The Fast Saga
May Be the Most Blockheaded Installment in the Franchise—And That's Just Fine
The ninth installment in the Fast and Furious franchise features more fast driving and more family love, which is just fine if you know what to expect going into it
By Stephanie Zacharek
July 4, 2021
Zola
Is a Wild Road Trip Movie That Works Against All Odds
Director Janicza Bravo captures the brashness of A'Ziah 'Zola' King’s voice and turns it into a movie that meshes its comic absurdities and its horrors
By Stephanie Zacharek
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