‘Dune: Part Two’: As solemn as the first, but more exciting
Its imposing spaceships, the haunting beat of Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack and its palace intrigues leave little room for yawning
Its imposing spaceships, the haunting beat of Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack and its palace intrigues leave little room for yawning
Mexican director Lila Avilés’s gaze clings to her creatures like a barnacle, and the viewer is only a few inches away from the film’s characters
British director Andrew Haigh has crafted a painful and unrelenting, romantic and reflective, but above all, mysterious film about love: the familiar, the sentimental, the sexual
The French director, born on 23 February 1924, left behind classic titles such as ‘The Things of Life,’ ‘A Heart in Winter,’ or ‘Nelly and Mr. Arnaud’
It is the songs that end up dominating, although they have to fight against slick staging in this recreation of the life of the Jamaican genius
‘The Godfather, Part II,’ ‘Chinatown’ and ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ are some of the titles that saw the light in 1974, framed in the context of the New Hollywood
The Italian filmmaker, who directed ‘Gomorra,’ now tackles a dramatic migration story in a movie that has already won the Silver Lion for best director at Venice and is now seeking to claim an Oscar
The French filmmaker, heir to the cinematic fantasies of Georges Méliès, is back in the director’s chair for his first feature film in eight years
The filmmaker has wanted to create his own space saga for years, and has even proposed the project to Lucasfilm. He found a willing collaborator in Netflix, who produced a film that turns out to be derivative of Akira Kurosawa and George Lucas
Without reaching excellence, everything is remarkably well-composed in Paul King’s film. Timothée Chalamet, without possessing a great voice, passes with flying colors
Director Rodrigo Moreno has made a deliberately bland, humorous thriller over 189 minutes that will either drag or grip audiences
After making its way through festivals, playwright Celine Song’s directorial debut will surely be among the Oscar nominees in a few months
The most melancholy season of the year is usually associated with nostalgia and melodrama, and the work of directors like Douglas Sirk, John M. Stahl or Marcel Carné is perfect for it
Craig Gillespie tells the story of a large group of small investors who united on social networks to deliver a crushing blow to the stock market investment firms
Director Gareth Edwards’ film is a mishmash of science fiction classics and other genres that misses the mark
Based on the true story of Harry Haft, the movie stars Ben Foster as the ethically tortured Pole who survived Auschwitz by entertaining his Nazi captors in the boxing ring
Mark Cousins’s documentary is revealing and playful, funny and somber, tricky and artistic, all at once
Hlynur Pálmason’s movie was presented to wide acclaim in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ selection of the Cannes Film Festival and is filmed in unusual forms
The film matches the tone, perspective and narrative freedom of ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once,’ combining fantasy, absurdity and surrealism
‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’, the third installment of the saga about the dignified and noble stripper, has lost even the (relative) freshness of the original, structured on the classic rise, fall and redemption of a self-made human being
From a highly talented (and controversial) leading actor, to a gathering of classic Batmans from different timelines, this film breaks the mold in more ways than one
‘Mean Streets,’ ‘The Exorcist,’ ‘The Sting,’ ‘Day for Night,’ ‘Amarcord,’ ‘American Graffiti’ and ‘The Spirit of the Beehive’ celebrate half a century
Each installment of the new boxing saga has earned more money than the last, revitalizing Sylvester Stallone’s classic
Billy Wilder’s ‘Ace in the Hole,’ Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Back to the Future’ and Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Great Dictator’ are just a few of the films that were nominated but didn’t take home the statuettes
The actress’s recent death inspired us to look back and reflect on an extraordinary era in Italian film, one that made its stars famous around the world
The Oscar-winning director’s genre-hopping adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s story recaptures some of the darkness and perversity of the original text
Viola Davis leads the cast of an adventure film about feminism, sisterhood and reclaiming one’s power based on the Agojie warriors of the 18th and 19th centuries