Jonathan is good enough for us to want it to be better.
The long-buried documentary, which Franklin blocked from theaters, is finally being released.
The legendary director’s career was filled with incomplete projects, reaching all the way back to before Citizen Kane.
Where we might expect escalating lunacy, Mantzoukas and director Hannah Fidell bring … something else.
Mostly, it offers a touching opportunity to enjoy the increasingly rare sight of a wicked one seeing the error of his ways.
Morgan Neville gives us a sense of just how much Orson Welles transformed over the years, both intentionally and unintentionally.
Not caring about narrative structure means Tyler Perry can let Tiffany Haddish go to town for long stretches.
Joseph Kahn’s battle rap comedy-drama is uneven, but it has the fire where it counts.
Tales of the supernatural reflected the anxieties of a society that had suffered the unthinkable terrors of war, and was still processing.
As technology has improved, our monsters have gotten more ornate and grotesque — but less genuinely terrifying.
Rowan Atkinson revives a espionage hero for another not-so-daring comedic adventure.
Gerard Butler stars in an undersea thriller filled with sub-movie hallmarks and featuring a competent American government trying to do its best.
Hill’s directorial debut reflects its protagonist: It’s a collection of postures, moods, and music cues, looking for a reason to exist.
Starring Ben Foster and Elle Fanning, it not only fails to find a way to reinvent tired ideas, it also piles a few more tired ideas on top of it.
The emptiness of the cosmos, combined with the sudden malleability of time, has a way of bringing out the more experimental side of filmmakers.
Apostle is ultimately an absorbing, horrifying movie that’s maybe not as smart as it wants to be. But it’s more disturbing than you’d expect.
The sequel replicates the template and the atmosphere of the original, but it’s missing the invention and emotional investment.
In honor of Bradley Cooper and A Star Is Born, we look at the best movie-star–directors of all time.
Matt Tyrnauer’s documentary is swift and entertaining — but later veers into odd, branded-content territory.
“I liked Burt, but he was a bit of a shit. He blew with the wind.”