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Byline: Amy Nicholson Twenty-five years ago, the superstar starred in 'Eyes Wide Shut' and 'Magnolia,' and opened himself up for the camera in ways he rarely has since. 'Eyes Wide [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson Josh Hartnett stars as a father with a secret in this M. Night Shyamalan film set at a concert. 'Dad, this is the literally the best day [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson The director Denis Villeneuve and the actor Timothée Chalamet bound into the room talking at, and over, each other in rapid French. Villeneuve is from Quebec; Chalamet [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson This slow-burning prequel tells the origin story of Coriolanus Snow, the future president of Panem. The 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) - future president of Panem, eventual [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson 'The Reign of Marvel Studios' captures how movies based on comic-book properties came to dominate pop culture. At least until now. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios, [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson Helen Mirren, under heavy prosthetics, channels the Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in this wartime biopic. 'Golda' - as in Golda Meir, the Israeli prime minister who [...]

Byline: Jeannette Catsoulis, Amy Nicholson and Ben Kenigsberg This year's selections include a film about the disappearance of a sibling and one about the appearance of 100,000 walruses. The Oscar-nominated [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson This musical adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel is a jolt of sour candy guaranteed to make you grin. Bitterness never tasted so sweet as it does in [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson Billy Eichner plays a moody podcaster who has sworn off relationships, but just might find himself in one anyway, in this gay romantic comedy. The comedian Billy [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson The harrowing rescue of a Thai youth soccer team is the subject of Ron Howard's latest drama. Ron Howard's 'Thirteen Lives,' a feat of endurance about the [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson The latest entry in the 'Downton Abbey' franchise is amiable enough - though despite its subtitle, it rests most of its extravagant weight on cozy familiarity. The [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson Mads Mikkelsen plays an evil wizard with political talent in the latest 'Harry Potter' spinoff movie, which also stars Jude Law and Eddie Redmayne. Like so much [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson Until recent events at the Oscars, the film season's most memorable best actor speech belonged to Caleb Landry Jones. In July, the Cannes Film Festival awarded Jones [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson Jessica Chastain, Penélope Cruz, Lupita Nyong'o, Diane Kruger and Fan Bingbing star in an espionage thriller that's slick but banal. Two centuries before James Bond 007, there [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson Andrew Garfield stars as Jonathan Larson, the composer and lyricist of 'Rent,' in this meta-musical directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda. For his feature directing debut, the 'Hamilton' honcho [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson and Jason Bailey Two critics look at highlights from the SXSW 2020 Film Festival Collection, available to view on Amazon Prime Video. When the South by Southwest [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson The second installment in Netflix's '80s-style teen romance trilogy asks the question John Hughes left unanswered. 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before,' an Xennial mash note [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson The cinematic possibilities of this whimsical mode of travel are sky-high. We offer a closer look. In August 1783, at the future site of the Eiffel Tower, [...]

Byline: Amy Nicholson On the 30th anniversary of 'Sex, Lies and Videotape,' a look back at Steven Soderbergh's first feature and how it changed the independent film landscape. In the [...]