Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
The director Brittany Shyne’s film is slow-moving and lyrical in its focus on the seasonal rhythms of the work, even as it shifts to policy concerns.
The stars were honored at the annual National Board of Review gala, where winners called attention to protests in Minneapolis and the violent crackdown in Iran.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck play grizzled cops looking at each other sideways in this Netflix crime thriller that has all the concepts but not much else.
Nick Reiner was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The mental health challenges he faced in recent years are likely to be central to his legal defense.
Here’s who our film critics Manohla Dargis and Alissa Wilkinson think voters should pick.
By condensing the logic of the action, this anime adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s light novel undermines the story’s excitement.
The 1929 silent film returns in a shimmering, sensitively scored restoration that brings out the lurid and the romantic in Erich von Stroheim’s story of orphan-meets-prince.
A grieving widower finds his problems are just beginning when his wife returns in the form of a household appliance in this gloriously funny, shape-shifting debut feature.
The latest installment in the zombie saga is all about evil and good, and whether any of it exists.
Speaking in French (but cursing in English), the actress plays an American psychiatrist abroad who stumbles into unexpected intrigue.
This detour-heavy film moves across time periods to follow girlhood mischief, desire and abuse on a German farm.
Benjamin Flaherty discovered some disturbing tendencies in the addiction recovery industry. His documentary is upsetting and revelatory.
Rival gangs in Los Angeles join forces when a bloodsucking unit of the police department invades their community.
A filmmaker who can’t secure an interview with the A.I. executive turns to technology for a solution.
Mascha Schilinski’s movie “Sound of Falling,” which takes place over a century in a rural farmhouse, shows how trauma is transmitted through generations.
To prepare for her role in ”A Private Life,” Foster read French books aloud at home and then turned up in Paris to immerse herself in French life.
That “Ricky Gervais: Mortality” won for best comedy sends a message about the lack of respect given to stand-up.
Demi Moore nailed it at last year’s Globes, and so did Teyana Taylor this year. The best acceptances keep in mind four key guidelines.
Several of the past year’s films center on confused, bumbling protagonists — surrounded by women who are anything but.