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‘Heretic’ Review: Hugh Grant’s Chilling Performance Gives Religious Horror Film Some Sinister Edge
Two Mormon evangelists are tasked with converting a reclusive older man in 'A Quiet Place' duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods' feature co-starring Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East.
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‘Riff Raff’ Review: Jennifer Coolidge, Bill Murray and Ed Harris Labor Over a Crime Comedy That Doesn’t Deserve Them
Gabrielle Union, Pete Davidson and Lewis Pullman also star in Dito Montiel’s violent account of an uncomfortable family reunion that gets uglier once the patriarch’s shady past catches up with him.
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‘Youth (Homecoming)’ Review: Documentarian Wang Bing Concludes His Chinese Garment Workers Trilogy in Compelling Fashion
A follow-up to 2023's 'Youth (Spring)' and this year's 'Youth (Hard Times),' the film follows several factory workers as they return to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year.
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‘Speak No Evil’ Review: James McAvoy Is in Top Sinister Form in a Slow-Burn Blumhouse Thriller That Almost Works
Scoot McNairy and Mackenzie Davis star as the victims in a remake of the 2022 Danish horror movie about two families holed up in a remote farmhouse.
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‘Meet the Barbarians’ Review: Julie Delpy’s Middling Refugee Comedy Has Its Heart in the Right Place
The latest feature from the director of '2 Days in Paris' reveals what happens when a tiny French town welcomes a Syrian family into its midst.
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Critic’s Appreciation: James Earl Jones, Voice of Unquestionable Authority, Titan of the Stage and Ideal Elevator Companion
The actor, whose rich baritone was as indelible a part of Darth Vader’s menacing power as the black helmet, mask and cloak, was also an absolute treasure of the American theater.
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‘Relay’ Review: Riz Ahmed Excels in David Mackenzie’s Mostly Clever Paranoid Thriller
The actor plays a fixer who brokers deals between whistleblowers and corporations in this gritty drama, also starring Lily James and Sam Worthington.
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‘Sketch’ Review: A Tender Tony Hale Anchors an Audacious, Intensely Colorful Tween Adventure
A 10-year-old girl's grief manifests as violent drawings come to life in writer-director Seth Worley's Spielbergian debut feature, also starring D'Arcy Carden.
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‘Without Blood’ Review: Salma Hayek Pinault and Demián Bichir in Angelina Jolie’s Overly Cautious War Parable
Adapted from a novella by Alessandro Baricco, the director's latest feature focuses on two strangers revisiting their memories of an unnamed war over a long evening.
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‘The Assessment’ Review: Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander and Himesh Patel Star in a Sci-Fi Chamber Drama That Impresses, Until It Doesn’t
Fleur Fortuné's drama takes place in a government-controlled future where a couple undergoes a strenuous examination to determine if they are allowed to have kids.
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‘Bring Them Down’ Review: Christopher Abbott and Barry Keoghan Are Compelling as Feuding Shepherds in an Otherwise Dour Irish Drama
The first feature from writer-director Christopher Andrews, about a violent turf war between two families of sheep herders, premiered in Toronto.
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‘The Life of Chuck’ Review: Despite a Dancing Tom Hiddleston, Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King Adaptation Can’t Quite Find Its Footing
Mark Hamill, Karen Gillan and Chiwetel Ejiofor also star in the genre-tripping film about embracing hope in the face of tragedy.
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‘The Wild Robot’ Review: Lupita Nyong’o and Pedro Pascal Make Unlikely Co-Parents in Poignant DreamWorks Animated Feature
A robot must raise an abandoned gosling with the help of other animals on a secluded island in Chris Sanders' film based on Peter Brown's best-selling books.
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‘Nightbitch’ Review: Motherhood Gets a Brilliant Amy Adams Barking Mad in a Satire That Promises Ferociousness but Pulls Too Many Punches
Scoot McNairy also stars in Marielle Heller’s adaptation of the Rachel Yoder novel about a stay-at-home mom transformed by resentment toward the trap of domesticity.
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‘On Swift Horses’ Review: Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones Light Up the Screen in a Ravishing Queer Epic
The actors co-star with Will Poulter, Diego Calva and Sasha Calle in Daniel Minahan's 1950s-set romantic drama about secret yearnings and societal pressures.
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‘We Live in Time’ Review: Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield Deliver Achingly Resonant Performances in a Poignant Romantic Drama
The two-hander, about a contemporary British couple facing a devastating medical diagnosis, is the latest from 'Brooklyn' director John Crowley.
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