Film
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News
The Cruel Spectacle of ‘The Whale’
“The Whale,” Darren Aronofsky’s latest film, is one you hope, desperately, will be seen by an audience that has the…
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News
Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
If you’d rather see Santa slashing through the snow, check out “Christmas Bloody Christmas,” along with other frightful gems this…
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Business
Highbrow Films Aimed at Winning Oscars Are Losing Audiences
The kind of critically praised dramas that often dominate the awards season are falling flat at the box office, failing…
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News
Is Sight and Sound’s List of 100 Greatest Films Too Tasteful?
To our chief critics, news that “Jeanne Dielman” topped the magazine poll was a welcome jolt. If only there had…
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Style
In ‘White Lotus,’ Beauty and Truth Are All Mixed Up
This season focuses on the willful delusion of the wealthy — and how easily preyed upon people who evade reality…
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News
Best Movies of 2022
Amid endless agonizing over the State of Cinema, the actual releases proved a bounty for film lovers, whether fans of…
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News
A Versatile Director Brings Powerful Imagery to Wagner and Film
Kornel Mundruczo’s varied career has included the Oscar-nominated movie “Pieces of a Woman,” stage productions across Europe and now, “Lohengrin.”
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News
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
From gangsters on boats to maniacal clowns on rampages, this month’s action picks pack a wallop.
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World
Julia Reichert, Documentarian of the Working Class, Dies at 76
She took home, to Ohio, a 2019 Oscar for “American Factory,” and in a long career teaching and making films,…