Ben Kenigsberg reviews Nuri Bilge Ceylan's "The Wild Pear Tree" and makes predictions for the 2018 Cannes awards. | Continue reading
Our annual report on the best cat performances from Cannes 2018. | Continue reading
A dispatch on two of the final Cannes competition films of 2018. | Continue reading
A stunning, enrapturing film, a crowning work by one of the American cinema’s most essential artists. | Continue reading
Even by the low standards of this type of live-action, family friendly comedy, Show Dogs is especially lame. | Continue reading
This version of Fahrenheit 451 lacks the burning commentary that would justify why the filmmakers wanted to revisit this story in the first place. | Continue reading
The movie is fairly faithful to the book (except for a couple of awful invented scenes at the end), and yet so much is lost in the transfer. | Continue reading
How to Talk to Girls at Parties is like a hyperactive kid at a punk rock show—full of great energy and ambition, but not too sure what to do with it. | Continue reading
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word is a non-denominational sermon, under the cinematic care of an artist first, Pope Francis fanboy second. | Continue reading
Perhaps the highest compliment I can pay it is that I think George A. Romero himself would have liked it. | Continue reading
The art-house equivalent of Solo: A Star Wars Story. | Continue reading
Reviews from the Cannes Film Festival of two competition titles, Matteo Garrone's Dogman and Nadine Labaki's Capernaum. | Continue reading
At Cannes, John David Washington, a son of Denzel, discusses his breakthrough performance as an African-American cop who infiltrated the Klan. | Continue reading
Our fourth video dispatch from the 2018 Cannes Film Festival features reviews of "BlacKkKlansman," "Fahrenheit 451" and more. | Continue reading
This fairly laugh-packed comedy aims to address the desire for intimate companionship in older adults, an increasingly topical issue as more Americans live into their nineties. | Continue reading
Three reviews from the Cannes Film Festival, including the latest from "It Follows" director David Robert Mitchell. | Continue reading
An interview with the co-writer and director of the new comedy, "Book Club." | Continue reading
A tribute to the great journalist, Tom Wolfe. | Continue reading
An engaging but unnecessary bit of backstory for one of blockbuster cinema's most beloved characters. | Continue reading
Our third video dispatch from the 2018 Cannes Film Festival features footage of the women's protest as well as reviews of "Cold War," "Ash is Purest White" and more. | Continue reading
Reviews from the Cannes Film Festival of three world premieres, including the latest by Lars von Trier. | Continue reading
After being declared "persona non grata" by the festival in 2011, Lars von Trier returned to Cannes this year with "The House That Jack Built." | Continue reading
An interview with the legendary writer/director and film critic Paul Schrader about his new project, "First Reformed." | Continue reading
Even when "Deadpool 2" is being serious, or trying to fool you into thinking it's being serious, there's a gleam in its eye that gives the game away. | Continue reading
On two premieres from Cannes 2018, the latest from Spike Lee and Hirokazu Kore-eda. | Continue reading
A tribute to the late Margot Kidder. | Continue reading
An interview with two Latin-American stars with breakthrough lead roles in theaters now. | Continue reading
At Cannes, Christopher Nolan presented an "unrestored" 70-millimeter print of "2001: A Space Odyssey," while provocateur Gaspar Noé trolled viewers with the dance party movie "Climax." | Continue reading
Reviews from the Cannes Film Festival of the latest by Jafar Panahi or Alice Rohrwacher. | Continue reading
The Icelandic survival picture "Arctic" and the Portuguese goofball comedy "Diamantino" lighten the mood at Cannes. | Continue reading
An updating table of contents for all of our video and written dispatches from the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. | Continue reading
A report on two anticipated premieres at Cannes from Jean-Luc Godard and Pawel Pawlikowski. | Continue reading
A video recap of the first few days of Cannes 2018. | Continue reading
A review of the new PBS version of Little Women. | Continue reading
Another tour-de-force comic performance by Melissa McCarthy in a film that barely has a pulse. | Continue reading
James McTeigue has a fleet, efficient visual style that keeps the suspense set pieces percolating. | Continue reading
This is an extremely strong first feature from Pearce, and Buckley is riveting. You can't look away. | Continue reading
A kind of self-conscious arthouse soap opera. | Continue reading
Handsomely mounted and well-acted by a stellar cast, but it’s one of those theatrical adaptations that has no reason to exist for any viewer who can recall a superior stage version of the same work. | Continue reading
The best thing about Mountain? It does all the hard work for you. | Continue reading
Before he died in 1999, Stanley Kubrick was working on a re-release of “2001: A Space Odyssey” to coincide with the year it had made synonymous with sci-fi cinematic glory. Since “2001” was (and remains) my favorite Kubrick film, one I sometimes cite as having inspired my leap in … | Continue reading
Savage is a pretty capable filmmaker, although The Escape is a mixed effort. | Continue reading
I was bored throughout the 112 minutes I spent watching Lu Over the Wall. | Continue reading
Reviews from the Cannes Film Festival of three world premieres. | Continue reading
"Black Panther" director Ryan Coogler took part in a packed discussion with Elvis Mitchell at Cannes on Thursday. | Continue reading
The latest on Blu-ray, including Den of Thieves, Paddington 2, All the Money in the World, and The Virgin Suicides. | Continue reading
A review of the four-part true crime series, debuting on Netflix tomorrow. | Continue reading