The true heart of “Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted” is not simply the impressive biographical bullet points, but rather the ...

Now, nearly 40 years (and considerably more than a hundred films) later, comes “The Surfer,” a film in which Cage does it all ...

“Bonjour Tristesse” works best as a sustained mood, as an evocation of long summer days that might not actually exist outside ...

I don’t need a war correspondent; everyone’s got one of those,” a newspaper editor says. “We need a people correspondent: ...

“A Desert” is more interesting to look at than to think about. Its well-marked tropes—lots of third-hand Americana and horror ...

This week, my friend Bridget Mallon passed away in her sleep at the age of 34. The country’s been going to hell in a hurry, but there’s always a way for things to get worse, and the loss of one of my ...

The Four Seasons” unfolds in four hour-long chapters, inexplicably divided into half-hour episodes instead of just presented ...

What to watch on Netflix in May 2025, including Dawn of the Dead, Ali, The Sugarland Express, Smile, and Heart Eyes.

Duplass and Strassner have crafted a beautiful film that somehow feels spontaneous, a window into a relationship that wouldn’t have happened without a missed step. I’m big on what Paul Auster called ...

Two audio commentaries: one featuring Baker, Coco, producer Samantha Quan, and cinematographer Drew Daniels, and the other ...