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Filmmaker George Miller returns to the Wasteland to tell us how the 'Mad Max' savior took her own hero's journey — and delivers another high-octane knockout
The rebooted franchise had distinguished itself from typical blockbuster I.P.s crowding multiplexes — but this new entry is just monkey business as usual
Filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun's addition to the midnight-movie canon starts with a shared love of a TV show — and then goes down the fandom rabbit hole
The actor outdoes herself in Yorgos Lanthimos’ brilliant take on the Prometheus myth brimming with satire, female empowerment, and sex — lots of sex
This document of her record-breaking 2023 tour is a tribute to the community around her, and the dance-culture legacy that inspired her
The Gladiator director and Joaquin Phoenix turn an epic saga of love and war into a difficult-man drama. It almost works.
Ten years on from the release of The Hunger Games, revisit a contemporary review of the critically-acclaimed film.
A look at the living legend and “last man standing” is one part biography, one part portrait of a mentorship
The animation company’s latest — and its first movie to be solely directed by a woman — turns a bright red metaphor for the elation and confusion of coming-of-age into something delightful…
The sophomore feature from the writer-director-essayist Kogonada imagines a sci-fi future with impeccable decor and family androids who dream of human connections
