New York Film Festival
Blitz Offers a New Perspective on the World War II Movie
A mix of old-fashioned storytelling and modern sensibility, Steve McQueen’s new film is a worthy epic.
Review
Laura Dern Meets Cute With a Hemsworth in Lonely Planet
A familiar romantic setup benefits greatly from a radiant star.
Review
The Franchise Thinks Scorsese Was Right about Superhero Movies
The new HBO comedy from Veep’s creator lampoons how the Marvel-ous sausage gets made.
Review
In Season Three, Heartstopper Takes the Plunge
Big decisions are made in the new episodes of Netflix’s hit show, but maybe not enough.
New York Film Festival
Nickel Boys Is a Bold Experiment in Perspective
A lauded novel is artfully adapted in director RaMell Ross’s film.
Movie Guide
The 30 Best Halloween Movies to Scare You Through October
Read on, if you dare, for the best Halloween movies with the biggest scares.
Review
Ellen DeGeneres’s New, Possibly Last Netflix Special Asks: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
File the stand-up special For Your Approval under the category of “Sorry/Not Sorry.”
Critic’s Notebook
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Has One Great Episode, but Doesn’t Know What to Do With It
The show surrounding that showcase for Cooper Koch’s Erik Menendez is a confused mess.
Review
His Three Daughters Is One of the Best Dramas of the Year
Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, and Elizabeth Olsen are remarkable in Azazel Jacobs’s poignant look at familial grief.
reviews
Agatha All Along Casts a Spell, Eventually
Marvel's WandaVision spinoff doesn't put its best foot forward—but give it a chance, and you may find yourself won over.
Review
Who Needs Batman When We Have The Penguin?
Colin Farrell is a force to be reckoned with in HBO’s compelling crime series.
Review
American Sports Story Compellingly Tracks the Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez
A new anthology series kicks off with football’s second-most famous murder case.
Review
Natasha Rothwell Soars in Her Near-Death Dramedy How to Die Alone
The Hulu show’s “fat, black, fucked-up” heroine makes an airport into her playground and launchpad.
Toronto Film Festival
Conclave Is a Compelling Papal Thriller That Makes One Major Misstep
Ralph Fiennes oversees the selection of the new pope in a film from the director All Quiet on the Western Front.
Toronto Film Festival
Hugh Grant Is an Unholy Creep in Heretic
A claustrophobic horror movie tackles religion, with a particularly erudite villain.
Toronto Film Festival
A Brutally Good Marianne Jean-Baptiste Powers Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths
The actor and director, who made Secrets & Lies together in 1996, deliver another piercing character study.
Toronto Film Festival
Florence Pugh Shines in the Artful Romantic Drama We Live in Time
A tearjerker with a smart streak provides a sterling star vehicle for one of the great actors of her generation.
Toronto Film Festival
Armageddon, but with Singing: Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon Face The End
In Joshua Oppenheimer’s sometimes moving musical, a wealthy family spends the post-apocalypse underground.
Venice Film Festival
Did You Like Joker? In Folie à Deux, the Joke’s on You
Todd Phillips’s grim sequel, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, plays as a middle finger to anyone who sought something meaningful in his saga.
Venice Film Festival
Queer, with Daniel Craig, Is Many Things: Captivating, Alienating, Sorrowful, and Erotic
Director Luca Guadagnino, working from a William S. Burroughs novel, is at his most enigmatic.
Venice Film Festival
Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton Contemplate Death in The Room Next Door
Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature is a melancholy gem.