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Focus Features The Beguiled Is a Steamy but Restrained Thriller
Sofia Coppola’s new film deploys stars Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell perfectly in a Civil War-era battle of wits.
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Amazon Studios The Big Sick Is the Best Romantic Comedy in Years
Kumail Nanjiani has transmuted a remarkable true story into a warm, big-hearted summer film that deserves to be a blockbuster.
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AP / Eric Risberg Apple Is a Step Closer to Making Its Own TV Shows
The tech giant just hired two industry heavy-hitters as it tries to move into a realm occupied by Netflix and Amazon: scripted television.
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Warner Bros. How Batman & Robin Changed the Superhero Movie for the Better
Twenty years ago, the George Clooney-starring comic-book sequel flopped with critics and audiences—and set Hollywood heroes on a new path.
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Showtime Twin Peaks Is Finally Headed Somewhere
Seven hours into David Lynch’s much discussed TV revival, its overarching story is coming into focus.
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Sony Pictures Classics Maudie Is an Intimate and Uncomfortable Biopic
Sally Hawkins stars as Maud Lewis, the Canadian folk artist, with Ethan Hawke as her hard-scrabble fisherman husband.
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Focus Features The Book of Henry Is a Warped Nightmare of a Movie
Colin Trevorrow’s follow-up to Jurassic World might be the newest so-bad-it’s-good anti-masterpiece.
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Universal The Failed Launch of The Mummy and the Danger of Franchising Too Soon
Hollywood’s dispiriting trend of using multi-film sagas to attract audiences reaches hubristic heights with Universal’s “Dark Universe.”
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Netflix The Marvelous Specificity of Oh, Hello Comes to Netflix
John Mulaney and Nick Kroll’s Broadway revue about two embittered, aging Manhattanites has found an even bigger stage.
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Comedy Central Is Jordan Klepper the Future of Comedy Central?
The Daily Show correspondent aired his first special ahead of a nightly show coming later this year. But can he stand out in a crowded field?
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A24 It Comes at Night Is a Post-Apocalyptic Tale of the Unknown
Trey Edward Shults’s assured film follows a family trying to survive in a world ravaged by a mysterious disease.
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Universal The Mummy Is a Monstrous Flop
Tom Cruise’s new starring vehicle sees the actor straining to have fun as he tries to set up an unnecessary new franchise.
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Warner Bros. Your 2017 Summer Movie Preview
All the superheroes, indie hits, and auteur capers to look forward to over the next three months.
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Warner Bros. Why Wonder Woman Worked for DC
Unlike Zack Snyder’s contrarian takes on Superman and Batman, Patty Jenkins’s film embraced its character’s heroism.
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HBO Messiah Complexes: Talking to Damon Lindelof About The Leftovers Finale
The show’s co-creator discusses the writing of the third season, its relationship with religion, and the Wizard of Oz.
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IFC Films Band Aid Is a Bleak Dive Into a Marriage
Zoe Lister-Jones’s debut film, about a couple trying to salvage their relationship by turning their fights into songs, is too harrowing for its own good.
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United Artists Ghost World Endures for Its Cynicism—and Pathos
A Criterion Collection re-release of the 2001 classic of teen disaffection feels dated in all the best ways.
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Netflix Sarah Silverman Gets Introspective With A Speck of Dust
With her days of shocking punchlines behind her, the stand-up comedian has come out with an assured new Netflix special.
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Disney Johnny Depp Can't Escape His Own Superstardom
Facing reported financial problems and allegations of abuse, the once-bankable star now seems stuck in franchise hell with no obvious exit.
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Netflix War Machine Isn’t Sure What Kind of Movie It Is
Based on Michael Hastings’s book about General Stanley McChrystal, the Brad Pitt-starring film wavers between dark comedy and bleak drama.
