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AP Photo / Laurent Cipriani Martin Scorsese’s Warning
The director caught backlash for criticizing the reign of Marvel films—but he’s not wrong about the threat they pose to the future of movies.
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Showtime The Joyful Redemption of Back to Life
Daisy Haggard’s new Showtime series is a poignant, optimistic show about a woman’s return home after an 18-year prison sentence.
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Netflix / Everett Collection Unraveling the Oscars’ Foreign-Language-Film Debate
The newly rebranded Best International Film award calls attention to how unfair the Academy’s rules are for filmmakers outside the U.S. and Europe.
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New York Public Library The Books Briefing: How to Build a Family Legacy
Tracking how we got from there to here: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Netflix Marriage Story Shows the Painful Asymmetry of a Breakup
In Noah Baumbach’s heartfelt divorce film, a couple’s conflicts stem from their inability to understand each other.
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Andrew Lipovsky / NBC FKA Twigs Deconstructs the Private Show
Magdalene, the avant-garde pop star’s triumphant second album, pairs tenderness and noise.
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Tony Rivetti Jr. / Apple How The Morning Show Interrogates the #MeToo Debate
The first batch of episodes from Apple TV+’s flagship series included some uncomfortable conversations about the movement. Here’s why.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Why the Assault Allegations Against Trump Don’t Stick
E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit against the president pushes up against an obdurate truth: His very ubiquity has afforded him a kind of impunity.
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Warner Bros. Doctor Sleep: A Horror Sequel That Tries to Do the Impossible
Mike Flanagan’s follow-up to The Shining strives to pay homage to Stanley Kubrick’s classic and remain faithful to Stephen King’s original novel.
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Universal Another Charming British Holiday Movie
Last Christmas is filled with the kind of sincerity—mixed with just the right amount of cynicism—that’s been missing from movie screens.
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Zach Dilgard / HBO The Slow Death of the Binge Release
As streaming services such as HBO Max tilt back toward older conventions, the all-at-once strategy pioneered by Netflix may find itself out of fashion.
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PictureLux / The Hollywood Archive / Moviestore Collection ... The Call Me by Your Name Dream Continues
The follow-up to a beloved novel of gay romance continues André Aciman’s exploration of desire that tests convention: “It’s not a subject that has ever interested me, ethics,” the author says.
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Mark Hill / HBO Watchmen Questions Its Heroes’ Legacies
In last night’s standout episode, the HBO drama closely examined themes and characters from the original graphic novel.
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Netflix Martin Scorsese’s Epic Funeral for the Gangster Genre
The Irishman ruminates on the stories and characters that have helped define the director’s career.
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Warner Bros. Motherless Brooklyn Is a Passion Project Without Heart
Edward Norton’s adaptation of the 1999 novel feels like a glassy diorama of a gumshoe thriller.
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Presley Ann / Getty / Nasa / The ... Joel Kinnaman’s Leading-Man Evolution
The star of the new Apple+ series For All Mankind has long specialized in offbeat characters. Now he’s shifting to more heroic material.
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Troy Taormina / USA TODAY Sports The Washington Nationals’ Against-All-Odds Championship
In a bizarre World Series in which the home team never won, the underdogs upset the juggernaut Houston Astros for the franchise’s first title.
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Robyn Beck / Getty John Witherspoon, Black Hollywood’s Wisecracking ‘Pops’
The late actor, who died at the age of 77, was best known for his singular ability to convey fatherly frustration with comedic flair.
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Larnce Gold / Getty Two Tales of Booing. Two Very Different Views.
Harvey Weinstein’s detractors were told to “shut up.” Donald Trump’s hecklers were dismissed as “un-American.” What are the men’s defenders so afraid of?
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Focus Features Why Harriet Is Really a ‘Freedom Movie’
Kasi Lemmons on the mythos of Harriet Tubman and why the director’s new film is like “12 Years a Slave meets Django Unchained meets Wonder Woman”
