‘Wayward’ Is a Psychological Thriller With Rare Insight
We all know what Philip Larkin had to say about parents. It’s hard to argue with his gleefully profane poem, which has become a sort...
We all know what Philip Larkin had to say about parents. It’s hard to argue with his gleefully profane poem, which has become a sort...
We all say we want movies that take chances. But what do we do when we get them? Kogonada’s spiky-sweet romantic fantasy A Big Bold...
NBC’s The Office had such a huge impact that it’s easy to forget the show was, itself, an adaptation. It made major Hollywood players out...
Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine—premiering here at the Venice Film Festival—is satisfying as much for what it doesn’t do as for what it does. Safdie,...
Guillermo del Toro does nothing by half measures, and his Frankenstein—premiering here at the Venice Film Festival—is so visually ornate, so charged with supersized feelings,...
In the movies, and sometimes in real life, academics are people who go to parties specifically to cluster in animated little conversational groups where they...
One minute a man is a hot young movie star; the next, he’s a silver fox. Who knows where the time goes? There are lots...
The charms of The Thursday Murder Club, Netflix’s adaptation of Richard Osman’s 2020 novel, are slender but sturdy. A group of three not-so-old folks—the term...
When it comes to youth culture, nothing is more mainstream right now than outcasts. This is not an anecdotal observation—it’s a fact, borne out by...
National parks are America’s treasures. Beloved by conservationists, outdoor adventurers, vacationing families, and almost everyone else who identifies as a patriot, they have been celebrated...
Smoke gets off to an insufferable start. Freighted with procedural clichés, the Apple TV+ thriller follows a mismatched law-enforcement duo tracking two prolific arsonists. Dave...
In the third season of HBO’s The Gilded Age, a frothy costume drama set amid the robber barons and socialites of 1880s New York, a...