A vibrant coming-of-age story about an awkward teenager in California in 2008 is also a love letter to the director?s mother.

The wisecracking semi-hero is back, but now he?s part of a bigger universe.

The film follows a National Ballet of Canada production of ?Swan Lake? as dancers and others deal with long-simmering issues of racism and sexism.

The new installment draws on decades of Marvel and X-Men history. It helps to know the back stories ahead of time.

A Lincoln Center retrospective puts the spotlight on midcentury movies aimed at the masses that continue to influence filmmakers.

Whether you?re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

This documentary chronicles the reboot and reopening in Las Vegas of the acrobatic show ?O,? which shutdown during the pandemic.

The director Shawn Levy narrates a scene from the latest sequel in the franchise.

?The Linguini Incident,? a low-budget ?90s film directed by Richard Shepard and featuring Bowie and Rosanna Arquette, makes its way to Blu-ray in a director?s cut.

Martin Scorsese, Ethan Hawke and John Turturro are all listed as advisers to a new proposal to buy the former Metro Theater, which closed in 2005.

This month?s picks include a ?90s coming-of-age tale from India, a Turkish noir set in a zoo, a Romanian drama about provincial politics and more.

The director Shawn Levy narrates a sequence from his film starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.

Few critics could deny that the highly anticipated super spectacle, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, has its charms ? but most left wanting more.

In this Chinese police procedural, directed by Wei Shujun, solutions are murkier than they first appear.

Based on the life of an Iranian German drug dealer and rapper, Fatih Akin?s interminable drama feels uncomfortably partial to its violent subject.

This raunchy comedy features Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Megan Mullally on a bachelorette weekend.

Opening-weekend estimates have been a Hollywood fixture since the 1980s. But surveys of moviegoers can fail to capture those who infrequently visit the theater.

The author of humorous short stories finds emotional connections in tales that engage with tech. But he?s more interested in the ties between humans.

For special presentations of that blockbuster and others, companies like CJ 4DPlex have turned splashing and shaking moviegoers into a lucrative art.

A new Faye Dunaway documentary wants to turn us from gossips into cheerleaders.

When one quick call can eliminate danger and undermine screams, filmmakers have to figure out a workaround. Sometimes it can even deepen a story.

Bibliophiles and film fans leafed through hundreds of books that once belonged to the eminent editor Robert Gottlieb.

Pedro Almodóvar?s first English-language feature and new movies from Luca Guadagnino and Pablo Larraín will also debut at this year?s event.

?Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar? has been woefully neglected. Maybe it was the culottes? But it will fill the ?Barbie?-size hole in your summer.

Robert De Niro thanked President Biden, Spike Lee praised Vice President Kamala Harris and Aaron Sorkin backed her (not Mitt Romney) for the top of the ticket.

The film was a global phenomenon and seemed to herald a new era of embracing stories by, about and for women.

As a comic book series to honor the Turtles? 40th anniversary debuts, here?s a look back at their milestones.

The actress, nominated for an Emmy and Golden Globe for her performance in ?Roots,? is still going strong with appearances in the TV series ?Fallout? and the upcoming movie ?Deadpool & Wolverine.?

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