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Jeremy Mathai

The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Hits Pause And Takes A Deep Breath Before The Plunge In 'The Eye'

The penultimate hour of this first season eases off the gas pedal entirely in ways that almost makes this feel like a table-setting finale for season 2.

Hoai-Tran Bui

Catherine Called Birdy Review: Lena Dunham's Medieval Coming-Of-Age Comedy Is A Low-Key Charmer

Bella Ramsay flies high in Lena Dunham's charming but slight adaptation of the beloved kid's book.

Hannah Shaw-Williams

Matilda Review: A Deliciously Dark Revenge Tale With A Sweet Center [London Film Festival]

Powerhouse musical numbers and faithfulness to the spirit of Roald Dahl's book balance out a miscast villain in Matilda the Musical.

Rafael Motamayor

The Antares Paradox Review: An Emotional Sci-Fi Drama About The Cost Of Scientific Pursuit [Fantastic Fest]

Are we alone in the universe?

Cassian Andor and Skeen joust verbally on Aldhani

Bryan Young

Andor Episode 5 Peels Back The Layers On The Star Wars Galaxy

Nerves fray as the heist nears, but all systems are go.

Jeff Ewing

Amsterdam Review: Enjoyable Performances Can't Save David O. Russell's Undercooked Movie

Despite a truly excellent cast, Amsterdam is a movie decidedly less than the sum of its parts.

Caroline Cao

Showing Up Review: Michelle Williams' Portrait Of A Frazzled Sculptor [NYFF]

Kelly Reichardt's new drama is an intimate, low-key snapshot of the life of a struggling artist.

Caroline Cao

Saint Omer Review: Alice Diop's Fiction Debut Aims An Empathetic Lens On A Discomforting Courtroom Subject [NYFF]

Alice Diop makes her fiction feature debut with a deeply empathetic courtroom drama inspired by a true story.

Chris Evangelista

Mr. Harrigan's Phone Review: This Stephen King Adaptation Is An Old School Ghost Story With A Modern Twist

This sturdy Stephen King adaptation mostly gets the job done.

Chris Evangelista

The Best New Blu-Ray Releases: Thor: Love And Thunder, Elvis, And More

What's new on Blu?!

Shania Russell

House Of The Dragon Spills Targaryen Blood At A Velaryon Funeral In 'Driftmark'

In a shocking turn of events, Westerosi funerals are just as brutal as their weddings.

Hoai-Tran Bui

Till Review: Danielle Deadwyler Is The Saving Grace In Chinonye Chukwu's Thoughtful Emmett Till Drama [NYFF]

Danielle Deadwyler is a revelation in Chinonye Chukwu's clear-eyed depiction of the murder of Emmett Till.

Matt Donato

Vesper Review: A Beautifully Hopeful Take On Sci-Fi Dystopias [Fantastic Fest]

Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper deliver breathtaking sci-fi visuals on a small budget with their new film Vesper.

Saturday Night Live Season 48 Premiere with Miles Teller

Ethan Anderton

Saturday Night Live's Season 48 Premiere Gets Super Meta With Miles Teller And Jon Hamm

Miles Teller hosted the season 4 premiere of Saturday Night Live, and his Top Gun: Maverick co-star Jon Hamm stopped by too.

Matt Donato

Spoonful Of Sugar Review: A Not So Sweet Domestic Horror Story [Fantastic Fest]

Spoonful of Sugar is bone-chilling, knee-buckling nastiness that punishes every character with zero compassion.

Caroline Cao

Sesame Street: The Musical Review: Our PBS Monsters Finally Have A Stage Musical In Their Original Glory

Sesame Street: The Musical certainly feels like a test run of staging anything Muppet on stage.

Jeremy Mathai

Worlds Collide And War Finally Arrives In The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power

The status quo has been completely, and explosively, upended

Matt Donato

Hundreds Of Beavers Review: A 19th-Century Indie Oddball Hilariously Pits Man Against Beaver [Fantastic Fest]

You'll have to decide if "Hundreds of Beavers" is "dumb funny" or "dumb unwatchable."

Matt Donato

H4Z4RD Review: Dimitri Vegas Has A Very Bad Day Behind The Wheel [Fantastic Fest]

Conceptually, it mimics Wheelman, as the camera stays within our protagonist's pimped-out whip, with the 2000s action-destruction zaniness of Crank...