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  • Review

    ‘Licorice Pizza’ movie review: As aimless as a dream, but with its own offbeat logic

    Paul Thomas Anderson’s memories of growing up in the San Fernando Valley fuel this shaggy-dog semi-love story.

    By Ann HornadayDecember 22, 2021
  • Arts and Entertainment

    ‘JFK’ at 30: Oliver Stone and the lasting impact of America’s most dangerous movie

    Oliver Stone defied Washington, Hollywood and history itself to make ‘”JFK.” Its legacy endures.

    By Ann HornadayDecember 22, 2021
  • Review

    Joel Coen’s ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ is a minimalist, maximalist masterpiece

    Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand mesmerize as Shakespeare’s Machiavellian couple.

    By Ann HornadayDecember 21, 2021
  • Review

    ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ is trapped inside its own endless feedback loop

    The fourth chapter in the sci-fi franchise recycles the first three films, to ill effect.

    By Ann HornadayDecember 21, 2021
  • Review

    ‘Sing 2’ may be an utterly unnecessary sequel, but who can resist singing animals?

    Animated film features the voices of Matthew McConaughey and Bono.

    By Kristen Page-KirbyDecember 21, 2021
  • Review

    ‘Red Rocket’ movie review: cultural voyeurism masquerading as compassion

    Sean Baker’s latest film follows a washed-up-porn star at the dawn of Trumpism.

    By Michael O'SullivanDecember 21, 2021
  • Review

    ‘A Journal for Jordan’ is a well-meaning but inert slice of true-life melodrama

    Michael B. Jordan stars in this low-key tear-jerker about a father’s legacy to his son.

    By Pat PaduaDecember 21, 2021
  • Review

    ‘The Tender Bar’ movie review: Liquor and life lessons, served neat

    Ben Affleck shines as a boy’s avuncular mentor, in George Clooney’s adaptation of J.R. Moehringer’s memoir.

    By Michael O'SullivanDecember 21, 2021
  • Review

    Football biopic ‘American Underdog’ plays it safe, but effective

    Zachary Levi stars as Kurt Warner, in a film that follow the quarterback’s story from stocking shelves to the Super Bowl.

    By Thomas FloydDecember 21, 2021
  • Review

    ‘The King’s Man’ movie review: Comic book meets history book

    Matthew Vaughn’s spy movie prequel paints a hallucinogenic history of World War I.

    By Michael O'SullivanDecember 20, 2021
  • What to watch with your kids: ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home,’ ‘Rumble’ and more

    Here’s what parents need to know.

    December 17, 2021
  • New movies to stream this week: ‘Mother/Android,’ ‘A California Christmas: City Lights’ and more

    Watch these new movies from home.

    By Michael O'SullivanDecember 16, 2021
  • Review

    Maggie Gyllenhaal makes an astonishing directorial debut in ‘The Lost Daughter’

    Elena Ferrante’s best-selling novel is the basis for a tense and enigmatic psychological thriller.

    By Ann HornadayDecember 14, 2021
  • Review

    ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is a big, fat Christmas present for fans

    Tom Holland’s third title outing as the webslinger is a Spider-Man movie on steroids.

    By Michael O'SullivanDecember 14, 2021
  • Review

    ‘Nightmare Alley’: The rise and fall of a con man, told in luscious, lurid detail

    Guillermo del Toro’s film noir isn’t exactly horror, but it does take a dark view of humanity.

    By Michael O'SullivanDecember 14, 2021
  • Review

    ‘Swan Song’ is a high-concept melodrama that’s heavy on the drama, light on the concept

    Mahershala Ali plays a dying man about to leave his family in the care of his clone.

    By Michael O'SullivanDecember 13, 2021
  • Review

    ‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’: Silly title, excellent movie

    A viral sex video precipitates the first great satire of the covid age.

    By Pat PaduaDecember 13, 2021
  • Review

    The movie ‘National Champions’ scores a point by taking on the NCAA, but loses in the end

    The football-free college football drama utilizes a worn-out playbook of plot devices.

    By Thomas FloydDecember 10, 2021
  • What to watch with your kids: ‘West Side Story,’ ‘8-Bit Christmas’ and more

    Here’s what parents need to know.

    December 10, 2021
  • Obituaries

    Lina Wertmüller, provocative Italian filmmaker and first woman nominated for directing Oscar, dies at 93

    She was known for genre-bending 1970s movies such as “Swept Away” and “Seven Beauties,” which earned her the Academy Award nomination.

    By Harrison SmithDecember 9, 2021
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