What to watch with your kids: ‘Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile’ and more
Common Sense's Media's guide to this week's family movies and TV shows.
Middleburg Film Festival turns 10 with largest program ever
The Middleburg festival has always punched above its weight. Its challenge now is growing without changing too much.
By Ann HornadayFrench actresses cut their hair in solidarity with Iranian women
Actresses including Juliette Binoche and Marion Cotillard cut their hair to show support for Iranian demonstrators protesting the death of Mahsa Amini.
By Adela Suliman‘Hold Me Tight’ is a meditation on grief both haunting and detached
Vicky Krieps plays a woman who only seems to have left her family without explanation.
By Michael O'SullivanNew movies to stream from home: ‘Mr. Harrigan’s Phone’ and more
Our weekly roundup of new movies to watch from home.
By Michael O'Sullivan, Olivia McCormack and Omari Daniels‘Riotsville, USA’ is a history lesson and a meditation on policing
'Riotsville, USA’ is a history lesson and a meditation on policing
By Mark Jenkins‘Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile’ will melt even the most coldblooded heart
Shawn Mendes voices a singing crocodile in the charming musical adaptation of Bernard Waber’s long-running picture book series.
By Thomas FloydCharles Fuller, who won Pulitzer for ‘A Soldier’s Play,’ dies at 83
His acclaimed play about a Black sergeant’s murder was performed by leading African American actors and adapted into an Oscar-nominated film.
By Harrison Smith‘Amsterdam’: True-ish shaggy-dog tale from 1933 (with echoes of 2022)
Christian Bale, John David Washington and Margot Robbie headline a film that’s equal parts fact and fiction
By Ann Hornaday‘The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry’: Too much story, not enough life
Movie based on Gabrielle Zevin’s 2014 bestseller is a love letter to books that gets bogged down by plot.
By Michael O'SullivanSacheen Littlefeather, who declined Brando’s Oscar, dies at 75
As the first Native American woman to stand onstage at the Oscars, she called out discrimination and injustice against American Indians.
By Harrison SmithWhat to watch with your kids: ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ and more
Common Sense's Media's guide to this week's family movies and TV shows.
New movies to stream this week: ‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’ and more
Our weekly roundup of new movies to watch from home.
By Michael O'Sullivan and Ann HornadayDumb ‘Blonde’: Ana de Armas plays Marilyn Monroe in misguided biopic
Andrew Dominik’s adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates novel is a morbid, leering and tasteless abasement
By Ann Hornaday‘Bros,’ the first big-studio R-rated gay rom-com, is for everyone
Star and co-writer Billy Eichner delivers a stream of wry (and relatable) one-liners out a fire hose filled with vinegar
By Ann HornadayA Disney scion takes on the Mouse House in ‘The American Dream’
Filmmaker Abigail Disney, great-niece of Walt Disney, uses the power of documentary to shame the company into treating its workers better.
By Michael O'SullivanNot-so-great ‘The Good House’ plays like an alcoholism-themed rom-com
The charms of Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline are not enough to elevate this adaptation of author Ann Leary’s 2013 bestseller.
By Pat Padua‘Young Plato’: An educator uses old philosophy to inspire young minds
Documentary looks at the powerful curriculum, inspired by critical thinking, of Belfast’s Holy Cross Boys’ Primary School.
By Michael O'SullivanLouise Fletcher, ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ actress, dies at 88
She was known for playing Nurse Ratched in the 1975 movie that earned her an Academy Award.
By Adela SulimanWhat to watch with your kids: ‘Catherine Called Birdy’ and more
Common Sense's Media's guide to this week's family movies and TV shows.