Shelley Duvall’s Five Best Performances
In honor of the award-winning actor’s death, we celebrate her most indelible roles, which highlight her vulnerability, intensity and sweetness.
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Anchorman Wouldn’t Have Been Nearly as Great Without Christina Applegate
In honor of the hit comedy’s 20th anniversary, let’s pay tribute to its secret MVP, whose Veronica Corningstone hilariously cut Ron Burgundy down to size.
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Ride Again with Criterion’s 50th Anniversary Release
On the 50th anniversary restoration of Sam Peckinpah’s heart-of-darkness Western, courtesy of The Criterion Collection.
The Artful Tenderness of A Quiet Place: Day One
A Quiet Place: Day One is the best of the series, in large part because its such a departure.
The Forrest Gump Soundtrack Hits Different in the Spotify Era
Thirty years after its release, this multi-platinum collection of classic rock and R&B feels like a relic—both of the musical period it celebrates and an era when people actually bought movie soundtracks.
The 10 Best Fourth of July Releases of the 21st Century
A salute to the musicals, comedies, Marvel sequels and Spielberg films that have made the Independence Day movie season so special this century.
Some Material May Be Inappropriate: The PG-13 Rating at 40
How the PG-13 rating changed American cinema for the worse.
Short Films in Focus: Flail with Director Ben Gauthier
The director of the acclaimed short talks about channeling everyday anxiety.
Kevin Costner: The Last of the Cornball American Directors
The three previous movies the Oscar-winner directed suggest a filmmaker whose unabashed earnestness is his greatest weakness and secret superpower.
Sundance x Chicago Brings Film’s Premier Festival to the Windy City
A preview of the three-day Chicago extension of the Sundance Film Festival, running this weekend.
The Best Films of 2024 So Far
The staff picks for the best films of the first half of 2024.
The Most Intriguing Festival Films Still Seeking U.S. Distribution
Lily Gladstone’s Fancy Dance took more than a year to secure a theatrical release. Here are six movies still waiting for a buyer.
Furiosa Doesn’t Feel Like Any Other Mad Max Film, and That’s What’s Wonderful About It
George Miller’s fifth and presumably final “Mad Max” movie reimagines the world he created.
DC/DOX — Washington DC’s Documentary Film Festival in its Second Year
In its second year, Washington DC’s documentary film festival DC/DOX showed 51 features and 47 shorts from 17 countries.
It’s Too Bad That Audience Pictures Like Ultraman: Rising Will Barely Be Seen in Theaters
Once again, Netflix leaves money on the table by limiting theatrical screenings.
The Brat Pack Movies, Ranked
In honor of the new documentary Brats, we look back at the 1980s actors’ finest onscreen moments—and the films that found them way out of their depth.
What If a Movie Called IF Found an Audience?
Critics were mostly ho-hum about “If,” but it’s a sneakily powerful dream-logic movie
The Presumed Innocent Movie Was a Highlight of Hollywood’s Page-Turner Era
Before watching the new Apple TV+ limited series based on the blockbuster Scott Turow book, let’s look back at a bygone age when quality airport reads regularly got turned into classy big-screen dramas.
How Cold War Thrillers Expressed Presidential Campaign Concerns
Four films with common denominators helped define the public and Hollywood mindsets during the 1964 U.S. presidential campaign in varying ways.
The Actors Rumored to Star in the Beatles Biopics Look Nothing Like Them. Good.
Too often, we overvalue actors who expertly imitate their iconic real-life subjects. A great biopic performance often requires more than mimicry.
