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- Documentary, Biography, Music
- Directed by Alexis Spraic
“The World According to Allee Willis” shines a light on a musical artist whose creative spirit wasn’t limited to one genre or even to music.
By Alissa Wilkinson
All We Imagine as Light
- NYT Critic’s Pick
- Drama, Romance
- Directed by Payal Kapadia
In Payal Kapadia’s extraordinary drama, three women in Mumbai search for connections amid the city’s vibrant and darkly alienating churn.
By Manohla Dargis
Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes
- Documentary
- Directed by Kathryn Ferguson
A new documentary traces Humphrey Bogart’s development from stage actor to the embodiment of brooding cinematic cool.
By Ben Kenigsberg
- Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
- Directed by Jake Kasdan
Starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, this Christmas offering has the courage to ask: What if the Santa Claus story was like a Marvel movie?
By Brandon Yu
- Directed by Whitney Horn, Lev Kalman
Nothing really makes sense in this homage to ’90s cable thrillers, but that’s sort of the point.
Emilia Pérez
- Comedy, Crime, Musical, Thriller
- Directed by Jacques Audiard
The star of Jacques Audiard’s showy new musical about a trans Mexican drug lord, Karla Sofía Gascón, adds soul to the melodrama. Zoe Saldaña also shines.
- Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Directed by Jerry Ciccoritti
A hunky snowman comes to life in this Netflix holiday rom-com that strikes a certain muscle tone.
By Amy Nicholson
Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands
- Documentary, Music
- Directed by Tamra Davis
The boy band stories in Tamra Davis’s documentary rarely intersect in a way that builds a meaningful or compelling perspective.
By Chris Azzopardi
- Comedy, Drama
- Directed by Mark H. Rapaport
Trafficking in irreverence, the film follows a pair of stepsiblings with sexual tension.
By Natalia Winkelman
Youth (Homecoming)
- Directed by Wang Bing
In the finale of Wang Bing’s nonfiction trilogy, garment-factory workers return to their families and wrestle with the questions all young people do.
The Last Rifleman
- Directed by Terry Loane
Pierce Brosnan plays a man who sneaks out of his retirement home to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in this charming, but corny drama.
Meanwhile on Earth
- Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Directed by Jérémy Clapin
A bereaved young woman faces terrible choices in this dreamily uncertain blend of science fiction and moral philosophy.
By Jeannette Catsoulis
Christmas Eve in Miller's Point
- Directed by Tyler Taormina
Tyler Taormina’s third theatrical feature is a lightly nostalgic ensemble piece set on Long Island.
Small Things Like These
- Drama, History
- Directed by Tim Mielants
Cillian Murphy of “Oppenheimer” fame plays an Irishman interrogating a system of abuse and forced labor, despite everyone’s warnings to look the other way.
- Horror, Thriller
- Directed by Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
In wily, vamping style, the actor plays a friendly neighbor to two missionaries before turning his home into a horror-filled slaughterhouse.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
- Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
- Directed by Dallas Jenkins
The film, based on a 1972 children’s book by Barbara Robinson, tells the story of an unlikely group of kids stunning a small town for the holidays.
By Glenn Kenny
- Directed by Andrea Arnold
Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski star in a film about a preteen girl who longs for a stability she’s never experienced.
- Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Directed by George Nolfi
Humans flee monsters who refuse to surpass 8,000 feet in altitude in this “Quiet Place” copycat.
Meet Me Next Christmas
- Comedy, Romance
- Directed by Rusty Cundieff
This Netflix Christmas rom-com inexplicably wants to remind viewers that the group Pentatonix still exists.
Pedro Páramo
- Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Western
- Directed by Rodrigo Prieto
In this grave adaptation of Juan Rulfo’s surreal novel, the living pray for salvation and the dead murmur regrets, but the filmmaking is oddly orthodox.
- Directed by R.J. Cutler
“Martha,” from R.J. Cutler, argues that she was ahead of her time. But though she sits for a lengthy interview, this isn’t hagiography.
- Directed by Clint Eastwood
In his latest (and perhaps last) movie as a director, Eastwood casts a skeptical eye at the criminal justice system in a mystery starring Nicholas Hoult.
The Graduates
- Directed by Hannah Peterson
In this delicate drama set in Utah, three individuals deal with survivor’s guilt a year after a school shooting takes the life of a loved one.
By Beatrice Loayza
- Action, Drama, History, War
- Directed by Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen’s World War II drama may appear conventional on the surface, but don’t miss what it’s really doing.
- Directed by Isaiah Lester, Yassir Lester
This bowling comedy, co-directed by the standup comedian Yassir Lester and his brother Isaiah, has absurdity to spare.
Chasing Chasing Amy
- Directed by Sav Rodgers
Sav Rodgers sets out to define the legacy of Kevin Smith’s “Chasing Amy” in this documentary, which is elevated by one instructive interview.
- Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Directed by Hans Petter Moland
Liam Neeson plays a regretful gangster with a serious medical condition in this drab, downbeat action movie.
Youth (Hard Times)
In Wang Bing’s riveting new documentary about Chinese garment workers, a generation asks: What good is money when you have no rights?
By Nicolas Rapold
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
- Directed by Johan Grimonprez
A passionate and propulsive documentary about the assassination of Patrice Lumumba spins its web in many directions.
A Real Pain
- Directed by Jesse Eisenberg
Jesse Eisenberg directs and stars in a melancholic yet funny exploration of Jewish loss and belonging, with an outstanding Kieran Culkin.
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September 6, 2024 • Here are the new releases coming your way between now and Thanksgiving — we've got award contenders, goofy comedies, a smattering of romance, plenty of anti-heroes, and a musical documentary in LEGOs.
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'Dune: Prophecy' series tackles how women view and wield power
November 15, 2024 • NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Emily Watson and Olivia Williams, who play the leads in the HBO prequel series "Dune: Prophecy." The season premiere airs on Max on November 17.
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'red one' is a christmas buddy comedy for fans of muscle.
November 15, 2024 • In the deeply goofy Christmas action comedy Red One , the holiday season comes to an emergency halt when Santa (J.K. Simmons) is kidnapped. It's up to his head of security, played by Dwayne Johnson, and a ne'er-do-well played by Chris Evans to save Christmas.
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'Emilia Pérez' is Netflix's divisive musical about a trans cartel boss
November 13, 2024 • Emilia Pérez is Netflix's new divisive musical about a Mexican cartel boss who disappears from the criminal underworld to create a new life as a woman. But when her love for her kids proves overpowering, she ingratiates herself back into their lives, posing as a distant relative. The movie stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, and Selena Gomez.
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Denzel Washington details a retirement path that includes a role in 'Black Panther 3'
November 13, 2024 • The Academy Award-winning actor said on the Australian version of the Today show that he has a few more roles left before he withdraws from the acting world.
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'Emilia Pérez' trans narco musical actress calls for 'living our own life'
November 11, 2024 • The new film Emilia Pérez follows a Mexican cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón) who was assigned male at birth but transitions to become her true self as a woman.
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'Candyman' star Tony Todd dies at 69
November 9, 2024 • The versatile actor had hundreds of screen credits to his name, including Platoon , The Rock and Final Destination .
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'Juror #2' is a thorny legal thriller — and possibly Clint Eastwood's last film
November 8, 2024 • Eastwood takes measured aim at the American justice system in a film that centers on a murder trial — and a juror who realizes he may be implicated in the crime.
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November 8, 2024 • In the claustrophobic thriller Heretic , two young Mormon missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) knock on the door of a charming man played by Hugh Grant. At first he seems genuinely interested in learning more, and invites them in. But it quickly becomes clear that this guy doesn't actually want to have a good-faith discussion.
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Saoirse Ronan says her experience as a child actor continues to shape her work
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Tom Hanks explains how to deal with attention
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The hot mom rom-com phenomenon.
November 5, 2024 • It's Election Day, but instead of focusing on politics, we decided to do something a little lighter for the occasion: we're looking at this year's hot mom rom-com boom. Host Brittany Luse is joined by New York Magazine features writer Rachel Handler to get a little deeper into three movies from this genre: A Family Affair, The Idea of You , and Between the Temples . They discuss how hot moms on screen have changed, but why movies like these often still feel behind the times.
Tom Hanks and Robin Wright star in Here, a film adapted from the millennia-spanning graphic novel by Richard McGuire. It's a technically and narratively difficult story to tell on-screen and the result is crowded and confusing. Sony Pictures Entertainment hide caption
Here's why we're disappointed with 'Here': It's more complicated than it is good
November 2, 2024 • Here, starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, was adapted from a millennia-spanning graphic novel. But it's a technically and narratively difficult story on-screen and the result is crowded and confusing.
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A mother and son are separated by the London 'Blitz' in this quietly radical film
November 1, 2024 • In a film that has powerful moments of wonderment, humor and joy, Saoirse Ronan plays a London factory worker trying to protect her young son as German bombs fall across the city.
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Technique and story don't quite mesh in the Tom Hanks movie 'Here'
November 1, 2024 • What if you spent eternity in one living room? That's the premise of Here , a new drama starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright as a married couple whose lives unfold in that living room over the course of many decades. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the film also shows vignettes of other people who lived in the house, and moments throughout history.
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In 'A Real Pain,' Jewish cousins tour Poland, cracking jokes and confronting the past
October 30, 2024 • In this almost perfect little film, Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin play cousins who reconnect in Poland to honor the memory of their grandmother, a Holocaust survivor.
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There can only be one pope in the delightfully preposterous 'Conclave'
October 30, 2024 • The new movie Conclave is a fun and twisty political thriller. Ralph Fiennes plays a cardinal tasked to managing the secretive process in which the pope is replaced. The film offers plenty of scandals, surprises, and dark horses, along with some strong commentary on the state of the Catholic church. Directed by Edward Berger ( All Quiet on the Western Front ), the film also stars Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, and Isabella Rossellini.
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Teri Garr, actor, comedian and multiple sclerosis ambassador, dies at 79
October 29, 2024 • Garr's breakout role was as sexy Inga in Young Frankenstein . She earned an Oscar nomination for her role in the 1982 film Tootsie, and played Phoebe's mom on the sitcom Friends.
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Onscreen cannibalism and our hunger for love
October 29, 2024 • For the third and final installment of our Trilogy of Terror series, host Brittany Luse turns her attention to the ultimate taboo: cannibalism. Cannibalism stories have gotten big recently: it's in The Last of Us, Society of the Snow and Yellowjackets . She's joined by NPR Arts Desk reporter Neda Ulaby to dig deeper into three cannibalism films. They break down how versatile the trope is, what it says about how we consume – and how we love.
Shaboozey's "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" has been at #1 for 15 nonconsecutive weeks. Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET hide caption
The Billboard Hot 100's doom loop; Plus, a new kind of true crime story
October 25, 2024 • The same songs are sitting at the top of the music charts longer than ever, and that has Brittany Luse wondering, are our listening habits stuck in a doom loop? Brittany chats with NPR music editor Stephen Thompson to get to the bottom of the top of the charts.
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Papal politics take an unholy turn in the clever thriller 'Conclave'
October 25, 2024 • When the pope dies, backbiting, infighting and ruthless smear campaigning taint the effort to find his successor. Ralph Fiennes stars in a film perfectly timed for this nail-biting election season.
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