The actor has become a reliable horror star ? but he?s also delivered compelling performances in offbeat movies like ?Dinner in America? and ?Strange Darling.?

Two Times critics unpack the twin phenomenon of ?Backrooms? and ?Obsession? and what lessons should ? and shouldn?t ? be learned from their massive success.

Hollywood is struggling, but Spielberg insists that the big screen is still the best place to work out our collective dreams, joys and sorrows.

Scott Rudin is a lead producer of ?Death of a Salesman,? but he kept a low profile this awards season after a four-year hiatus prompted by bullying allegations.

From ?Saw? traps with Dr. Phil to TikTok-era tropes, we catalog the gags, goofs and groan-worthy bits from the ?Scary Movie? universe.

The Bronx-born superstar and the British comedian, who star together in the Netflix comedy ?Office Romance,? have more in common than you think.

In ?To Be Celestial vs. That?s the Weight of the World,? he draws a compelling portrait of Maurice White, the band?s founder, and his enduring legacy.

?Confessions II? features songs from the pop star?s coming album of the same name. At one point, green lasers shoot from the pelvises of gyrating women.

The sixth installment of this low-grade franchise takes a predictable and dismaying turn, even if it feels like the right time to bring the series back.

Mr. Reiner, who has pleaded not guilty, wants money from his $1.5 million trust fund to rehire a prominent criminal defense lawyer.

A go-to designer for directors like Bob Fosse and Paul Mazursky, he won two Oscars and created Olivia Newton-John?s indelibly sultry ensemble in ?Grease.?

A clip of the actor Elon Gold with Lizzy Savetsky, a social media influencer, at the premiere of ?The Wedding Entertainer? has been circulating online.

The British actor was a mainstay of influential television shows who first found fame as a Nescafe pitchman.

In this month?s picks, fatal fungi and killer calamari. Plus, lots of zombies (and a few podcasters).

The 81-year-old had parts in films including ?Top Gun: Maverick? and ?Arachnophobia.? The son of his girlfriend was arrested and charged with murder.

A new MoMA retrospective tracks how Universal Pictures used the western to explore changing American morals.

Whether you?re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

This month?s picks include two choices for young sports fans and a summer blockbuster.

The stars of ?Giant,? ?Fallen Angels,? ?The Rocky Horror Show,? ?Ragtime? and more prove they?ll go to great lengths to be believable in a role.

Diego Luna plays an ambitious soccer enthusiast who is trying to secure the World Cup for Mexico a second time.

While the 1999 movie went for melodrama, this stage adaptation with songs by Aimee Mann honors the memoir?s coolly clinical prose.

Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein cause professional headaches in this workplace comedy about an airline.

Nastassja Kinski was 13 years old when she was shown topless in the 1975 film ?Wrong Move.? ?I could already tell that wasn?t right,? she told a German newspaper.

All over the world, voyagers are descending, legally and not, into the lower depths. This documentary offers a frustratingly abbreviated look at three of them.

Nico Carney and Misha Osherovich play best friends on a mission to enter the women?s locker room.

The filmmakers behind this new live-action movie lean into the franchise?s ridiculousness, with sometimes engaging results.

A French Algerian teenager grapples with her sexuality and her faith in a tender coming-of-age drama.

Samara Weaving and Kyle Gallner are magnetic in this lovers-on-the-lam joint awash in soulful sincerity.

In this anime film that follows a taciturn man over decades, the restrained animation is a saving grace.

The director Tommy Ng Kai Chung turns reincarnation into a visually lush exploration of the human condition.

Jessica M. Goldstein, an arts and culture reporter, inspects why movies today look different than they did 20 years ago.

With a starring role in ?Power Ballad? and ambitions across mediums, the 33-year-old is carving a singular path.

A close collaborator with George Lucas, her second husband, she was ?the warmth and the heart? of his early films, the actor Mark Hamill said.

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