![]() | Best Movies of 2025 |
Our film critics rank their 10 favorites of the year. | |
![]() | ?Oh. What. Fun.,? ?My Secret Santa? and More Christmas Movies to Stream |
From ?Oh. What. Fun.? to ?A Very Jonas Christmas Movie,? a roundup of several new holiday titles to stream this season. | |
![]() | Which Films Could Be Nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars? |
?One Battle After Another,? ?Sinners,? ?Hamnet,? ?Marty Supreme? and ?Sentimental Value? are almost certain to be nominated. After that, it?s anyone?s guess. | |
![]() | Sondheim?s ?Merrily We Roll Along? Is Now a Film. Here?s What to Know. |
The Broadway revival, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez, was transformative. Here?s what to know about the show, and the movie. | |
![]() | Why Are There So Many Films Right Now Based on the Bible? |
Films that take their stories from the Old or New Testament are filling screens big and small. To understand why, it helps to know Hollywood history. | |
![]() | Classic Christmas Movies to Stream: ?Meet Me in St. Louis,? ?The Family Stone? and More |
Our list of classics is broad, from warm Old Hollywood favorites to the sort of boozy, vulgar entertainments that parents can watch after putting the kids to bed. | |
![]() | Jafar Panahi, Who Filmed in Secret in Iran, Wins Big at Gotham Awards |
He won best director, original screenplay and international feature for ?It Was Just an Accident.? Best feature went to ?One Battle After Another.? | |
![]() | Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation? |
How one era changed everything about the culture ? and why we?re so nostalgic for its creations. | |
![]() | ?The Merchants of Joy? Review: Cutthroat Christmas Tree Sales |
A new documentary contains zesty character studies of competing New York City tree vendors as they prepare for the holiday season. | |
![]() | See All the Stars at the Gotham Awards: Elle Fanning, Hugh Jackman and More |
It was all roast beef, chocolate cake and air kisses at the Gotham Awards in Lower Manhattan. | |
![]() | Best Movies and Shows Streaming in December 2025 |
?F1: The Movie,? ?It?s Never Over, Jeff Buckley? and ?The Life of Chuck? arrive, and ?Fallout? and ?Percy Jackson? return. | |
![]() | The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix in December |
A slew of new titles are coming this month, including the latest ?Knives Out? mystery and a film starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler. | |
![]() | Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf to Star in ?Death of a Salesman? on Broadway |
Joe Mantello will direct the next revival of Arthur Miller?s ?Death of a Salesman,? opening in April at the Winter Garden Theater. | |
![]() | Daniel Woodrell, ?Country Noir? Novelist of ?Winter?s Bone,? Dies at 72 |
His tales of violence and squalor in his native Ozarks had the timeless quality of fables and inspired several movies. | |
![]() | Tom Stoppard Wrote Dialogue for Indiana Jones and Obi-Wan Kenobi |
The playwright won an Academy Award for ?Shakespeare in Love.? But he was also a prolific script doctor who worked with filmmakers like Steven Spielberg. | |
![]() | Biyouna, Algerian Star With Tart Tongue Onscreen and Off, Dies at 73 |
For generations of Algerians, the fierce independence of her persona reflected their struggles in a country torn by civil war and repression. | |
![]() | Stream Movies Written by Tom Stoppard: ?Shakespeare In Love? and More |
Spinning off Shakespeare, waltzing through Imperial Russia, bantering about literature or diving deeply into history, Stoppard shared his gifts on the screen. | |
![]() | Glenn Close, Ethan Hawke and Others Mourn Tom Stoppard |
Nobody advanced or cherished the English language more than Stoppard, Tim Curry noted. Colleagues and fans agreed. | |
![]() | The Language of Tom Stoppard, Ablaze With Energy and Urgency |
In works like ?Travesties? and ?Arcadia,? the playwright embraced the really big questions and wrestled words into coherent, exhilarating shape. | |
![]() | Jason Schwartzman Finds Peace at the Library |
?It?s almost like a movie set,? said the actor, now in the Christmas film ?Oh. What. Fun.,? ?and I have to pretend I?m working, too.? | |
![]() | Five Action Movies to Stream Now |
This month?s picks include elaborate ambulance chasing, a killer shark and crime south of the border. | |
![]() | 7 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week |
Whether you?re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about. | |
![]() | Three Great Documentaries to Stream |
In this month?s picks, a portrait of a vanguard filmmaker, a look back at a televised clash between writers, and a reflection on a Hollywood star and pinup. | |
![]() | The Great Beatles Documentary That?s Nearly Impossible to See (Legally) |
With ?The Beatles Anthology? now on Disney+, we dig into ?The Compleat Beatles,? another documentary on the band that is difficult to see legally but had an impact on a generation. | |
![]() | In ?The Tale of Silyan,? the Storks Are Watching |
The birds? presence lends an otherworldly air to this nonfiction look at a family farm in a dying North Macedonian village. | |
![]() | ?The Holiday?: A Festive Cocktail, Equal Parts Charm and Cringe |
Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black delivered a lesson on chemistry, good and bad, in the 2006 Nancy Meyers rom-com. | |
![]() | 5 Years After His Death, John Prine Gets a Cinematic Send-Off |
The singer and songwriter died in April 2020 of Covid-19, delaying proper tributes. Now he is the subject of a new documentary, ?You Got Gold.? | |
![]() | ?You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine? Review: Paying Tribute in Nashville |
Lyle Lovett, Bonnie Raitt, Kacey Musgraves and other luminaries perform Prine?s songs in this engaging concert film. | |
![]() | ?The Thing With Feathers? Review: Parenting Without Your Better Half |
A grieving father struggles to care for his two children after the death of his wife. Even with its star, Benedict Cumberbatch, the movie never takes flight. | |
![]() | ?The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo? Review: Freelancing Woes |
Was a freelance photographer intentionally left out of the famous Vietnam War photo of ?Napalm Girl?? | |
![]() | ?Left-Handed Girl? Review: An Electric Portrait of Taipei |
The filmmaker Shih-Ching Tsou tells a sensitive story of a mother and her two daughters struggling to get by in Taiwan. | |
![]() | ?BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions? Review: An Artist?s Mind-Expanding Collage |
In this dazzling essay movie, the director Kahlil Joseph draws on an array of sources ? news clips, old movies, family albums, an encyclopedia of ?Africana? ? to create a thrilling whole. | |
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