Movies

Blurring–or rather smudging–the lines between hunter and hunted, predator and prey, exploiter and exploited, director Lance Oppenheim’s “Primetime” derives its deliciously devilish thrills through emphasizing contrast. Whether it is imbuing spiritual weight to the earthiness of its story, oversaturating...

Created by George Kay, HBO’s new series “War” follows tech billionaire Morgan Henderson (Dominic West) and his movie-star wife, Carla Duval (Sienna Miller), whose marriage is colder than the dreary London weather. When we first meet him, he sleeps...

The 64th edition of the New York Film Festival strikes me as its strongest in ages. I have no doubt that many critics and festival observers will agree with this, and no doubt various theories will be adduced to...

After looking for a good whistleblower movie to watch with my almost-lawyer daughter, we settled on Michael Mann’s “The Insider” (1999). I have a soft spot for whistleblower movies, including “Serpico,” “Dark Waters,” “Official Secrets,” “Spotlight,” and “Snowden.” Their...

It is rare to see a perfect film, let alone two back-to-back, but that is precisely what happened to me on the same day recently at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Both films were documentaries, which in this...

In 1966, photographer Barry Lategan scheduled a test shoot: a model’s first-ever photo shoot, meant to market her to other photographers and brands. That model was 15-year-old Leslie Hornby, a slim, boyish girl with a pixie cut and penciled...

“It’s embarrassing to know so little about something that occupies so much of your visual environment.” A little over ten minutes into his film, “The History of Concrete,” director John Wilson shares these words in praise of that very...

“A Different World,” the Netflix reboot of the sitcom about life at the fictional Hillman College, spends too much time trying to be two things at once.Like so many reboots, this version practically breaks a sweat attempting to appeal...

The 51st Toronto International Film Festival has wrapped, the culmination of eleven days showcasing hundreds of films, with thousands of patrons experiencing some of the best (and worst) of world cinema in 2026. A half million people came down...