‘Past Lives’ Beautifully Reimagines What Love Can Mean

Celine Song’s radically empathetic film about transformative and unconditional love is one of the year’s best. Continue reading ‘Past Lives’ Beautifully Reimagines What Love Can Mean

Halle Bailey Restores Disney’s Magic in the Charming, Romantic ‘The Little Mermaid’

Rocket’s harrowing history forms the emotional backbone of the final chapter of the Guardians of the Galaxy’s time in the MCU. Continue reading James Gunn Delivers a Messy but Satisfying Finale with ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’

Makoto Shinkai delivers another visual and emotional film about the spiritual damage we cause when we abandon what we love. Continue reading ‘Suzume’ is a Stunning, Ambitious Meditation on the Afterlife

Kelvin Harrison Jr. is electrifying as the 18-century French-Caribbean composer Joseph Bologne. Continue reading ‘Chevalier” is a Charming, Fraught Composition of Race and Respectability

The Apple TV+ film is wrecked by a debacle of a script that destroys whatever chemistry exists between its swoon-worthy stars. Continue reading Chris Evans and Ana de Armas Can’t Rescue ‘Ghosted’s’ DOA Mission

Teyana Taylor shines in filmmaker A.V. Rockwell’s powerful spotlight on a complicated but loving Black family. Continue reading ‘A Thousand and One’ Weaves a Nuanced Tale Of Black Families in Harlem

After last year’s startling low, the 95th Academy Awards returned with an open-hearted embrace of optimism and a collective love of movies. Continue reading How the 2023 Oscars Rejected Cynicism