The original Ant-Man and the Wasp remains one of the MCU’s finer offerings—a madcap, mostly standalone romp with a big heart on its sleeve, it was a decently fun reprieve…
The book on which Knock at the Cabin is based is like M. Night Shyamalan catnip. A family-centric horror thriller with supernatural overtones and faith in the power of love—throw…
Avatar was great when I was 15, but like many things I held dear back then—passions, obsessions, entire belief systems—it’s hard to look back on too fondly. The script is…
Harkins Theatres, Arizona’s homegrown movie theatre company, reports that advance ticket sales for the highly anticipated Avatar: The Way of Water has sold more advance 3D tickets than any other movie. In…
After Darren Aronofsky’s dizzying, delirious mother!, an adaptation of a quiet one-set stage play seems a formally conservative turn. But The Whale, adapted for the screen by playwright Samuel D.…
Something is afoot in The Menu, a film that is very obviously about more than just food. It follows a group of distinguished guests invited to Hawthorne, a fine dining…
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is a funeral. In its opening moments, T’Challa’s sister Shuri (Letitia Wright) learns that a disease has taken her brother’s life, and the scene’s eerie, matter-of-fact…
The Banshees of Inisherin takes place in Ireland, which is a breath of fresh air not only because the island is green and gorgeous but also because Martin McDonagh, the…
We first hear from Lydia Tár, living legend and conductor extraordinaire, at an onstage Q&A celebrating her latest batch of achievements. During an engaging and intelligent but smugly showy answer,…
Halloween Ends sounded like sweet surrender after Halloween Kills, the cruel, moralistic middle chapter of Michael Myers’ latest rampage. The 2018 reboot was good fun, but Kills, ever the high-minded…
Smile is at nearly every moment exactly what you think it is. Written and directed by Parker Finn and based on his short film Laura Hasn’t Slept, it’s a high-concept…
Blonde is torture. Not for the viewer, necessarily—though your mileage may vary—but for Marilyn Monroe, whose life the film distills into a series of tragedies. Marilyn (born Norma Jeane) was…
