Don’t Dismiss Succession

Will-o’-the-Wisp Overturns Political Precedent

The Subversive Humor of Funny Pages

The Bombing of Spielberg

Ken Loach’s Socialist Nostalgia

Does Anyone Enjoy the Partisan Sales Pitches on Late Night TV?

The Unforced Delight of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Don’t Trust Don’t Worry Darling

Art Movies in the Age of the Digital Revolution

The Gray Man Is Excellent Entertainment for Action Enthusiasts

The Grace and Wisdom of My Lover, My Donkey & I

In Praise of Better Call Saul

Liberation of L.B. Jones — An Evolutionary Lesson Returns

The Delusional Triangle of Sadness

The Limits of Making a Film about Your Own Cuteness

Steven Spielberg Regrets Adulterating Steven Spielberg’s Legacy

White Noise’s Paranoia Is Irrelevant, Post-Covid

Ricky Gervais vs. the Trans Mob

What Is the Worst Film of 2022?

The White-Supremacist Fantasy of Master Gardener

House of the Dragon Revives Fascist Art

Oprah vs. Sidney Poitier

Ava DuVernay’s One Perfect Shot at Propaganda

Jeunet’s Amazing, Insightful Big Bug

Pope Francis to Answer Questions on Gender, Sexuality, Abortion in New Documentary

Full River Red — China 1, Hollywood 0

What Happened to Star Trek?

Dick Tracy’s State-of-the-Movies Address

The Woman King Is Bad News

Mary Hatch Bailey

Avatar or Art: A Contest for Your Mind

Is Father Stu a ‘Religious Film’ or an ‘American Film’?

Sympathy for the Screwup Son

New Amazon Lord of the Rings Series Gets Title, First Teaser

Almodóvar Loses His Sense of Humor

How They Got Over — A Miraculous Documentary

The Ministry of Movies Speaks

They Don’t Make Movies Like Lions for Lambs Anymore

Lena Dunham Sticks It to Euphoria

Spielberg Goes Easy on Himself in The Fabelmans

‘Racist’ Critic Forced to Cower for Innocuous Review

The Animated Documentary Flee Flees the Truth

Insult to Injury

Tom Holland vs. Tom Cruise

The Whale Exudes Self-Pity, Not Compassion

The 1619 Project Gets Its Facts Wrong Yet Again

Magic Mike’s Last Dance Is a Stale Striptease

The Woman King and the Real History of Dahomey

Devotion Is the Anti–Top Gun: Maverick

Happy 80th Birthday to America’s Greatest Living Movie Star