The Legend of ‘Queen & Slim’ The Legend of ‘Queen & Slim’
Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas’s mythmaking, the Safide Brothers’s grotesque romp through New York, Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, and more December movies.
Dec 19, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
The Flaunting Sweetness of ‘It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ The Flaunting Sweetness of ‘It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’
On Marielle Heller’s Mr. Rogers biopic, Todd Haynes’s tale of corporate malfeasance, and more.
Dec 3, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
The Art of Crime The Art of Crime
At this year’s New York Film Festival, a spate of crime films showcased both the wonders and limits of the genre.
Nov 1, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
A Long Journey Through the Ruins of Capitalism and the Cosmos A Long Journey Through the Ruins of Capitalism and the Cosmos
On Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, Brad Pitt’s astronaut adventures in Ad Astra, and more.
Oct 8, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
Bless This Mess Bless This Mess
Domestic disruptions in Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go Bernadette and other recent films.
Sep 11, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
The Hallucinatory Violence of Quentin Tarantino’s Alternate Histories The Hallucinatory Violence of Quentin Tarantino’s Alternate Histories
Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood looks back at the summer of ’69 and brings the Manson family murders into the present.
Aug 2, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
The Doldrums of Summer Moviegoing The Doldrums of Summer Moviegoing
A dispatch from our film critic on this season’s cinematic highs and lows.
Jul 29, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
Ava DuVernay’s Central Park Five Film Captures Every Injustice in Vivid Detail Ava DuVernay’s Central Park Five Film Captures Every Injustice in Vivid Detail
When They See Us, Ava DuVernay’s four-part dramatization of the story, goes farther than any of her previous work.
Jun 5, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
Faith and Change in ‘Amazing Grace’ and ‘The Silence of Others’ Faith and Change in ‘Amazing Grace’ and ‘The Silence of Others’
How two new films confront the different ways communities handle religion and forgiveness.
May 16, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
Can ‘Captain Marvel’ Withstand the Marveldämmerung? Can ‘Captain Marvel’ Withstand the Marveldämmerung?
On the comic book universe’s Gesamtkunstwerk and other recent films.
Mar 28, 2019 / Stuart Klawans