2/13/23ILU: the best romantic comedies from A to ZFrom The Apartment to Zelig, our alphabetical list of the best romantic comedies will give you plenty of options for…ByGwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd, David Anthony, Becca James, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Cameron Scheetz, and Marah EakinPublishedFebruary 13, 2023
3/2/22Last century’s Batman films now look like blockbusters from another dimensionUnlike Christopher Nolan’s mostly faithful comic-book adaptations, the first run of Batman movies don’t cater to the…ByA.A. DowdPublishedMarch 2, 2022
3/1/22Every big-screen Batman villain, ranked from worst to bestFrom cackling Cesar Romero to a riddling Paul Dano, we look back on a history of Gotham heaviesByA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Matt Schimkowitz, Alex McLevy, William Hughes, Sam Barsanti, and Erik AdamsPublishedMarch 1, 2022
2/28/22The Batman is a flawed but striking pop-noir blockbusterRobert Pattinson goes goth in a superhero movie that's at least one great villain shy of greatnessByA.A. DowdPublishedFebruary 28, 2022
2/24/22Okay, I was too tough on Iron Man 3Our chief film critic A.A. Dowd revisits the one C+ he's never lived downByA.A. DowdPublishedFebruary 24, 2022
2/22/22Batman returns, and so does Pixar, this MarchAlso coming this month: After Yang, The Adam Project, and The Lost CityByA.A. Dowd and Jesse HassengerPublishedFebruary 22, 2022
2/18/22Netflix massacres Texas Chainsaw with a lousy legacy sequelOld Man Leatherface chases some kids off his lawn in this Halloween-biting revivalByA.A. DowdPublishedFebruary 18, 2022
2/12/22Doing it wrong: 11 deeply unsexy sex scenesA truly bad sex scene is more than unconvincing; it’s the onscreen equivalent of a cold showerByIgnatiy Vishnevetsky, A.A. Dowd, Gwen Ihnat, Sean O'Neal, Clayton Purdom, and Katie RifePublishedFebruary 12, 2022
2/11/22The Playground is a battlefield in this harrowing drama about grade-school bullyingMatt Groening had it right after all: School is hellByA.A. DowdPublishedFebruary 11, 2022
2/9/22Every Best Picture nominee at this year's Oscars, ranked from worst to bestHere's where our chief film critic stands on Dune, Don't Look Up, and the restByA.A. DowdPublishedFebruary 9, 2022
2/7/22Death On The Nile takes a criminally long time getting to the crimeKenneth Branagh’s chintzy whodunit sequel is short on stars, extravagance, and funByA.A. DowdPublishedFebruary 7, 2022
2/7/229 unlikely Oscar nominations we’d love to see tomorrowFrom The French Dispatch to Alana Haim, here are the long shots we're rooting forByA.A. DowdPublishedFebruary 7, 2022
2/3/22The Worst Person In The World is an exciting drama about how damn confusing your 30s areThere’s a love triangle, too, in this award-winner from Joachim TrierByA.A. DowdPublishedFebruary 3, 2022
1/28/22The best films of Sundance 2022Our critics' favorites of the fest include Happening, After Yang, and Emily The CriminalByA.A. Dowd and Katie RifePublishedJanuary 28, 2022
1/27/22After Yang brings some robot soul to SundanceWe chase the sci-fi tearjerker with a dark cloning comedy and an even darker thrillerByA.A. DowdPublishedJanuary 27, 2022
1/27/22Death On The Nile, disaster in space, and some love triangles are coming this FebruaryThe month’s new movie releases also include sequels to Tall Girl and The Texas Chain Saw MassacreByA.A. Dowd and Jesse HassengerPublishedJanuary 27, 2022
1/25/22Will the big Sundance winner be its most charming crowd-pleaser or its most brutally honest drama?On opposite ends of the festival spectrum sit Palm Trees And Power Lines and Cha Cha Real SmoothByA.A. DowdPublishedJanuary 25, 2022
1/24/22John Boyega's hostage drama brings some '90s-Hollywood-style thrills to SundanceBut the real highlight of the festival so far is a nightmarish gauntlet of social discomfortByA.A. DowdPublishedJanuary 24, 2022
1/23/22Three-part Netflix doc jeen-yuhs offers an incomplete telling of the Kanye West storyThere are some big gaps in this Hoop Dreams-style portrait of the rapper's life and careerByA.A. DowdPublishedJanuary 23, 2022
1/21/22Opening night of Sundance was all about Princess Diana and a twisty Sebastian Stan thrillerWe open this virtual edition of the festival with thoughts on The Princess, A Love Song, and FreshByA.A. DowdPublishedJanuary 21, 2022