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The People Who Say Timothée Chalamet’s ‘Marty Supreme’ Character Isn’t ‘Likable’ Sound Like Corrupt Studio Executives

Is the hero of “Marty Supreme” likable? I think he is, and for reasons that include the fact that he’s a scoundrel. (Has there ever been a likable scoundrel in movies?...

Brigitte Bardot Remembered: In ‘And God Created Woman’ and ‘Contempt,’ She Projected a Bold New Image of Feminine Identity and Erotic Power

It has always been easy to trivialize Brigitte Bardot. In 1956, starring in the movie that made her a global sensation, “And God Created Woman,” what she did was not widely...

‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants’ Review: It’s SpongeBob on a Pirate Adventure, but With Most of the Joy Squeezed Out

It might be an exaggeration to say that “The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants” is the movie that finally squeegees the life out of SpongeBob SquarePants. But watching this friendly yet...

‘The Housemaid’ Review: Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in a Twisted Domestic Thriller That’s Over-the-Top and Clever About It

“The Housemaid,” a screw-tightening domestic thriller, is nothing more (or less) than a garishly fun and effective piece of postfeminist pulp. Directed by Paul Feig, from a script (by Rebecca Sonnenshine)...

‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’ Review: The Animatronic Killers are Back, and So Is the Slapdash Filmmaking, in the Lousy Sequel to 2023’s Monster...

“Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” is a supernatural video-game slasher movie of astonishing clunky crudeness. No, the movie isn’t dumb fun. It’s flat-out bad, maybe even worse than the first film....

‘The New Yorker at 100’ Review: A Nimble and Infectious Portrait of the Quintessential Magazine

“The New Yorker at 100” is a nimble and infectious documentary, one that brings off a trick more challenging than it looks. (In that way, it’s a lot like the magazine.)...

Why Does ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Still Cast Such a Wicked Spell? Because It’s the Movie That First Flipped the Patriarchy on Its Head

“Wicked,” the stage musical, took its first bow 22 years ago. The novel it’s based on, “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,” was published in...

On the 30th Anniversary of Its Release, It’s Time ‘Casino’ Took Its Rightful Place as a Scorsese Classic

Martin Scorsese’s “Casino” was released 30 years ago today (on Nov. 22, 1995), and I have no problem saying that I think it’s a Scorsese masterpiece. But I didn’t say that,...

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