The protruding belly getting its closeup early in “She Runs the World” belongs to Allyson Felix, the world’s most decorated track star. It’s 2018, Felix is 32 and pregnant for the...
Fifteen years doesn’t seem very long to wait before doing a nearly scene-for-scene remake of an animated blockbuster. In the case of DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon,” that’s the same...
In a historic legal decision last year, a Michigan jury found the parents of a 15-year-old school shooter responsible for the deaths their son had caused. Could they have prevented it?...
A thrilling animated triptych from filmmaker Dan Trachtenberg, “Predator: Killer of Killers” extends not just the hunt-or-be-hunted franchise for which it is named, but a larger trend by which Hollywood studios...
The last day of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival saw a region-wide power outage — reportedly an act of sabotage — and a handful of other surprises at the closing...
Billowing gray smoke intermingles with moody cloud cover, while scores of grim-faced Ukrainian citizens watch the skies, arms folded. The visual opening salvo of “Militantropos,” directed by Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova...
Bringing a turbulent world together through cinema, the 78th Cannes Film Festival closed with its most political moment, as Iranian director Jafar Panahi accepted the Palme d’Or for “It Was Just...
Zuzana Kirchnerová’s road-trip movie “Caravan” opens with a series of idyllic holiday scenes. A wide shot of a tranquil swimming pool. A beach ball, close up, with iridescent sequins inside. Lambent...
