As an action movie director, Guy Ritchie is better than he used to be, because he no longer calls attention to himself in silly ways. In “Fountain of Youth,” he shows himself capable of delivering ...

In one of many funny scenes in Alison Bechdel’s new comic novel “Spent,” the writer-cartoonist has drawn herself — or, more precisely, a loosely fictionalized protagonist named Alison — pulling Karl ...

Despite the comedic star power of Tina Fey, Will Forte and Steve Carell, the series remake of Alan Alda’s 1981 film on midlife marriage feels old and tired.

“Tori and the Muses” follows a talented young pianist who wants to compose her own music rather than practice for her recital. Unknown to Tori’s strict father, his daughter has been visited by 11 ...

Nicole Graev Lipson fearlessly examines the multitudes of identities women have in her new memoir-essay collection.

The further “Back to the Future: The Musical” gets from the film, the more it succeeds. When Doc explains his time machine to Marty, a line of girls dances in, with little explosion designs on their ...

Lauren Francis-Sharma’s thriller meditates on whether exposing gross wrongdoings serves as sufficient justice to apartheid-era victims.

Mel Gibson’s new movie “Flight Risk” lacks the brutal cinematic energy that made his previous films such gripping experiences. It’s just not very fun or engaging.

Richard Gere and Uma Thurman play husband and wife filmmakers in Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada.” Photo: Jeong Park/Kino Lorber ...

Soon enough we must “shuffle off this mortal coil,” as Shakespeare put it. And if death is inevitable, there are worse ways to go than in a Pedro Almodóvar film, where the end is dressed in pastel ...

Following the stellar “ Mary Cassatt at Work ” in 2024, a new exhibition at the Legion of Honor will reexamine the relationship between her French Impressionist contemporaries Édouard Manet and Berthe ...

The year 2024 will not go down in history as a particularly good one for movies. The big films disappointed, and the best films were small in scale and sometimes even small in ambition. There was, ...