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How Eva Victor Reimagined the Trauma Plot
At one point in “Sorry, Baby,” a new film written, directed, and starring the actor and comedian Eva Victor, the main character, an…
The Shrewdly Regenerative Apocalypse of “28 Years Later”
Perhaps because cannibalism comes with the territory, the zombie movie has proved uncommonly immune to a certain strain of critical…
The Rise of the Anti-Cinderella Story
A pair of recent films, Celine Song’s “Materialists” and Sean Baker’s “Anora,” turn the fairy tale on its head, with mixed results. Source…
All the Films in Competition at Cannes 2025, Ranked from Best to Worst
When the competition program of the seventy-eighth Cannes Film Festival was announced several weeks ago, I wasn’t alone in predicting that…
Why Tom Cruise Will Never Die
By constantly putting his life at risk, Cruise has saved his career. The stunts have become so vital to the franchise that Cruise and…
Is “Thunderbolts*” Marvel’s Attempt to Salvage the Superhero Genre?
In the run-up to the première of “Thunderbolts*,” on May 2nd, Marvel earned some light mockery for the art-house vibe of one of its…
Can these short films convince people that AI is a force for good?
MOUNTAIN VIEW — For decades, Hollywood directors including Stanley Kubrick, James Cameron and Alex Garland have cast artificial…
Trump threatens a 100% tariff on foreign-made films, saying the movie industry in the U.S. is dying
President Trump is opening a new salvo in his tariff war, targeting films made outside the U.S. Source link
A Joyfully Chaotic Tribute to Pavement in “Pavements”
Rock documentaries and bio-pics have been parodied for nearly as long as they have existed, but there’s a reason for their ingrained…
Everything New on Apple TV+ in May 2025
Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Apple TV+ continues its 'quality over quantity' mantra this month,…
“Drop Dead City” Spotlights a Lost Era of Liberal Government
At a time when the very function of government is being destroyed from within, an extraordinary historical documentary, “Drop Dead City,”…
The Two Best Bob Dylan Films
I’ve watched a lot of Dylan movies lately, some of them several times. One I watched for which I had very low expectations, called Bob…
Who Wants a Second Helping of “The Wedding Banquet”?
It takes a while for “The Wedding Banquet,” Ang Lee’s 1993 hit romantic comedy, to get to the big event of the title, but it’s worth the…
The Powerful Films of the L.A. Rebellion
In the nineteen-seventies, U.C.L.A.’s Ethno-Communications program, founded to increase minority enrollment, attracted a critical mass of…
China to reduce the number of Hollywood films allowed amid trade war
China plans to reduce the number of Hollywood films playing in the populous country amid escalating trade tensions, reducing access to…
Captain America: Brave New Word Gets New Digital and Physical Release Date
Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Prepare for Captain America: Brave New World to swoop into its home…
The Dreamlike Journeys of “Việt and Nam” and “Grand Tour”
Every good film is, to some degree, a transporting experience—a dissolution of boundaries between here and there, then and now. See enough…
Richard Brody’s New Directors/New Films Picks
Beguiling blends of fiction and nonfiction are the highlights of this year’s edition of the New Directors/New Films series, at Film at…
“Who by Fire” Is a Brilliant Drama of Male Rage at Its Most Elemental
The Québécois director Philippe Lesage began making documentaries in the early two-thousands. He has since switched to narrative features,…
Everything new on Max in March 2025
By Billie Melissa is a Newsweek reporter based in London. Her focus is reporting on film and television. She has in depth knowledge of…
Family Films Face the Parent–Child Revolution
Two Christophe Honoré movies instruct culture and identity. Source link
The Nocturnal Masterwork “Toute Une Nuit” Comes to Light
When Chantal Akerman’s “Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles”—proclaimed the best film of all time in Sight and Sound’s…
How the Oscar Race Got as Messy as “Conclave”
Stop me if you’ve seen this one. A committee of august personages convenes, with much pomp and circumstance, to choose the best of their…