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A still from "Yuck!" (ShortsTV)

Magic, mystery and male insecurity: Inside the Animated Oscar Shorts

February 14, 2025

Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson aka Captain America in "Captain America: Brave New World." (Eli Adé)

The shield still soars, but ‘Brave New World’ sputters

February 13, 2025

Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose in "Love Hurts." (Universal Pictures)

‘Love Hurts’—and so does watching it

February 6, 2025

The “Heart Eyes” killer. (Christopher Moss/Screen Gems/Spyglass Media Group)

‘Heart Eyes’: Cupid’s got a crossbow

February 6, 2025

A still from the Oscar-nominated documentary "No Other Land." (Antipode films)

‘No Other Land’: An unflinching look at a community under seige

February 6, 2025

19. I’M STILL HERE: Set in Brazil during the tightening grip of a military dictatorship in 1971, this adaptation of Marcelo Rubens Paiva's memoir follows Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres, terrific) as she reinvents herself after her family endures a violent act by the government, uncovering a hidden chapter of Brazil’s history—and Brazil’s entry for the 97th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. (Alile Onawale/Sony Pictures Classics)

Oscar-nominated ‘I’m Still Here’: One woman’s strength in the face of brutality

January 30, 2025

Sophie Thatcher as Iris in "Companion." (Cara Howe)

‘Companion’ is AI sci-fi without the intelligence

January 30, 2025

Phoebe Dynevor in Neil Burger's "Inheritance." (Angelo Dominic Sesto/IFC Films)

Phoebe Dynevor goes on the run in Neil Burger’s ‘Inheritance’

January 24, 2025

2. ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT: Opening Jan. 10 in Boston, the movie explores the lives and connections of three women in contemporary, working-class Mumbai—head nurse Prabha (Kani Kusruti), her coworker Anu (DivyaPrabha), and hospital cook Parvaty (Chhaya Kadam)—in a soulful, Cannes Grand Prize-winning debut from writer/director Payal Kapadia. (Janus Films)

Love, loss, and light: Payal Kapadia’s masterful drama

January 23, 2025

Honorary Award recipient David Lynch accepts the award at the 2019 Governors Awards in The Ray Dolby Ballroom on Sunday, October 27, 2019, in Hollywood, Calif. (Phil McCarten/©A.M.P.A.S.)

Critic’s Appreciation: David Lynch had ‘the power to get inside our heads’

January 16, 2025