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In Mexico City, two ambulances race to the scene of an accident. With a camera mounted in the front of the front of the vehicle, we watch as the Ochoa family direct traffic with a loudspeaker...

Somewhere along the way, a boy’s father has changed. He used to be romantic toward his wife. He used to be positive. He used to be a father figure the boy could count on. Somewhere along...

Before watching Netflix’s five-part docuseries, “The Confession Killer,” my knowledge of Henry Lee Lucas was relatively limited. Like a lot of movie fans, I had seen the excellent “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,” which is...

Gavin Hood’s “Official Secrets,” now on DVD and digitally, continues the director’s series of feature films critiquing 21st Century American and British war policy. “Rendition” (2007) focuses on CIA torture practices in the real-life case of...

The Unloved started six years ago as a way to reclaim some of the ironclad consensus that ruled critical thinking, as a way of trying to separate the present of film criticism from the past, to...

10 NEW TO NETFLIX “The Adventures of Tintin””Black Snake Moan””End of Watch””Hamburger Hill””The Longest Yard””Once Upon a Time in the West””Popeye””What’s Eating Gilbert Grape””Young Adult””Zodiac” 7 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “All About Eve” (Criterion)”Now, Voyager” (Criterion) I...

Apple TV has their most ambitious show to date (with all respect to the fans of the Blind Aquaman show) in the fascinating “Servant,” directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. The filmmaker behind “The Sixth...

There’s a memorable scene in John Hughes’ 1986 comedy classic, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” where awe-struck teen Cameron (Alan Ruck) glances at George Seurat’s infamous 1884 painting, “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande...

The best television shows of the 2010s, as chosen by TV critics Brian Tallerico and Allison Shoemaker, illustrate the incredible range of what has become known as “Peak TV.” The narrative as the decade came to...

Matt writes: With Thanksgiving just days away, let us revisit the holiday perennial that has emerged as one of the most beloved of all American films: John Hughes’ poignant 1987 comedy “Planes, Trains & Automobiles.” Though Roger...