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Few moviegoing experiences in 2019 have gripped me quite like “Waves,” Trey Edward Shults’ third feature effort as writer/director. His first two films, 2015’s “Krisha” and 2017’s “It Comes At Night,” were meticulously nuanced gems that...

This essay is a follow up to my piece “The Dark Knight Rises, An American Genre Falls”. Like the “Star Wars” and James Bond sagas, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is one of the great achievements of...

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It makes sense that the Criterion box set for “Godzilla” would be gigantic. It towers over your puny normal DVD cases. It shouldn’t be any other way for the King of the Monsters, paid tribute here by...

Mike Flanagan’s “Doctor Sleep” connects the visions of Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick with his own style, made most popular in Netflix’s “The Haunting of Hill House.” It is an often effective blend of the three...

It’s been interesting to see how franchises built on bloodshed have responded to rises in terrorism and mass shootings. It does not feel coincidental that series like “Battlefield” and “Call of Duty” have largely avoided present-day...

With the final reveal of the best films of the 2010s, below we are providing a list indicating which streaming services are carrying our picks for the decade. Streaming availability is subject to change.  NETFLIX: “Moonlight” (#2),...

This feature is a part of a series on the best films of the 2010s, resulting from our ranked top 25, which you can read here. This is #1.  Cinema history is filled with movies that try...

Divorce is described in Noah Baumbach’s masterful “Marriage Story” as like a death without a body. Something has been lost. There is grieving, anger, denial. In his personal and moving story, Baumbach captures the insidious nature of...

This feature is a part of a series on the best films of the 2010s, resulting from our ranked top 25, which you can read here. This is #6.  “The Wolf of Wall Street” didn’t really open in...