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The 1990s now feel like a memory, distant enough to dress up a film with period-specific melancholy. Just consider the batch of various recent and upcoming releases—Carla Simón’s “Summer 1993,” Elijah Bynum’s “Hot Summer Nights” and...

There’s a whole lot going on in “Nico, 1988” concerning the not-often-discussed legacy of musical artist Nico, which is treated here with an unusual biopic. For one, writer/director Susanna Nicchiarelli seeks to let viewers know right off the bat that her real...

Ultimately it was sexism and Meg Ryan. People didn’t want to have to take her seriously after more than a decade of her dominating romantic comedies. They wanted to be done with her. It’s a shame,...

Think back to high school for a second, before you watch—or rewatch—Steven Soderbergh’s deceptively spare “sex, lies, & videotape,” now out on DVD and Blu-ray from Criterion. In high school, you learn about the different kinds...

As the world is totally falling for the best blockbuster of the summer, “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” Paramount takes the opportunity to cash in with tie-in releases for the first five films featuring the always-running Tom...

The following table of contents features all of our San Diego Comic-Con 2018 coverage, as written by Nell Minow and Jana Monji. Comic-Con 2018: Composing for Superheroes by Nell Minow Comic-Con 2018: Introducing Jodie Whittaker as...

When San Diego Comic-Con originally started, it was about meeting the artists and writers behind comics and science fiction and fantasy—people like Chesley Bonestell. So, it’s fitting that a documentary about him, “Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future,” should...

Watching other people piece together jigsaw puzzles would not sound like the most inherently cinematic pursuit, nor would it seem to provide much opportunity for character development. Puzzles are a solitary activity—a chance to focus quietly...

Robert Schwentke is a German-born director with what appear to be two distinct artistic identities. In the United States, where he works most of the time, he is an ultra-contemporary technician who started off with an...

It’s the first morning of my first trip to the Television Critics Association press tour, and I’m nervous. Sitting outside a ballroom at the Beverly Hilton, my mind races down the F.A.Q. one might keep tucked...