Abigail (2024)Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler GillettScreenwriters: Stephen Shields, Guy BusickStarring: Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Alisha Weir, Kathryn Newton, Angus Cloud, Giancarlo Esposito There’s something almost nostalgic about seeing a mainstream film reach back toward the old Universal monster tradition, even if the result is uneven. Abigail attempts to blend a heist-thriller setup with a vampire … Read more

Challengers (2024)Director: Luca GuadagninoScreenwriter: Justin KuritzkesStarring: Zendaya, Mike Faist, Josh O’Connor When 18-year-old rising tennis star Tashi Duncan (Zendaya) first meets friends and players Patrick Zweig (Josh O’Connor) and Art Donaldson (Mike Faist), she insists tennis is more than a sport — it’s a relationship. On a wind-blown beach, as waves break behind them, Tashi … Read more

Star Wars is arguably the most beloved film franchise in history. For nearly half a century, the galaxy far, far away has fired the imagination of audiences worldwide—on the big screen, at home, at viewing parties, and across every medium. It speaks to people of every generation and from every corner of the globe. The … Read more

Seven Samurai (1954)Director: Akira KurosawaScreenwriters: Akira Kurosawa, Shinobu Hashimoto, Hideo OguniStarring: Toshiro Mifune, Seiji Miyaguchi, Isao Kimura, Daisuke Katō, Yoshio Inaba, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, Kamatari Fujiwara Often a film is more than its surface — more than its genre label, more than a set of images to be catalogued or critiqued by checklists. Sometimes … Read more

The year is 1956. On the radio, Jean Shepherd—host of Night People—introduces a 26-year-old actor who is in town to promote his latest film, Edge of the City. That same night, without knowing it, the actor John Cassavetes would help invent a kind of grassroots film financing that resembles modern crowdfunding. What began as a … Read more

New York-born actor Al Pacino has given so much to cinema. Across more than fifty years, he has delivered some of the most memorable performances in film history. His presence on screen can be quietly devastating; occasionally a single stare from Pacino is more powerful than a lengthy speech. He has explored a wide range … Read more

The Book of Clarence (2023)Director: Jeymes SamuelScreenwriter: Jeymes SamuelStarring: LaKeith Stanfield, RJ Cyler, Omar Sy, Anna Diop, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Micheal Ward, Caleb McLaughlin, Alfre Woodard, James McAvoy In the golden age of Hollywood, Biblical epics were a cinema staple—from grand retellings of scripture to films that borrowed its aesthetics. Jeymes Samuel, who drew praise for … Read more

Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)Director: Zack SnyderScreenwriters: Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Shay HattenStarring: Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Anthony Hopkins, Staz Nair, Fra Fee, Cleopatra Coleman, Stuart Martin, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Alfonso Herrera, Cary Elwes, Rhian Rees, Elise Duffy, Sky Yang, Charlotte Magi, Stella Grace Fitzgerald … Read more

Alex Garland began his career as a novelist and moved into screenwriting, contributing to notable films by directors such as Danny Boyle, including 28 Days Later and Sunshine. Early in his career he did uncredited work on the troubled comic-book adaptation Dredd, absorbing lessons from the filmmakers he collaborated with. Garland made his formal directorial … Read more

Sherlock Jr. (1924)Director: Buster KeatonScreenwriters: Clyde Bruckman, Jean Havez, Joseph A. MitchellStarring: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Ward Crane Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr., released in 1924, remains one of the silent era’s most inventive and influential comedies. Keaton—often ranked alongside Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd as one of the three masters of silent slapstick—combined astonishing physical … Read more