Queer (2024)Director: Luca GuadagninoScreenwriter: Justin KuritzkesStarring: Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Henrique Zaga, Lesley Manville William S. Burroughs remains a deeply complicated and controversial figure in twentieth-century literature. His life contained both notable literary influence and deeply troubling personal actions — the most notorious of which was the killing of Joan Vollmer in Mexico, … Read more

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)Director: Kenji KamiyamaScreenwriters: Jeffrey Addiss, Will Matthews, Phoebe Gittins, Arty Papageorgiou, Philippa BoyensStarring: Brian Cox, Gaia Wise, Luke Pasqualino, Miranda Otto, Lorraine Ashbourne, Yazdan Qafouri, Benjamin Wainwright, Laurence Ubong Williams, Shaun Dooley, Michael Wildman Fans of The Lord of the Rings have not lacked material … Read more

The Towering Inferno (1974)Director: John GuillerminScreenwriter: Stirling SilliphantStarring: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire, Susan Blakely, Richard Chamberlain, Jennifer Jones, O. J. Simpson, Jack Collins, Robert Vaughn, Robert Wagner Released in 1974, The Towering Inferno stands as one of the era’s definitive disaster films. Big-budget spectacle, star power and carefully staged … Read more

Y2K (2024)Director: Kyle MooneyScreenwriters: Kyle Mooney, Evan WinterStarring: Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, Lachlan Watson, Mason Gooding, Fred Durst, Alicia Silverstone On the evening of December 31, 1999, much of the world waited anxiously as the calendar flipped into a new millennium. Rather than celebrating a new beginning, many people feared a digital disaster: … Read more

No matter what popular culture suggests, the holidays aren’t for everyone. They can be stressful, forced, boring, and lonely. Yet the season is often presented as a time of unbroken cheer, family gatherings, and wholesome sentimentality — which isn’t always welcome. If you’d rather skip saccharine holiday fare, re-runs of sentimental classics, or the usual … Read more

Thank you for taking part in The Film Magazine’s Christmas movie quiz. If you enjoyed these questions, follow @thefilmagazine on social media for more quizzes, film news, and seasonal features. We post regularly on our Facebook, Instagram and X (Twitter) channels — and we’d love to see your scores and reactions on the posts where … Read more

Conclave (2024)Director: Edward BergerScreenwriter: Peter StraughanStarring: Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, Isabella Rossellini, Lucian Msamati, Carlos Diehz Conclave is a tightly controlled political and spiritual drama that centers on the immediate aftermath of the pope’s death and the secretive process of selecting his successor. The film concentrates on the locked-down world of … Read more

Born in New Jersey in 1952, director and animator Henry Selick is celebrated not for the number of films he has made but for the consistent quality of his craft. While some filmmakers measure success by output, Selick’s medium—stop‑motion animation—is famously slow and meticulous, which explains why he has released a relatively small but remarkable … Read more

When Judy Garland performed, her gaze seemed to reach beyond the camera, beyond the set and the stars. Her arms often rose like a storyteller’s, reaching for something unseen. She seized songs and stories and breathed life into them with a rare, magnetic presence. That gift is why audiences flocked to see her. Born Frances … Read more

Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)Director: Vincente MinnelliScreenwriter: Irving Brecher, Fred F. FinklehoffeStarring: Judy Garland, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer, Joan Carroll, Leon Ames, Tom Drake, Marjorie Main, Harry Davenport Few performers reshaped the movie musical the way Judy Garland did. Her performance in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz introduced a new approach to … Read more