Filmmaker and studio executive James Gunn has emerged as a defining figure on both sides of the comic-book screen: he wrote and directed DC/Warner Bros’ The Suicide Squad after a temporary departure from Disney/Marvel and the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, and he later became one of the CEOs of DC Studios. But Gunn’s path … Read more

Night Swim (2024)Director: Bryce McGuireScreenwriters: Bryce McGuire, Rod BlackhurstStarring: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Heoferle, Gavin Warren The premise of Night Swim will feel immediately familiar to many horror fans: a family relocates to a new home and soon discovers it harbors a malignant presence. Young children perceive the supernatural tension more clearly than the … Read more

Night Swim (2024)Director: Bryce McGuireScreenwriters: Bryce McGuire, Rod BlackhurstStarring: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Heoferle, Gavin Warren The premise of Night Swim will feel immediately familiar to horror fans: a family relocates to a new home, unexplained and malevolent occurrences begin to unfold, and the youngest family member perceives dangers the adults dismiss. In place … Read more

One Life (2023)Director: James HawesScreenwriters: Lucinda Coxon, Nick DrakeStarring: Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Flynn, Ramola Garai, Jonathan Pryce, Lena Olin The new BBC Film production One Life tells the story of Nicholas Winton, the British stockbroker who organised the evacuation of hundreds of children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World … Read more

One Life (2023)Director: James HawesScreenwriters: Lucinda Coxon, Nick DrakeStarring: Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Flynn, Ramola Garai, Jonathan Pryce, Lena Olin One Life tells the remarkable true story of Nicholas Winton, the British stockbroker who quietly organised the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War. … Read more

Despite the efforts of profit-driven studio executives, cinema endured through 2023. Strikes by writers and actors, rising streaming costs and corporate decisions that treated creators as expendable highlighted an industry too often steered by executives chasing short-term gains. The WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes paused production, promotion and releases, but ultimately secured stronger contracts and protections … Read more

Despite the greed of some studio executives, cinema endured through 2023. Writing and acting strikes, rising streaming costs, and debates about artificial intelligence exposed an industry driven often more by profit than by craft. In Hollywood, concerns rose about AI replacing writers and visual effects artists, and about streaming models that sometimes failed to fairly … Read more

Has the superhero movie bubble burst? Critics and fans have debated this for years, but in 2023 the question felt more credible than it has in a long time. Once-reliable franchise properties from studios like Disney and Warner Bros. faltered at the box office, and even iconic characters weren’t guaranteed ticket sales. At the time … Read more

Has the superhero movie bubble finally burst? Film writers and commentators have debated this for years, but 2023 felt different. Several high-profile comic-book adaptations failed to meet expectations, suggesting that familiar intellectual properties no longer guarantee box-office success. Even tentpole characters like Batman couldn’t ensure profitability: at the time of writing, five of the nine … Read more

2023 stood out as one of the strongest years for cinema in the 2020s so far. Major studio releases earned rare critical acclaim while smaller films found larger audiences because of their clear quality. Over the year, our reviewers and a number of established contributors assessed more than 100 new releases—from blockbuster phenomena like Barbenheimer … Read more