Film

The actor and director, whose film “Horizon: An American Saga” has been in the making for decades, thinks of the Western as America’s Shakespeare.

Vittorio De Sica’s 1946 neorealist drama helped put Italian movies at the center of world cinema.

Chris Wilcha’s documentary explores life, love, and art through his connection to a venerable record store.

The wide-ranging documentary about Huntsville, Texas, where the filmmaker grew up, evokes the city’s carceral system through interviews, archival footage, and his own reminiscences.

The “Killers of the Flower Moon” star on how to curse in Blackfoot, being nominated for an Oscar, and the many Native actors she hopes will follow her.

The actor, who played Sofia in the revival of “The Color Purple” musical on Broadway, reprises the role in a new film adaptation of the musical.

The year resounded with large, loud, and costly films—some of which were so poorly conceived they led me to wonder, why not get A.I. to write them?

The life of an academic lacks natural narrative momentum. Cue cancel culture.

The auteur behind “Anselm” and “Perfect Days” on his complicated relationship to his native Germany, a new project he’s been nursing for years, and the beauty of sharing mixtapes.

Todd Haynes’s new film on Netflix reveals how race and class shaped the real-world case that inspired it.

Throughout her career, the celebrated French actor has worked with auteurs ranging from Jean-Luc Godard to Hong Sangsoo—and maintained a matter-of-fact approach to her craft.

The actor’s performance in “Dream Scenario” seems crafted to remind viewers that he’s more than a meme.

The year’s wide variety of cinematic artistry reflects the many systems of production at work behind the scenes.

There’s something appealing about the nostalgia of Alexander Payne’s film, but also something contrived.

The director discusses shooting movies outside the studio system and finding the right way to film a story about a series of murders that took place when oil was found on Osage land.

Four new short films make clear how crucial the author’s work has been in the development of Anderson’s art.

A strike captain reflects on the emotional highs and lows of five months on the picket lines.

A two-disk set is an opportunity to appreciate underappreciated talents and the cultural policies that nurtured them.

A flight attendant tries to conceal physical and emotional pain with a coat of bright-red lipstick, in Thanasis Neofotistos’s short film.

Craig Gillespie’s film about the GameStop stock squeeze ignores the fiasco’s most fascinating element: motivation.