If there was any film obsessive whose ideas about what constitutes a perfect movie are worth taking seriously, it's probably Quentin Tarantino, who's long been one of the culture's most beloved ...

As the year closes on another fantastic slate of films, it's time to look ahead to 2026, where new projects from the likes of Steven Spielberg, Greta Gerwig, Denis Villeneuve, and Christopher Nolan ...

As far as a wide-angle view of the industry is concerned, the trends you’ve heard about continued to gather steam. Hollywood is in all sorts of financial trouble, especially when it comes to original ...

Every year, the awards gods decree that a certain group of films are the most noteworthy. Many of the same titles end up appearing on every list of critics association awards, guild nominations and ...

The best films of 2025 emerged from a landscape as politically volatile and competitively lopsided as the darkest days in Hollywood history. This climate of consolidation and capitulation gave a ...

With the New Year upon us, it’s time for our annual tradition of looking at the cinematic horizon. Having highlighted the films we guarantee are worth seeing in 2026 and those we hope get U.S.

148 critics from six different continents voted on the best films of the year. These films were their 50 favorites. As the credits roll on 2025, we’re left with a slate of movies that will almost ...

Still from Peter Hujar's Day (2025), dir. by Ira Sachs (image courtesy Janus Films) A day in the life of Peter Hujar, a bungled museum heist, Meredith Monk's 60-year career — these subjects brought to ...

For our most comprehensive year-end feature, we’re providing a cumulative look at The Film Stage’s favorite films of 2025. We’ve asked contributors to compile ten-best lists with five honorable ...

Anyone will tell you that these are tumultuous, borderline-apocalyptic times for the film industry. Box office is down. The threat of AI looms. Billionaires and tech giants are laying waste to what ...

A multilayered political thriller, a dark-comedy salute to radical resistance, a ping-pong picaresque and a bluesy vampire tale set in Jim Crow Mississippi are among THR film reviewers’ favorites of ...

Movies are the great escape. “Optimistic endings, passionate romances,” sings the incarcerated dreamer of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” who looks to old Hollywood movies as an oasis of beauty and faith.