Movies

Mr. Todd’s decades-long career spanned across mediums and genres, but he was largely associated with a scary figure summoned in front of a mirror.

By Aimee Ortiz

A nonprofit group has reached an agreement to buy the shuttered Metro Theater from its owners, but the deal is contingent on raising the money by the end of the year.

By Annie Aguiar

Best known for his star turn in the cult film about a flesh-eating plant, he was a go-to member of the low-budget auteur Roger Corman’s repertory company.

By Alex Williams

Trafficking in irreverence, the film follows a pair of stepsiblings with sexual tension.

By Natalia Winkelman

This month’s picks include 2000s nostalgia, feminist thrills and the one and only Corey Feldman.

By Erik Piepenburg

A parade of notable new titles are coming for U.S. subscribers all month. Here’s a roundup of the most promising.

By Noel Murray

The writer, director and editor Sean Baker narrates a sequence from his comedy featuring Mikey Madison and Mark Eydelshteyn.

By Mekado Murphy

This month’s picks include sequels galore and an animated adventure out of Canada.

By Dina Gachman

Pierce Brosnan plays a man who sneaks out of his retirement home to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in this charming, but corny drama.

By Amy Nicholson

A bereaved young woman faces terrible choices in this dreamily uncertain blend of science fiction and moral philosophy.

By Jeannette Catsoulis

Tyler Taormina’s third theatrical feature is a lightly nostalgic ensemble piece set on Long Island.

By Ben Kenigsberg

Long overshadowed by Michelangelo Antonioni’s later work, this feature, newly restored, is being revived at Film Forum, complete with once-censored scenes.

By J. Hoberman

Cillian Murphy of “Oppenheimer” fame plays an Irishman interrogating a system of abuse and forced labor, despite everyone’s warnings to look the other way.

By Alissa Wilkinson

The film, based on a 1972 children’s book by Barbara Robinson, tells the story of an unlikely group of kids stunning a small town for the holidays.

By Glenn Kenny

Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski star in a film about a preteen girl who longs for a stability she’s never experienced.

By Alissa Wilkinson

Humans flee monsters who refuse to surpass 8,000 feet in altitude in this “Quiet Place” copycat.

By Natalia Winkelman

This Netflix Christmas rom-com inexplicably wants to remind viewers that the group Pentatonix still exists.

By Brandon Yu

In this grave adaptation of Juan Rulfo’s surreal novel, the living pray for salvation and the dead murmur regrets, but the filmmaking is oddly orthodox.

By Natalia Winkelman

For stars like Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga, showmanship is a virtue. That’s a big change from the days when Anne Hathaway was vilified for her effortful work.

By Esther Zuckerman

Recent access to Leni Riefenstahl’s estate has prompted new discussions in Germany about her politics and a reconsideration of her photographs of the Nuba people in Sudan.

By Thomas Rogers