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

The film became popular on TikTok two years after its quiet initial release. Now, it’s getting a second chance in movie theaters.

By Mariella Rudi

Steve McQueen’s latest film, set in 1940 during Germany’s bombardment of the British capital, draws extensively from wartime photos, and much of it was shot outside London.

By Simran Hans and Sarah Eckinger

This short trivia quiz tests your knowledge of fiction and nonfiction works that were made into popular films about space exploration and the quest to connect with other worlds.

By J. D. Biersdorfer

The actor discusses his new play, “The Other Americans,” feeling underappreciated as a dramatist, and Latino representation.

By Annie Aguiar

A slew of great movies and TV shows are leaving Netflix for U.S. subscribers in November. Here’s a roundup of the best.

By Jason Bailey

The writer and director Steve McQueen discusses a sequence set in the Café de Paris in London.

By Mekado Murphy

The writer and director Steve McQueen narrates a sequence from his film set in London during World War II.

By Mekado Murphy

“Cruel Intentions,” “Music by John Williams” and “Dune: The Prophecy” arrive, along with “Bad Sisters” Season 2.

By Noel Murray

This month’s picks include female assassins, a quirky French thief and crooked cops.

By Robert Daniels

The “Forrest Gump” stars were game to reunite with Robert Zemeckis for the technical experiment of “Here.” De-aging? A static camera? They weren’t fazed.

By Melena Ryzik

Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

By The New York Times

It’s already powering remarkable visual innovations, like in the new movie “Here.” But boosters think that’s just the beginning.

By Devin Gordon

He was hounded by a fat-phobic press, but as Dawn Porter’s new documentary shows, he was a transformational presence from the start.

By J Wortham

A new Disney+ film about the prolific film composer chronicles his life and career, with a focus on his famous music for movies including “Jaws” and “Star Wars.”

By Annie Aguiar

“Martha,” from R.J. Cutler, argues that she was ahead of her time. But though she sits for a lengthy interview, this isn’t hagiography.

By Alissa Wilkinson

The film, now available on demand, followed a thorny path to distribution — including the threat of a lawsuit by its subject.

By Sarah Bahr

A throwback publication courts cinephiles with stories featuring Ari Aster, Maggie Cheung, Daniel Clowes, Clint Eastwood and Ann Hui.

By Alex Vadukul

In his latest (and perhaps last) movie as a director, Eastwood casts a skeptical eye at the criminal justice system in a mystery starring Nicholas Hoult.

By Manohla Dargis

In this delicate drama set in Utah, three individuals deal with survivor’s guilt a year after a school shooting takes the life of a loved one.

By Beatrice Loayza

This image, from the animated feature about a woman who hoards snail-related items, includes a bevy of tiny, handcrafted artifacts.

By Carlos Aguilar

Steve McQueen’s World War II drama may appear conventional on the surface, but don’t miss what it’s really doing.

By Alissa Wilkinson

This bowling comedy, co-directed by the standup comedian Yassir Lester and his brother Isaiah, has absurdity to spare.

By Glenn Kenny

Sav Rodgers sets out to define the legacy of Kevin Smith’s “Chasing Amy” in this documentary, which is elevated by one instructive interview.

By Natalia Winkelman

Liam Neeson plays a regretful gangster with a serious medical condition in this drab, downbeat action movie.

By Jeannette Catsoulis

After seeing “We Live in Time,” social media users filmed themselves sobbing, creating a loop of people seeking an emotional release and then sharing it with the world.

By Valeriya Safronova

A passionate and propulsive documentary about the assassination of Patrice Lumumba spins its web in many directions.

By Alissa Wilkinson

In Wang Bing’s riveting new documentary about Chinese garment workers, a generation asks: What good is money when you have no rights?

By Nicolas Rapold

Jesse Eisenberg directs and stars in a melancholic yet funny exploration of Jewish loss and belonging, with an outstanding Kieran Culkin.

By Manohla Dargis

The true story of a 12-year-old’s survival in a vast mountain wilderness for nine days in the 1930s.

By Lisa Kennedy

Richard Kroehling’s documentary presents a mixture of poets’ responses to the Holocaust and argues for the importance of the form in addressing trauma.

By Ben Kenigsberg

Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite onscreen for a drama that showcases generations of existence.

By Amy Nicholson

R.J. Cutler, a longtime filmmaker, is at the center of a debate in Hollywood over whether documentaries about celebrities are real documentaries.

By Brooks Barnes

“I Heard You Paint Houses,” his true-crime best seller about the death of Jimmy Hoffa, was brought to the screen by Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro.

By Michael S. Rosenwald

This month’s picks include a portrait of an artist, a haunting music performance piece and a chilling missing-persons tale.

By Ben Kenigsberg

Horror is well-represented on this service, which makes it an ideal spooky season addition to your streaming menu.

By Jason Bailey

And is the culture telling the right stories about them, at a time when it’s never felt more urgent?

By Jesse Green

When a reporter phoned about her new documentary, the lifestyle star didn’t hold back: “I hate those last scenes. Hate them.”

By Brooks Barnes

The low-budget 2004 horror movie captured audiences and spawned a franchise by asking tough moral questions.

By Annie Aguiar and Joyce Ho

Garr, who could easily command attention onscreen with her expressive eyes, later became known as a spokeswoman for multiple sclerosis research.

By The New York Times

In “Tootsie,” “After Hours” and other films, she played truly unhinged characters while also layering in sadness or drama.

By Esther Zuckerman

An Oscar nominee for her role in “Tootsie,” she was also a favorite guest of David Letterman and Johnny Carson and a three-time host of “Saturday Night Live.”

By Anita Gates

When the world as we know it ends in films and on television, newspapers are often used to convey what was known in those final days.

By Maya Salam

In films like “Trash” and “Women in Revolt,” he brought movement, character and something resembling a story line to the Warhol film aesthetic.

By William Grimes

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to more than double the amount the state offers in incentives, which would make its program one of the nation’s most generous.

By Shawn Hubler and Derrick Bryson Taylor

He played Cochise, a member of the Warriors gang who navigated a panoply of costumed aggressors in New York City.

By Emmett Lindner

In “McNeal,” the playwright Ayad Akhtar explores the way artificial intelligence is disrupting the literary world and raising questions about creativity.

By Alexandra Alter

We ranked the most chilling, spine-tingling, utterly terrifying scenes that get us every time, and asked writers, filmmakers and stars to explain why.

By The New York Times

This month’s picks include a time-travel thriller with Dylan O’Brien and a dystopian comedy with Awkwafina and John Cena.

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

The actor plays a cardinal who expresses doubts about his faith and the church in this drama from the director Edward Berger.

By Mekado Murphy

The director Edward Berger narrates a sequence from his film, featuring Ralph Fiennes.

By Mekado Murphy