In ’First Man,’ an iconic space story is infused with powerful humanity
Damien Chazelle’s moon-landing film—a 180-degree turn from ’La La Land’—refuses to simply fly the flag, and instead looks honestly at the meaning of heroism
Brian D. Johnson
The bountiful afterlife of Leonard Cohen
Cohen lives on with a new book, and a new album is even in the offing
The legendary Terry Gilliam finally unveils his cursed Don Quixote movie at Cannes
The film’s greatest strength is the performance by lead Adam Driver, who has leapt into his first role as a romantic action hero
Spike Lee’s anti-Trump masterpiece: ’This film is a wake-up call’
BlacKkKlansman is a ground-breaking film for the America First era that lays down a Black Panther gauntlet on the doorstep of Donald Trump
For Indigenous people, ’Indian Horse’ is much more than a movie
With an assist from Clint Eastwood, the big-screen adaptation of Richard Wagamese’s novel is an ambitious collaboration between Indigenous talent and white filmmakers
How ’The Shape of Water’ became the movie of the moment
In an Oscars ceremony that capped off Hollywood’s annus horribilis, it’s no great shock that Best Picture went to a comfortable, inoffensive morality tale
The Oscars: ’The Shape of Water’ isn’t the best movie, but it will win
Our capsule reviews of every movie nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture in 2018—ranked in order of how likely they are to win
In his big film ’Downsizing,’ Alexander Payne makes America small again
From ’About Schmidt’ to ’Sideways,’ Alexander Payne is beloved for his intimate dramas—but his most ambitious one yet may well fail in this political climate
The timely gravity of ’Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’
Could Martin McDonagh’s ’Three Billboards,’ spurred by an acting tour-de-force from Frances McDormand, be this year’s ’Moonlight’ at the Oscars?
Jack Reacher, the ’ethical thug’—Lee Child on creating his most famous character
The similarities between the author, a street fighter as a kid, and his Yankee alter ego are obvious