Brian D. Johnson

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

Cohen lives on with a new book, and a new album is even in the offing

The film’s greatest strength is the performance by lead Adam Driver, who has leapt into his first role as a romantic action hero

BlacKkKlansman is a ground-breaking film for the America First era that lays down a Black Panther gauntlet on the doorstep of Donald Trump

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

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

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

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

Could Martin McDonagh’s ’Three Billboards,’ spurred by an acting tour-de-force from Frances McDormand, be this year’s ’Moonlight’ at the Oscars?

The similarities between the author, a street fighter as a kid, and his Yankee alter ego are obvious