The interview: Matt Damon on living like a MartianMatt Damon on working with Ridley Scott and NASA, and what he’d eat if he was lost in space
Trumbo and the problem with films about Commie writersAnother movie about the blacklist dares to tell us that people shouldn’t be persecuted—as long as they are talented and don’t think anything that makes us uncomfortable
The king of coke: Why ’Narcos’ triumphs over ’Sicario’They’re both takes on South American drug cartels, but ’Narcos’ proves that you need time to tell a story this complex
The rise of drones in movie-makingDrone shots are to this generation of filmmakers what close-ups, split screens and 3D once were. Is that really a good thing?
An accidental war movie from writer-producer-director-actor Paul GrossHyena Road, which premieres at TIFF, explores what constitutes victory in a land of unwinnable wars
Al Purdy comes to life in a new documentaryLong-time film critic Brian D. Johnson pays homage to a voice that still resonates
Did ’We Are Your Friends’ kill the dance movie?As a celebration of a corporate sound that’s hardly countercultural, the EDM flop breaks from the rich tradition of films like Saturday Night Fever
Straight outta their element? The high stakes of the N.W.A. biopicThere’s more nostalgia for hip-hop’s halcyon days than ever—and, as a result, a lot of pressure on ’Straight Outta Compton’
The not-so-Fantastic Four: The fall of Marvel’s flagship teamHow did the world’s most important superhero franchise get crushed by Ant-Man?
Portrait of Sherlock as an old man’Mr. Holmes’ is not just another Sherlock Holmes adaptation in a saturated field. It’s a remarkable elegy to aging.