La La Land is a musical tonic for the timesLa La Land kicks new life into the Hollywood musical, offering a heaven-sent escape from the new America
How Dwayne ’The Rock’ Johnson made sexiness great againAfter a bruising campaign, a country now heals. Scott Feschuk looks back on the election of The Rock as Sexiest Man Alive
Fantastic Beasts review: the good, the bad and the beastlyYou don’t need to be well-versed in the world of Hogwarts to enjoy Rowling’s latest cinematic creation.
Why Paul Verhoeven’s ’rape comedy’ is more complicated than thatThe outrage around ’Elle’—the latest from the filmmaker behind ’Robocop’ and ’Basic Instinct’—masks the movie’s moral complexity
Warren Beatty’s worthy return to HollywoodHis new movie ’Rules Don’t Apply’—his first in 16 years—has pushed Warren Beatty out of reclusivity and back into our critic’s waiting arms
The arrival of Denis VilleneuveHow Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve catapulted from indie Canadian cinema to Hollywood stardom—all while keeping his signature style intact
’Loving’ marks a comeback for movies with a conscienceAfter falling out of style, movies with a conscience are back, and directors are looking for ways to avoid another backlash
Why ’Moonlight’ is fully deserving of its high-voltage buzzMoonlight is a meditative, colourful and entirely timely film
Philip Roth and why good books make bad moviesThe latest attempt to translate Philip Roth shows the challenge with adapting literature to film
The silent power of landscapeFrom Iceland to Australia, documentary film is turning the setting into the story, says film critic Brian D. Johnson