For decades, it seemed, cinematic comedy had become the domain of the one-man show ...

Is it because I’m a New Yorker myself that I am generally enthralled by tales of the NYPD?

The subtitle of Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon—Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner and Oscar Foreign Language nominee—describes it as “Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte,” or “a German nursery story” ...

There are moviegoers who use the annual Academy Awards nominations as a guide for what not to miss in any given year. And then there are movie nerds who view that list with considerably more ... skepticism ...

Valentine’s Day reminds us of cinema’s long history of successful omnibus romantic films that includes ... um, includes … er, anyone?

If I were picking a Jeff Bridges role that I thought would represent his finest work, and bring him the attention he has so long deserved as one of America’s best actors, it probably wouldn’t be his performance in Crazy Heart ...

How much do you have to love movies to trudge through a week like this one?

The Slamdance Independent Film Festival is now celebrating its Sweet 16. My, how quickly they grow up ...

On paper, it probably seemed to Peter Jackson that he had a take on Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones that was inherently more cinematic—more “movie-ish”—than the story Sebold told ...

Even if you hate remakes, the announcement of Bad Lieutenant—Port of Call: New Orleans had to be at least somewhat easier to take ...