Steven Spielberg’s #DisclosureDay is an invigorating chase thriller that taps into the mania for alien conspiracy theory. But it never becomes a close encounter with wonder. My review. bit.ly/4eyueGI
Like Klaatu (the band) and the Carpenters, Steven Spielberg wants the aliens to land so he can be their friend. But his magnificent, wacky, genuinely radiant DISCLOSURE DAY is really all about us humans. time.com/article/2026/06/09/…
Blown away by Steven Spielberg's deeply felt return to contemplative sci-fi, DISCLOSURE DAY. Assured storytelling, pulse-racing action and a knockout performance from Emily Blunt, alongside Josh O'Connor and Colin Firth, both in fine form. My @THR review.
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The Furious: an instant classic of the "watching people get hit in the head with a wide variety of hammers for 100 minutes" sub-genre. highly recommended.
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🇮🇹 Immerse yourself in cinema italiano...
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Scroll through the screening schedule below for History: Italian Style (June 4-25), FLC and Cinecittà's sweeping series that examines the evolution of modern Italy—from its unification through the rise of Mussolini and World War II—through the lens of Italian cinema! Presented in beautiful 4K restorations and imported prints!
Had a lot of fun at STOP! THAT! TRAIN!, Adam Shankman’s delirious throwback to AIRPLANE!-type disaster movie parodies. We need RuPaul as U.S. President, but the MVPs are Ginger Minj and Jujubee, two of many fabulous ‘Drag Race’ recruits. My @THR review.
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“Michael Jackson: The Verdict” - a three-part Netflix docuseries about the star’s 2005 child sexual assault trial - is a corrective companion piece to the blockbuster biopic “Michael.”
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Good word of mouth can help movies like Obsession, but only if they spend enough time in theaters for that word to get around.
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‘Masters of the Universe’ can’t overcome its ugliest images. Dreadful film, even for one reverse-engineered from a toy line. joysauce.com/masters-of-the-…
Announcing May's screening for our ongoing series New York Film Critics Circle at the Paris: William Wyler's THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, followed by a discussion with Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan and NYFCC member and film critic Monica Castillo.
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, won eight Academy Awards® as well as prizes for Best Film and Best Director at the 1946 New York Film Critics Circle Awards. It is one of Lonergan's favorite films.
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It is with deep sadness that the New York Film Critics Circle acknowledges the passing of our longest-standing member, Rex Reed. nyfcc.com/2026/05/rex-reed-d…
"Obsession" is deliriously pointed cautionary tale about the perils of getting what you want, and an instant contender for classic midnight-movie status.
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Much to discover in what's new on @criterionchannl and delighted that Lou Ye's An Unfinished Film, which came out briefly last year, is now there, too (reminder that his great, intricate, paranoid wartime neo-noir, Saturday Fiction, is already there):
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I had complicated feelings about THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2. Fun to see Streep, Hathaway, Blunt & MVP Tucci back in these roles, but this is a flimsy story with diluted conflicts that strains for substance and mostly falls short. My @THR review.
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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 is aware of the tension at its heart between integrity and condescension, and between labor and wealth. And while it’s often entertaining and well-acted, the film ultimately can’t reconcile these forces. vulture.com/article/in-devil…
Blue Heron, Sophy Romvari's exquisite first feature, blends meticulous observation and bold imagination; it's a story of a past that's still present, of memory as physical experience; it opens Friday at @IFCCenter and elsewhere: newyorker.com/culture/the-fr…
Mother Mary: the definition of "not for everyone," but i loved it. Anne Hathaway cosplaying as a pseudo-religious Annie Clark… my kind of movie.
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Mary Beth Hurt, who died on March 28, was a standout even in her first few onscreen appearances—including the reclaimed classic Chilly Scenes Of Winter.
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