More so than any other year in recent memory, I felt completely disconnected from the general moviegoing audience in 2024. The big studio blockbusters I liked underperformed, while the ones I hated or...

In Robert Altman’s classic Hollywood satire “The Player,” a studio executive muses to an underling about how to cut costs. “I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the...

In my capacity as this publication’s most long-winded film writer, I have viewed several movies over the last few months. I have given many of them glowing reviews, praising their formal sophistication...