Movie Reviews

Clockwise from top left: The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Only Murders in the Building, Nope, This Is Going to Hurt and The Dropout

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The best movies and TV of 2022, picked for you by NPR critics

7:00am December 20, 2022

Whether you plan to head out to the theater, or binge from the couch, our critics have gathered together their favorite films and TV shows of the year. Happy watching!

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A critic revisits his list of the TV and movies he wished he covered in 2022

1:27pm December 19, 2022

by John Powers

Every year, John Powers looks back on the great features he never got around to talking about. This year's list includes White Lotus, The Menu, Nanny and Dark Winds — plus one vodka commercial.

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Take the plunge: Avatar's underwater scenes are immersive and extraordinary

2:05pm December 16, 2022

by Justin Chang

Avatar: The Way of Water may not be one of the best movies of the year, but it is one of the best movie-going experiences of the year. (Think: Jacques Cousteau on shrooms.)

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Movie Review: 'Avatar: The Way of Water'

4:19pm December 15, 2022

by Bob Mondello

Filmmaker James Cameron's sequel to the biggest worldwide box office hit of all time, "Avatar: The Way of Water," has been in the works for more than a decade.

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Charlie Hodson-Prior as Bruce Bogtrotter and Meesha Garbett as Hortensia in Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical.

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Kids really can change the world — just ask 'Pinocchio' and 'Matilda'

2:15pm December 09, 2022

by Justin Chang

Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical, adapted from the popular stage show, and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, a stop-motion animated version of the classic fairy tale, are both coming to Netflix.

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Movie Review: 'Empire of Light'

4:19pm December 08, 2022

by Bob Mondello

"Empire of Light" is director Sam Mendes' tribute to cinema. Actress Olivia Colman plays a slowly unraveling employee at Britain's Empire Theater in the 1980s.

Movie Review: 'Violent Night'

6:13pm December 07, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

The evergreen topic of holiday horror movies gets refreshed after the success of "Violent Night."

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Photographer Nan Goldin poses after being awarded Commander in the Arts and Letters Order, in Paris, June 27, 2006.

How one artist took on the Sacklers and shook their reputation in the art world

8:17am December 05, 2022

by Brian Mann

A new documentary All The Beauty and the Bloodshed tells the story of Nan Goldin, a photographer and activist who survived opioid addiction — then challenged members of the Sackler family.

Tilda Swinton plays two characters, a mother and a daughter, who have gone to spend a winter holiday at a hotel in Wales in the new movie The Eternal Daugher.

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Tilda Swinton stars twice in 'The Eternal Daughter' — as both parent and child

11:01am December 02, 2022

by Justin Chang

Swinton plays a mother and a daughter who have gone to spend a winter holiday at a hotel in Wales. The double casting is much more than a stunt in this smart, subtle film — it is magical.

Movie Review: 'Women Talking'

4:35pm December 01, 2022

by Bob Mondello

Director Sarah Polley's adaptation of the novel "Women Talking" by Miriam Toews is about women in an isolated religious colony who break the silence about abuse at the hands of the colony's men.