'Girl': Belgian Drama About A Young Trans Ballet Student Is On Point
A precise performance from young Victor Polster grounds this closely observed tale of Lara, a trans girl impatient with the process of transition.
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Crackling Heist Thriller 'Widows' Takes On Issues Of Race, Class And Gender
Steve McQueen's new film centers on four women who come together to pull off a $5 million robbery. Critic Justin Chang says as gripping as it is, Widows never feels like mere escapism.
Netflix Documentary Revisits Decades-Old Mystery Between Filmmaker And Mentor
Sandi Tan was 19 when she wrote and starred in a film directed by her 40-year-old mentor. Then her mentor disappeared with the film footage. Twenty years later, Tan chronicles the mystery in Shirkers.
The True-Story, Love-Triangle, Prison-Break Drama 'Escape At Dannemora'
Pulled from the headlines, a new Showtime series features sexual liaisons between two inmates and a prison worker (Patricia Arquette) and a comedic actor (Ben Stiller) in the serious director's chair.
A Heist, And A Whole Lot More, As Viola Davis Delivers In 'Widows'
The exciting, engaging, entertaining Widows is the rare fun heist film that also functions as a solid drama, thanks largely to the lead performance from Viola Davis.
Steven Yeun Won't Say Whether Or Not His 'Burning' Character Is A Psychopath
The Walking Dead actor plays a South Korean playboy who may or may not be murdering his girlfriends in Burning. "To this day, I'm the only one who knows who Ben really is," Yeun says of the character.
Aretha Franklin Touches The Infinite In The Long-Delayed Film 'Amazing Grace'
It's been worth the long, long wait: Amazing Grace, made in January 1972, is an extraordinary document that depicts an artist at her technical, creative and spiritual heights.
'Sex, Lies And Stardom': Exploitation In Howard Hughes' Hollywood
Karina Longworth's new book, Seduction, tells the story of 10 women who had sexual relationships with Hughes. "These things have always happened and they were never talked about publicly," she says.
Death Wears A Pleasing Face In The Swoony, Stylized 'El Angel'
Writer/director Luis Ortega invests the tale of a brutal but beautiful young serial killer who terrorized Argentina in the 1970s with an intoxicating sense of glamour.
'The Cleaners' Looks At Who Cleans Up The Internet's Toxic Content
Filmmakers Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck discuss how their documentary tells the sobering story of the trauma and challenges faced by those who sift through social content.