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Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Movies Log In Log In Today’s Paper Advertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main story Arts Movies Movie Reviews Critics' Picks Awards Season Anatomy of a Scene Highlights Photo Credit Magdalena Wosinska for The New York Times Ben Affleck Tried to Drink Away the Pain. Now He’s Trying Honesty. The actor speaks frankly about everything from his addictive behavior and his divorce to why he lied about that back tattoo. By Brooks Barnes Photo Credit Paramount ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ Opens Strong at the Box Office The movie’s creators redesigned its title character after an early trailer was ridiculed. That may have helped it avoid disaster. By Gabe Cohn Photo Credit Emily Aragones ‘The Photograph’ Review: An Unabashedly Old-School Love Story Issa Rae and a terrific Lakeith Stanfield play a New York couple whose romance sends them and the story into the past. By Manohla Dargis Photo Credit Jaap Buitendijk/20th Century Fox ‘Downhill’ Review: A Small Disaster in the Snow Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus star in this timid remake of a dark Swedish vacation comedy. By A.O. Scott Photo Credit Elizabeth Weinberg for The New York Times ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ … and to Fans Hungry for More Lana Condor, Noah Centineo and the team behind Netflix’s breakout rom-com have franchise aspirations. Can they capture the magic again? By Ilana Kaplan Reporter’s Notebook Photo Credit Julien Bourgeois for The New York Times How ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ Sees Power in Two Women in Love The film finds equality between its female characters by embracing the power dynamics that are possible when centuries of romantic road maps don’t easily apply. By Elizabeth A. Harris anatomy of a scene Photo Credit Inside the Funhouse Action Scene From ‘Birds of Prey’ The director Cathy Yan discusses a sequence from her film featuring Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn. By Mekado Murphy Photo Credit IFC Films When Moms Attack In “The Lodge” and “Swallow,” two would-be mothers terrify with willful anti-maternal actions. By Lena Wilson Photo Credit Noel West for The New York Times What the ‘Parasite’ Landslide Says About the Oscars: Our Critics Weigh In “Parasite” seemed like a surprise, but look at it from another angle and it just may be the ideal movie for the academy. By Manohla Dargis , Wesley Morris and A.O. Scott Advertisement Continue reading the main story Oscars 2020 More in Oscars 2020 » Photo Credit Noel West for The New York Times What the ‘Parasite’ Landslide Says About the Oscars: Our Critics Weigh In “Parasite” seemed like a surprise, but look at it from another angle and it just may be the ideal movie for the academy. By Manohla Dargis , Wesley Morris and A.O. Scott Photo Credit Noel West for The New York Times The Best and Worst Moments of the 2020 Oscars All hail Bong Joon Ho — and Billie Eilish’s puzzled reactions and Janelle Monáe’s red-carpet stunner. Here’s what we were talking about after the ceremony. By The New York Times Photo Credit Kelsey Hale for The New York Times Oscar Triumph for ‘Parasite’ Reflects Academy’s Evolving Identity The film academy vowed to diversify in the wake of #OscarsSoWhite. That has meant a growing number of members from around the world. By Nicole Sperling and Brooks Barnes Photo Credit The Oscars Red Carpet: Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About When it came to fashion, it was old Hollywood vs. new. Guess who won. By Vanessa Friedman Photo Credit Calla Kessler/The New York Times The Best Oscars Red Carpet and After-Parties Photos Our favorite looks from the Academy Awards red carpet and the parties after the show, with Brad Pitt, Regina King, Martha Stewart and Billie Eilish. Latest Search Search Clear this text input Critic’s Pick ‘The State Against Mandela and the Others’ Review: Sounds of Injustice Nelson Mandela’s trial nearly 60 years ago was not filmed, but the words spoken still echo loudly. By Glenn Kenny Review: ‘Dracula’ and ‘Frankenstein’? Nothing to Be Scared Of Classic Stage Company is running adaptations of two 19th-century horror classics in repertory. Don’t let that frighten you. By Alexis Soloski Nikita Pearl Waligwa, Star of ‘Queen of Katwe,’ Dies at 15 The Ugandan teenager, who debuted in the 2016 Disney film about a chess whiz, died of brain cancer, her school said. By Neil Vigdor Harriet Tubman on a Debit Card: A Tribute or a Gaffe? The nation’s largest black-owned bank said it heard supportive comments about the design. Social media users were less convinced. By Aimee Ortiz David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ Will Return to Broadway Next Fall The theatrical concert has been a critical and commercial success. A film version by Spike Lee is also on the way. By Michael Paulson ‘Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island’ Review: The Pain, the Pain Just when you think they’ve rebooted everything, this horror film version of a once-popular series comes along. By Glenn Kenny Weinstein Has the ‘Mark of a Predator,’ Prosecutor Says as Trial Nears End Harvey Weinstein stayed in touch with women he assaulted to ensure their silence, a prosecutor said in her closing argument. By Jan Ransom and Alan Feuer Organizers of France’s Oscars Resign, 2 Weeks Before Ceremony The entire board of the César Academy stood down, after an open letter from filmmakers and actors criticized its leadership as dysfunctional. By Alex Marshall Revisiting ‘Fantasy Island’: What to Watch With a new horror-tinged film version of “Fantasy Island” in theaters, a look back at some of the creepier episodes from the TV series. By Erik Piepenburg Encounters Ben Schwartz, the Voice of ‘Sonic the Hedgehog,’ Hits the Arcade He is perhaps best known as Jean-Ralphio, that rich kid in ‘Parks and Recreation.’ By Alexis Soloski This Millennial ‘Emma’ Respects Its Elders Autumn de Wilde’s new film adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel nods to the recent popularity of spiky costume dramas, but doesn’t stray too far from its source. By Anna Leszkiewicz What to Stream on Valentine’s Day Whether you’re sentimental or rom-com averse, our culture writers offer suggestions for a range of interests. 5 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend Our guide to film series and special screenings. By Ben Kenigsberg Dyanne Thorne, 83, Star of Scandalous ‘Ilsa’ Films, Is Dead She was a sadistic Nazi doctor in “Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS,” a 1975 sexploitation movie that has achieved cult status, then returned in several sequels. By Neil Genzlinger Advertisement Continue reading the main story Times Video ‘Birds of Prey’ | Anatomy of a Scene The director Cathy Yan narrates a sequence from her film starring Margot Robbie. By Mekado Murphy Streaming Movie Review ‘Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddon’ Review: Sci-Fi With a Dash of Chaplin The animated animal’s latest big-screen adventure is very funny and refreshingly cheerful. By Jason Bailey ‘The Times of Bill Cunningham’ Review: Another New York Snapshot Sarah Jessica Parker narrates a documentary about this former New York Times personality and street photographer. By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim ‘Olympic Dreams’ Review: A Hopeful Rom-Com Fails to Medal The setting of the movie, which was shot at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, is the film’s greatest asset. By Teo Bugbee Critic’s Pick ‘You Go to My Head’ Review: Untrue Love A mysterious architect persuades an amnesiac that she’s his wife in this elusive romance set in the Sahara. By Jeannette Catsoulis ‘VFW’ Review: Old Soldiers, New War An aging band of war veterans takes on a mob of vicious drug dealers in Joe Begos’s riotously scuzzy horror movie. By Jeannette Catsoulis Show More Advertisement Continue reading the main story Sign Up for the Movies Update Newsletter A roundup of the latest reviews, releases and more. Every Friday, stay on top of Critics’ Picks, blockbusters and independent films. SIGN UP Advertisement Continue reading the main story Follow Us @aoscott twitter page for @aoscott @ManohlaDar...