Tegan and Sara and Their Catfishing Horror Story
Culture, October 18
“Fanatical,” an eye-popping film directed by Erin Lee Carr, details the bizarre 16-year ordeal that the duo and their fans endured.
‘The Line’ Review: Greek Tragedy
Weekend, October 17
The dark side of college fraternity life comes to light in this harrowing, well-acted campus drama.
‘Woman of the Hour’ Review: Who is Bachelor No. 3?
Weekend, October 17
Anna Kendrick’s ably directed drama about a real-life serial killer focuses on his victims instead.
‘Union’ Review: A Labor Fight to the Finish at Amazon
Weekend, October 17
As this documentary by Brett Story and Stephen Maing chronicles, the efforts to unionize a warehouse in New York were successful — but also a grind.
‘Rumours’ Review: No One Will Save Us
Weekend, October 17
Cate Blanchett stars as a lusty, preening stateswomen in a geopolitical satire from the experimental filmmaker Guy Maddin.
‘Nocturnes’ Review: They Come at Night
Weekend, October 17
In the forests of northeast India, an ecologist tracking moths creates a tiny oasis of light in the darkness.
‘High Tide’ Review: Between Two Worlds
Weekend, October 17
Written and directed by Marco Calvani, this film follows a gay Brazilian man working under the table one summer in Provincetown, Mass.
‘Goodrich’ Review: Daddy Lessons
Weekend, October 17
An art gallery owner (Michael Keaton) gets a shock when his second wife (Laura Benanti) goes to rehab and he has to take care of their twins.
‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’ Review: A Fraught Reunion
Weekend, October 17
For his first film, the artist Titus Kaphar delivers an unsentimental and autobiographical gem.
‘Allswell in New York’ Review: Siblings and Their Struggles
Weekend, October 17
This overstuffed movie fails to wrap up its myriad professional and domestic dramas, despite a few moments of promise.
‘Brothers’ Review: Two-Bit Criminals
Weekend, October 17
Moke (Josh Brolin) is a reformed thief who gets roped into one last job with his twin brother, Jady (Peter Dinklage).
‘Smile 2’ Review: A Bigger and Bloodier Spotlight
Weekend, October 17
In this sequel, the pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) is preparing to begin her comeback tour a year after a brutal car accident.
‘Anora’ Review: Her Glass Slipper Is a Swarovski Stiletto
Weekend, October 17
Mikey Madison gives a career-making performance in a Palme d’Or-winning film about the romance between a sex worker and a rich scion.
In ‘The Last of the Sea Women,’ Divers Face a Vanishing Way of Life
Weekend, October 11
The film captures the arduous work of South Korean haenyeo, who harvest seafood without diving gear, and whose traditions may be ending.
‘Lonely Planet’ Review: Leaving Home to Find Yourself
Weekend, October 10
Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth star in a muddled romance without much to say.
‘Separated’ Review: Interrogating a Policy
Culture, October 10
The latest documentary from Errol Morris looks at the Trump administration’s practice of taking children from their parents at the southern border.
‘The Apprentice’ Review: An Origin Story for Donald J. Trump
Weekend, October 10
In this ribald fictional telling of a young Trump’s rise, the man responsible is the lawyer Roy Cohn, played to sleazy perfection by Jeremy Strong.
‘Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story’ Review: In Blithe Spirits
Weekend, October 10
A brisk documentary by Barnaby Thompson counters that the tuxedo-wearing playwright hid his insecurities under a platinum-plated veneer.
‘Terrifier 3’ Review: Still Clowning Around
Weekend, October 10
The deaths remain grisly, but the pacing uneven in this new installment in Damien Leone’s horror franchise.
‘We Live in Time’ Review: A Tear-Jerker With Jump Cuts
Weekend, October 10
Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield star in this weepie romance that tries to be modern by unfolding over three intersecting timelines.
‘Piece by Piece’ Review: Pharrell Williams’s Life, in Legos
Weekend, October 10
The producer and musician gets the biographical documentary treatment — with an unexpected twist.
‘Bad Genius’ Review: Cheating the System
Weekend, October 10
This remake of a hit Thai film about college admissions, starring Callina Liang, adds an element of racial politics to its heist story.
‘Daytime Revolution’ Review: Coffee and Counterculture
Weekend, October 9
John Lennon and Yoko Ono invade middle-American living rooms in this cute but shallow documentary.
‘The Menendez Brothers’ Review: Reframing a Case
Weekend, October 7
To the extent this documentary about Lyle and Erik Menendez has appeal, it is of the tabloid variety.
5 New Horror Movies to Stream for Halloween
Culture, October 4
Out this week, a period possession movie starring Sarah Paulson, a chef-driven supernatural thriller starring Ariana DeBose and more.
Farm to Table to Screen: A Close Look at How America Feeds Itself
Weekend, October 4
“Food and Country” argues that our food production systems don’t work and offers potential solutions.
‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ Review: Make ’Em Laugh (and Yawn)
Weekend, October 3
Todd Phillips’s “Joker” sequel stars Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga who sing and dance like crazy kids, but the movie is seriously un-fun.
‘Blink’ Review: The Last Things They May See
Weekend, October 3
In this travel documentary, two parents take their children on a spectacular world tour before a rare genetic condition may cause blindness.
‘Daaaaaalí!’ Review: Keeping It Surreal
Weekend, October 3
The French absurdist director Quentin Dupieux did not make a biopic of Salvador Dalí — he adopted the Surrealist painter’s approach to deliver a particularly loopy tale.
‘White Bird’ Review: After ‘Wonder,’ a Bully Moves On
Weekend, October 3
A boy starts a new school and gets a history lesson from his grandmother, played by Helen Mirren.
‘The Outrun’ Review: From Rock Bottom to Recovery
Weekend, October 3
Saoirse Ronan gives another stunning performance in a story about an alcoholic in search of healing.
‘It’s What’s Inside’ Review: I Gotta Be You
Weekend, October 3
A limp body-swapping comedy doesn’t really know what makes its subgenre so funny.
‘Intercepted’ Review: The Awful Intimacy of the War in Ukraine
Weekend, October 3
In leaked phone calls home, Russian soldiers grapple with the war they’re waging. This new documentary sets the calls’ swagger and anguish against images of the invasion’s devastation.
‘Patrice: The Movie’ Review: At a Crossroads
Culture, September 30
The emotional core of this crowd-pleasing documentary concerns a couple who cannot marry without jeopardizing their disability benefits.
‘Will & Harper’: Old Friends Explore a New Identity Together
Culture, September 27
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele, a former “Saturday Night Live” writer, use a road trip to navigate their relationship now that she is out as a trans woman.
‘Megalopolis’ Review: The Fever Dreams of Francis Ford Coppola
Weekend, September 26
The director’s latest is a great-man story about an architect, played by Adam Driver, driven by ideals and big plans. It’s a personal statement on an epic scale.
‘The Wild Robot’ Review: Wonder and Whimsy That Does Compute
Weekend, September 26
Chris Sanders’s movie about a robotic assistant and the gosling she raises is defined by dazzling visuals and frank ideas about the circle of life.
‘Killer Heat’ Review: Mediterranean Mischief
Weekend, September 26
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a detective running from his past in a murder mystery that is mostly a stiff slog to get through.
‘The Universal Theory’ Review: A Quantum Noir
Weekend, September 26
A physicist becomes embroiled in a conspiracy throughout this German meta-thriller. Shot in black-and-white, the film pays homage to Hollywood classics.
‘Rez Ball’ Review: Warriors on the Court
Weekend, September 26
This inspirational sports movie follows a high school basketball team in New Mexico with deep Native American heritage.
‘Lee’ Review: A Remarkable Life at War
Weekend, September 26
Kate Winslet embodies the tenacity of the photographer Lee Miller, who documented World War II for British Vogue.
‘Sleep’ Review: Bumps in the Night
Weekend, September 26
A taut and thrilling thriller about sleep issues is also a clever drama about early marriage.
‘Saturday Night’ Review: Live TV at Its Mildest
Weekend, September 26
When it debuted 50 years ago, “S.N.L.” was chaotic, rangy, even offensive. But nothing’s wild or crazy in Jason Reitman’s fictional reimagining of its first episode.
‘Apartment 7A’ Review: All Devil, Few Details
Weekend, September 26
A lackluster prequel to the 1968 horror classic “Rosemary’s Baby” doesn’t have much to add.
‘We Will Dance Again’ Review: Remembering Oct. 7
Weekend, September 24
In this documentary by Yariv Mozer, Israelis who attended the Nova music festival near the Gaza border describe how they survived the attack last year.
‘Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net’ Review: How the Magic Happens
Weekend, July 25
This documentary chronicles the reboot and reopening in Las Vegas of the acrobatic show “O,” which shutdown during the pandemic.
‘Fire Through Dry Grass’ Review: Unsafe Space
Weekend, September 28
This enlightening, troubling documentary chronicles life (and death) among residents in a long-term care facility during the heights of the pandemic.
‘Broadway Rising’ Review: Surviving the Pandemic
Weekend, December 27
Stakeholders including Patti LuPone and Lynn Nottage share their real-time reactions to New York theater’s shutdown and reopening in Amy Rice’s documentary.
‘Bad Axe’ Review: A Pandemic Family Portrait
Weekend, November 17
The filmmaker David Siev chronicles his family’s struggle to keep their Michigan restaurant afloat through the pandemic in this hermetic documentary.