Review
The Color Purple Is a Sturdy Song-Delivery System
Fantasia Barrino, Danielle Brooks, and Taraji P. Henson get the job done.
Review
There Are No Winners in Wrestling Drama The Iron Claw
Zac Efron does his best to lend a brutal story some real humanity.
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Leave the World Behind Is the Good Kind of Grim
Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, and Ethan Hawke confront the end of everything.
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Timothée Chalamet’s Prequel Wonka Is Surprisingly Scrumdiddlyumptious
Who would have guessed a Warner Bros. brand extension could be so charming?
Year in Review
The Best Movies of 2023
Vanity Fair’s chief critic lists the best movies of 2023, from Past Lives and May December to Poor Things.
Reviews
The Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Is the Rare Good Prequel
It’s possible, Francis Lawrence’s movie suggests, to do something as cynical as a brand extension with care and insight.
Review
As Diana Reaches Her Final Days, The Crown Does Too
It’s soapy, biased, and often melodramatic—but that’s just what makes Netflix’s long-running drama so watchable.
Reviews
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon Has a Few Shortcomings
Joaquin Phoenix is a gas as France’s premier megalomaniac—but Scott’s direction is less assured.
Reviews
Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder Come for White Saviors in The Curse
Their new Showtime series, created by Fielder and Benny Safdie, is often beguiling, but can’t quite decide what it really wants to say.
Review
The Gilded Age Season 2 Offers Mild Intrigue, Majestically
A return to the Upper East Side of 140 years ago is as weightless and agreeable as last time.
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Fellow Travelers Is an Unwieldy Gay History Lesson
Matt Bomer stars in a romantic mini-series that ranges from love story to lecture.
Movie Guide
The 31 Best Halloween Movies on Netflix to Stream This October
From family-friendly to totally gory, you can watch the best Halloween movies without having to leave your couch.
Critic's Notebook
Taylor Swift’s Eras Film Is Peak Pop Star Product
A blockbuster concert film reveals both a megastar’s strengths and a few weaknesses.
Review
Can Frasier Come Home Again—And Should We Let Him In?
Paramount+’s revival finds Kelsey Grammer in fine form, surrounded by a new cast that just doesn’t gel.
Review
The Fall of the House of Usher Makes Gothic Horror of the Sackler Family
Mike Flanagan’s new horror-drama miniseries imagines a supernatural toll for opioid pushers.
Review
The Exorcist: Believer Can’t Find the Devil in the Retell
Ellen Burstyn returns to the horror franchise for the first time in 50 years.
Review
Reptile Is an Elegant, If Undercooked, Throwback Thriller
Benicio del Toro, Justin Timberlake, and the Alicia Silverstone make the most of a stylish murder mystery.
Reviews
Gen V Is a Raunchy Spin-Off at War With Itself
The Boys goes to college in Prime Video’s franchise-expander.
Reviews
Sex Education’s Final Season Comes to a Cozy Climax
We say farewell to the Netflix hit, one of TV’s wokest (and horniest) shows.
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In Nyad, Annette Bening Just Keeps Swimming
Bening takes to Netflix’s aquatic biopic like a fish to—well, you know.
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Paul Giamatti and Alexander Payne’s Reunion Is the Best Kind of Throwback
The Holdovers casts Giamatti as a grumpy boarding school teacher charged with babysitting an unruly student.