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From The Apartment to Zelig, our alphabetical list of the best romantic comedies will give you plenty of options for…

Unlike Christopher Nolan’s mostly faithful comic-book adaptations, the first run of Batman movies don’t cater to the…

From cackling Cesar Romero to a riddling Paul Dano, we look back on a history of Gotham heavies

Robert Pattinson goes goth in a superhero movie that's at least one great villain shy of greatness

Our chief film critic A.A. Dowd revisits the one C+ he's never lived down

Also coming this month: After Yang, The Adam Project, and The Lost City

Old Man Leatherface chases some kids off his lawn in this Halloween-biting revival

A truly bad sex scene is more than unconvincing; it’s the onscreen equivalent of a cold shower

Matt Groening had it right after all: School is hell

Here's where our chief film critic stands on Dune, Don't Look Up, and the rest

Kenneth Branagh’s chintzy whodunit sequel is short on stars, extravagance, and fun

From The French Dispatch to Alana Haim, here are the long shots we're rooting for

There’s a love triangle, too, in this award-winner from Joachim Trier

Our critics' favorites of the fest include Happening, After Yang, and Emily The Criminal

We chase the sci-fi tearjerker with a dark cloning comedy and an even darker thriller

The month’s new movie releases also include sequels to Tall Girl and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

On opposite ends of the festival spectrum sit Palm Trees And Power Lines and Cha Cha Real Smooth

But the real highlight of the festival so far is a nightmarish gauntlet of social discomfort

There are some big gaps in this Hoop Dreams-style portrait of the rapper's life and career

We open this virtual edition of the festival with thoughts on The Princess, A Love Song, and Fresh