2/9/22Charlie Day and Jenny Slate try to win back their exes in the rote rom-com I Want You BackThere’s no spark of life in this by-the-numbers date movieByVikram MurthiPublishedFebruary 9, 2022
12/21/21The best films of 2021: The ballotsHere's how 10 critics voted in our annual poll on the year in moviesByA.A. Dowd, Caroline Siede, Katie Rife, Noel Murray, Carlos Aguilar, Charles Bramesco, Mike D'Angelo, Jesse Hassenger, Leila Latif, and Vikram MurthiPublishedDecember 21, 2021
12/21/21The best films of 2021West Side Story, The Green Knight, and Licorice Pizza are among our favorite movies of the yearByA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Mike D'Angelo, Jesse Hassenger, Noel Murray, Leila Latif, Charles Bramesco, Vikram Murthi, Caroline Siede, and Carlos AguilarPublishedDecember 21, 2021
12/15/21Swan Song wastes Mahershala Ali and a promising Eternal Sunshine-like sci-fi premiseAli stars as a dying man who clones himself to save his family from griefByVikram MurthiPublishedDecember 15, 2021
12/15/21The best movie scenes of 2021Some of the year's best movie moments came from No Time To Die, Shang-Chi, and Licorice PizzaByA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Noel Murray, Charles Bramesco, Vikram Murthi, Jesse Hassenger, Mike D'Angelo, Caroline Siede, Leila Latif, Lawrence Garcia, and Carlos AguilarPublishedDecember 15, 2021
12/2/21The best movies of 2001Where do Memento, Lord Of The Rings, and Mulholland Drive fall on our retrospective countdown?ByA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Jesse Hassenger, Craig D. Lindsey, Leila Latif, Noel Murray, Mike D'Angelo, Charles Bramesco, Vikram Murthi, Roxana Hadadi, and Carlos AguilarPublishedDecember 2, 2021
11/22/21Cannes winner Drive My Car is a hypnotic, beguiling portrait of life after lossRyusuke Hamaguchi's second film of 2021 revolves around an experimental production of Uncle VanyaByVikram MurthiPublishedNovember 22, 2021
10/29/21The 10 best musical moments in Edgar Wright movies, from Shaun to SohoOf all the groovy ear worms in Hot Fuzz, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, and Baby Driver, which are the best?ByVikram MurthiPublishedOctober 29, 2021
10/20/21A Cop Movie blurs the thin blue line between reality and police-thriller fictionDirector Alonso Ruizpalacios examines how much performance goes into being a copByVikram MurthiPublishedOctober 20, 2021
10/12/21Todd Haynes captures the spirit of The Velvet Underground in an exhilarating new rock docThe I'm Not There director employs experimental techniques to contextualize the group in a larger artistic movementByVikram MurthiPublishedOctober 12, 2021
10/6/21Joaquin Phoenix anchors the disappointingly precious C’mon C’mon in the final week of NYFFJane Campion’s Western drama The Power Of The Dog and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s stunning Memoria fare much betterByVikram MurthiPublishedOctober 6, 2021
9/30/21Wes Anderson returns with a densely packed New Yorker homage, The French DispatchMeanwhile, Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground documentary blows the roof off of NYFFByVikram MurthiPublishedSeptember 30, 2021
9/29/21Paul Verhoeven’s bawdy lesbian nun movie makes its way to New YorkBenedetta, Red Rocket, The Worst Person In The World, and Vortex all continue their respective directors’ signature…ByVikram MurthiPublishedSeptember 29, 2021
9/24/21The New York Film Festival returns with The Tragedy Of Macbeth, the first ever Coen brother filmJoel Coen follows in the footsteps of Orson Welles and Roman Polanski with a faithful adaptation of the BardByVikram MurthiPublishedSeptember 24, 2021
9/16/21Brooklyn Nine-Nine comes to a close with one last jam-packed, star-studded, twist-filled heist"The Last Day" illustrates the folly of creating a perfect goodbye while reaching for one anywayByVikram MurthiPublishedSeptember 16, 2021
9/15/21Blue Bayou buries a real-life nightmare under a lot of maudlin Hollywood phoninessJustin Chon uses every contrivance and cliché in the book (and invents a few more) to sap his deportation melodrama…ByVikram MurthiPublishedSeptember 15, 2021
9/2/21In its penultimate week, Brooklyn Nine-Nine disappoints with a funeral and a vow renewalJake and Terry play Knives Out with the Boyle family and the Nine-Nine gang must salvage their reform proposal…ByVikram MurthiPublishedSeptember 2, 2021
9/1/21Riz Ahmed is a rapper battling illness in the surreal, slight Mogul MowgliThe Sound Of Metal comparisons are unavoidable, but Mogul Mowgli stakes out far different territoryByVikram MurthiPublishedSeptember 1, 2021
8/26/21Craig Robinson returns for a final adventure on this week's Brooklyn Nine-Nine double headerJake drives an old friend to prison and battles the FBIByVikram MurthiPublishedAugust 26, 2021
8/19/21Brooklyn Nine-Nine splits the difference with a novel premise and a tired oneCorrupt cops and parenting woes dominate this week's double headerByVikram MurthiPublishedAugust 19, 2021