‘Longlegs’ review: Serial-killer thrills with a wintry mood
Filmmaker Osgood Perkins’ eerie, occultist serial-killer horror thriller “Longlegs” opens with a psyche-rattling sequence, barely a minute or two long, in which he crafts a…
DHS inspector general to review Secret Service security process during Trump shooting
Secret Service agents watch as Marine One helicopter with President Joe Biden on board departs from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington…
‘Confessions of a Good Samaritan’ review: Need that kidney?
When documentary filmmaker Penny Lane chose to donate a kidney to a stranger — the dramatic crux of her new “Confessions of a Good Samaritan”…
‘Mother, Couch’ review: Surreal family clash is strange ride
Whether it tickles your absurdist heart or tries your sense of narrative logic, there’s one incontestable fact about the Buñuelian dramedy “Mother, Couch”: From start…
‘Touch’ review: Flirting in Japanese kitchen, confidentially
Director Baltasar Kormákur, who’s forged a comfortable career toggling between Hollywood tales set in far-flung spots (“Beast,” “Adrift”) and films set in his native Iceland,…
‘Sing Sing’ review: Prisoners perform theater and are reborn
A film like “Sing Sing” is a rare, precious achievement — a cinematic work of unique empathy and hand-turned humanity, hewed from the heart, with…
‘Sunny’ review: Rashida Jones is powerful in this dark comic mystery
In “Sunny,” premiering Wednesday on Apple TV+, Rashida Jones plays Suzie Sakamoto, an American living in a near-future Kyoto who has apparently lost her Japanese…
The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan After the Americans Left -Book Review
Hassan Abbas’s book, “The Return of Taliban: Afghanistan: After the Americans Left”, delivers an in-depth analysis of events leading to Taliban’s takeover following the U.S.…
Apple Vision Pro review: I’ve been wearing hi-tech headset every day – there are three places I’m obsessed with using it
I FIRST strapped it to my head – only briefly – a year ago and was amazed.Now it's no longer a secret. In fact, it's…
‘MaXXXine’ review: Flimsy thriller doesn’t deserve Mia Goth
Say hello to Maxine Minx (Mia Goth), the antihero of Ti West’s “MaXXXine,” the third installment in his hastily dispatched “X” trilogy. Last we saw…
‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ review: Moody prequel bests original
To watch “A Quiet Place: Day One” is to recalibrate your senses — not to the alien horror movie you know is in store but…
‘Major review’ needed after postal votes delayed across Scotland
41 minutes agoBy Megan Bonar, BBC Scotland NewsGetty ImagesThere are calls for a review of the postal voting system across Scotland after voters reported not receiving their…
‘The Bear’ Season 3 review: It moves like beautifully arranged music
To somewhat understate the case, the new, third season of FX’s “The Bear,” back Wednesday on Hulu, is as magnificent as television ever gets. I’m…
‘Janet Planet’ review: Playwright Annie Baker’s stunning debut
“Janet Planet,” the stunning debut film by Annie Baker, one of the most marvelously inventive playwrights of her generation, might strike some as exceptionally quiet.…
Urgent landfill review ordered after TV doc claims
Just nowBy Jack Grey, BBC News • Rhodri Lewis, BBC Wales News political correspondentColin BarnettResidents near the Withyhedge landfill site in Pembrokeshire have described it as like “a stink bomb…
Final review before JJ Redick is introduced as Lakers coach
Hey, everyone, it’s Dan Woike of the L.A. Times, welcome back to a delayed edition of the Lakers newsletter, our weekly check-in on the team…
‘The Comet / Poppea’ review: Yuval Sharon opera is exceptional
Now we know not to call “The Comet / Poppea” a mashup. That was the obvious expectation before Friday night’s premiere of Yuval Sharon’s latest…
‘Thelma’ review: June Squibb unleashes her inner Eastwood
Back in January, Jason Statham starred in the action thriller “The Beekeeper” as a former special-ops assassin who seeks revenge on a group of people…
‘The Bikeriders’ review: Austin Butler evokes ’60s cool
In the mid-1960s, photojournalist Danny Lyon embedded himself with the Outlaws Motorcycle Club in the suburbs of Chicago, snapping portraits and candid photographs while interviewing…
‘Ghostlight’ review: About the healing power of theater
The films of Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson are simple but deeply felt portraits of people trying to do right by themselves and finding profound…