The Best Films of 2024, So Far
Our critics pick nine films that they think are worth your time on this long holiday weekend.
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The Cannes Love Affair With American Cinema Takes Unexpected Turns
Whether it’s Demi Moore’s performance in “The Substance” or Sean Baker’s tale of a Brooklyn sex worker, this year’s jury will have a lot to ponder.
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CreditNeon How ‘Furiosa’ Fits Into the ‘Mad Max’ Timeline
“Furiosa” is a prequel that intersects with the earlier movies in surprising ways. Here’s a chronology, plus our ideal order for watching the whole series.
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CreditWarner Bros. 6 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
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An Extraordinary Documentary About the Most Precious of Lives
Margreth Olin’s “Songs of Earth” works almost like a poem as she records her parents and the Norwegian landscape.
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CreditStrand Releasing Critic’s Notebook‘Hit Man’ Review: It’s a Hit, Man
Glen Powell stars in one of the year’s funniest, sexiest, most enjoyable movies — and somehow it’s surprisingly deep, too.
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CreditNetflix Critic’s Pick‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ Review: A Lonely Avenger
The fifth installment of George Miller’s series delivers an origin story of Furiosa, the hard-bitten driver played here by Anya Taylor-Joy.
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CreditWarner Bros. Critic’s Pick‘The Garfield Movie’ Review: This Feels Like Too Much Effort
Garfield, voiced by Chris Pratt, is joined by Samuel L. Jackson as his father, in an inert big-screen adaptation that fundamentally misunderstands its protagonist.
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CreditDNEG Animation/Sony Pictures Two Wild Movies at Cannes Have Everybody Arguing
“The Substance” features Demi Moore in go-for-broke mode, while “Emilia Pérez” is a musical crime drama that defies description.
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Zack Norman, Actor Who Juggled Multiple Professions, Dies at 83
Best known for movies like “Romancing the Stone,” he also made a mark as a producer, a real estate developer and the butt of a Generation X-friendly television gag.
By Alex Williams
Bawdy Comedy ‘Anora’ Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival
The movie about a sex worker, from the American filmmaker Sean Baker, took the top prize at a ceremony that also honored George Lucas.
By Manohla Dargis
Director Who Fled Iran Brings a Movie and a Message of Hope to Cannes
At a news conference for his film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” Mohammad Rasoulof reveled details of his escape from the country to avoid a prison sentence.
By Kyle Buchanan
The InterviewThe Netflix Chief’s Plan to Get You to Binge Even More
Ted Sarandos helped lead Netflix to victory in streaming, but the war for your attention isn’t over.
By Lulu Garcia-Navarro
What’s on TV This Week: ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ and ‘Ren Faire’
The long-running medical show wraps up its 20th season. HBO airs a new documentary series about a renaissance fair in Texas.
By Shivani Gonzalez
The Grief Project10 Artists on Working, Living and Creating Through Loss
Jesmyn Ward, Bridget Everett, Sigrid Nunez and seven other writers, actors, musicians and filmmakers talk to us about grief — how they’ve experienced it and how it has changed them.
By Dina Gachman and Daniel Arnold
Fred Roos, Casting Director and Coppola Collaborator, Dies at 89
Widely considered to have the best eye for talent in Hollywood, he shared the best-picture Oscar with Francis Ford Coppola for “The Godfather Part II.”
By Clay Risen
‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’: What Do Critics Say? What Do You Say?
The reviews all agree that the follow-up to “Fury Road” feels sadder and heavier. But is that a good thing? That’s where the disagreements start.
By Kellina Moore
‘Atlas’ Review: A.I. Shrugged
Jennifer Lopez stars in a sci-fi action thriller that wonders whether artificial intelligence is really all that bad.
By Alissa Wilkinson
Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
This month’s villains include naughty gay ghosts, savage seniors and a dangerously unhinged bro.
By Erik Piepenburg
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