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The Best Documentaries of 2024

Reality doesn’t bite. Well, okay, at times it does. A number of our choices for the best documentaries of the year capture turbulent realities, ominous politics, and, on occasion,...

Will the Success of ‘Interstellar’ in Theaters Kick Off a Trend? Here Are 12 Movies That Deserve a Rerelease

At the risk of sounding like Nicole Kidman: We all know the feelings that unite an audience in a movie theater. Yet when I went to see the rereleased “Interstellar,” I...

‘Werewolves’ Review: Frank Grillo in an Extremely Basic Lean-and-Mean Werewolf-as-Zombie Movie

“Werewolves” is your basic, everyday lean-and-mean dystopian werewolf-as-zombie action thriller, with elements lifted from the pandemic and the “Purge” films. It’s not a good movie, but it’s a tight little time...

Is Hollywood’s Addiction to Sequels Cannibalizing Its Future?

The other day, as I was looking up a data point on boxofficemojo.com, I noticed something that shocked me: The top 10 grossing movies of 2024, from “Inside Out 2” to...

‘Our Little Secret’ Review: Lindsay Lohan in a Christmas Rom-Com That Achieves Full Netflix Cookie-Cutter

I’m perfectly capable of enjoying a cheesy Lindsay Lohan Netflix rom-com. Last year, I liked “Irish Wish,” and got tweaked for it. (I stand by the affection.) But “Our Little Secret,”...

‘Beatles ’64’ Review: The Beatles’ First Visit to America Looks New Again in an Electrifying Documentary Produced by Martin Scorsese

If there’s any chapter of the Beatles’ saga that Beatles fans the world over feel they know in their bones, it’s the early months of 1964, when the Beatles first came...

‘Billy Preston: That’s the Way God Planned It’ Review: Eye-Opening Look at the Organ Prodigy Who Fused with the Beatles and Helped to Forge...

Like a lot of people, I first saw Billy Preston in “Let It Be,” where his luscious electric-keyboard noodlings provided the sweet center to songs like “Don’t Let Me Down” and...

‘The Bibi Files’ Review: A Powerful Exposé of How Benjamin Netanyahu Has Prolonged the War in Gaza to Escape His Own Corruption Scandal

“The Bibi Files,” directed by Alexis Bloom, is an extraordinary and essential documentary. It follows the corruption scandal that has engulfed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu like a toxic cloud. More...

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