‘The Boy and the Heron’ is Hayao Miyazaki at his Dreamiest Listen. The chances of a parakeet being able to wield a sword are slim, but never zero.

‘Dicks: The Musical’ is Stupendously Silly Musical Shitposting A24, release the Sewer Boys merch … or else.

‘Fingernails’ Wastes Its All-Star Cast On A Faux-Clever Premise Or: we have ‘The Lobster’ at home.

Taika Waititi’s ‘Next Goal Wins’ Deserves a Handful of Yellow Cards Straight to the penalty box, Mr. Waititi.

Silent-Era Slapstick Revival ‘Hundreds of Beavers’ Is Dam Brilliant This is dam good stuff.

The Cinematic Origins of the “Bury Your Gays” Cliché Every trope has an origin story.

‘The Changeling’ Is A Gorgeous, Inscrutable Dark Fairy Tale Lakeith Stanfield stars in the new Apple TV+ series The Changeling, an ambitious literary adaptation with some of the best cinematography on TV.

Anatomy of a Suspense Scene: Alfred Hitchcock’s 4-Part Formula Or: how to make a scene go off without a Hitch.

‘The Nun II’ Stands Out in a Crowded ‘Conjuring’ Universe Sometimes you’re in the mood for a nun fight.

‘New Life’ Finds Intimate Thrills With Global Repercussions Two women on a collision path, and the fate of the world sits between them.

How A24 Revived Studio Loyalty The studio system be like “I lived bitch.”

Can We Have More Solarpunk Movies, Please? Be right back, I’m off to find some overalls and my gardening gloves.

‘Hit Man’ Is a Hilarious and Unpredictable Romp That Will Make Glen Powell a Star Richard Linklater’s latest film is a hilarious and unpredictable romp that shows the star power Glen Powell has always had inside him.

Why “Day for Night” Is So Hard to Pull Off Lights out! I mean on! Wait, uh —

‘Priscilla’ Is a Delicate Yet Powerful Story of a Woman Emerging from the Shadows Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Presley biopic is a subtle and frank look at her fairytale romance with Elvis and the delicate yet powerful way she takes back her agency.

‘Maestro’ Is a Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan Star Vehicle But a Just Fine Second Feature Bradley Cooper’s Maestro puts the filmmaker front and center, but his acting far surpasses his directorial eye for his second feature.

Behind the Scenes: How they Filmed ‘The Last of Us’ A deeper dive on the HBO show that’s spore than meets the eye.

‘Poor Things’ Is a Magical Odyssey of Science and Humanity—And Emma Stone’s Best Performance Yet When science and humanity mix, you get Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, an utterly magical odyssey that gives us the best performance of Emma Stone’s career thus far.

23 Things We Learned from Wes Craven’s ‘Red Eye’ Commentary “This is where his eyes just go dead.”

Let Them Film Cake: A Confectionary Montage Make a wish!