From Australian-made gore to sugar-rush animation, here are the films that had our critics seated and watching this year.

Ari Aster's Eddington, in which Joaquin Phoenix's conspiracist sheriff and Pedro Pascal's tech-friendly centrist lock horns in an election, lays bare the deep divisions in the American psyche. The ...

From 'The Ugly Stepsister' to 'Final Destination Bloodlines,' Dread Central's Ashliene McMenamy selects her top 10 horror ...

Austin Butler’s Caught Stealing was a commercial flop, but fans and critics loved its debut in August 2025. Now, it’s already ...

LOS ANGELES — A funny thing about this year’s best films: Half of them are adaptations. As a movie lover who’s always hunting for new talent, new ideas and new stimuli, I used to view that as creative ...

In movies like “Eddington,” “Sinners,” “Wake Up Dead Man” and others, filmmakers have at last wrapped their heads around how ...

One of the year’s funniest movies, co-writer, director and star Michael Angelo Covino’s sad sack rom-com is a hilarious study ...

The Smithsonian is going to the state fair with a new exhibit. Read more about the New Mexicans who are featured College of Santa Fe alum Ari Aster to helm A-list 'Eddington'; Emma Stone, Joaquin ...

The year in film: 2025 was the year of the social-politics drama. Did any of them have much to say?

Russell Crowe has criticised Gladiator II (2024) for "not actually understanding" what made the original movie work. Speaking about the second instalment, which stars Paul Mescal, the A-lister told ...

Russell Crowe says he fought to keep sex scenes out of 'Gladiator' as a way to protect his character's 'moral core' ...

Russell Crowe was not entertained. The actor, 61, is sharing his issue with the 2024 film “Gladiator II.” ...