Director Johannes Roberts is not monkeying around in PRIMATE, a rabid chimp slasher movie that keeps the carnage coming. A blast of bloody dumb fun in Hawaii for wintry January, in theaters today. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

January is often a dumpster for lesser releases, but DEAD MAN’S WIRE, opening Friday, is a crackling thriller that pays homage to DOG DAY AFTERNOON, with director Gus Van Sant in top form. Great stuff, led by a never-better Bill Skarsgard. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Always a pleasure to huddle over @nsfc.bsky.social awards voting. Delighted with our wins for ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, THE SECRET AGENT & surprise lead acting choices Ethan Hawke in BLUE MOON & Kathleen Chalfant in FAMILIAR TOUCH.

Starting off the year with a glorious encounter between two Brazilian screen queens: Fernanda Montenegro, the unforgettable star of CENTRAL STATION, meets Kleber Mendonça Filho discovery Tânia Maria, a pistol in THE SECRET AGENT as Dona Sebastiana. Love this so much.

Not a fan of "Worst of the Year" movie lists, because in all likelihood, I've been spared the crappiest releases. But it wasn't hard coming up with two particularly soul-crushing bummers for this THR roundup. Any guesses which ones? www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/bigges...

Count me among the HEATED RIVALRY flock. Women are devouring the HBO hit in phenomenal numbers but let's not overlook the gift that the gay hockey romance represents to queer audiences. Some words of gratitude: www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-review...

Opening Wednesday, FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER is one of Jim Jarmusch's funniest, most tartly observed films, all the more so because it's so quiet and unassuming. The ensemble cast — from Cate Blanchett to Tom Waits — is an embarrassment of riches. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Four non-English-language films I'd love to see pull off the double whammy of Oscar noms in both international and best picture. I think all of them have a shot at it. Maybe NO OTHER CHOICE too, but I wish there was more love for LA GRAZIA, especially Toni Servillo's magnificent performance.

Paul Feig’s THE HOUSEMAID is a twisted throwback to female-driven ‘90s potboilers, with MVP Amanda Seyfried as a Real Housewife of Great Neck & Sydney Sweeney as the help in a house full of sadistic secrets. Juicy perversity, just in time for the holidays! www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

I thought a lot while experiencing the déjà vu of AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH about the fact that James Cameron has at least two more of these in the works. Great Mother Eywa, save us. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

I swear that wasn't me weeping like a lovesick teen at the end of HEATED RIVALRY's 5th episode. At first I thought this show was just horny AF. But it's bloomed into a tender exploration of romantic yearning that will strike chords with any queer person who recalls the pain of loving in secrecy.

Gotta take my hat off to my wonderful THR colleague @thefienprint.bsky.social. As someone who grew up in a house where we never missed an episode of ALL IN THE FAMILY (my dad's favorite show), I found this tribute to Rob Reiner's TV legacy incredibly moving. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-review...

A gorgeous, full-throated appreciation by @rilaws.bsky.social for THR of the many gifts of Rob Reiner, a director who made his magic touch seem so effortless he was often taken for granted. Essential reading as you program your Reiner marathons at home. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

The film industry has never felt on shakier ground, but 2025 almost defiantly served up a wealth of great movies. My top 10 for the year plus those of my brilliant THR colleagues @jon-frosch.bsky.social and Sheri Linden. www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-m...

People seem to be having fun doing the ELLA McCAY poster challenge. But they might have less fun watching the actual movie. Sadly, this is not the James L. Brooks I know and love. Time for a therapeutic BROADCAST NEWS rewatch. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Always a pleasure to huddle with my THR colleagues and pals @jon-frosch.bsky.social and @ajhan.bsky.social, this time to come up with 25 of our favorite performances in another stellar year for screen acting. www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-m...

I'm five years late getting to GIRI/HAJI, but holy shit, what a riveting crimes series! Urban noir meets yakuza thriller meets domestic drama in an unpredictable cultural collision between England & Japan. Terrific cast, especially Takehiro Hira, Kelly Macdonald & Will Sharpe. Loved it.

Busy morning at the @nyfcc.bsky.social voting meeting so I'm late posting this but delighted with our award choices for 2025. All of them deserving winners!

Josh Safdie's madly entertaining ping pong odyssey MARTY SUPREME, starring a live-wire Timothée Chalamet as a cocky operator exploding out of the 1950s Lower East Side, is an exhilarating blast that instantly earns its place among the great New York movies. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

In theaters tomorrow, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s knockout political thriller THE SECRET AGENT is sensational — from the granular evocation of 1970s Brazil to the eye-searing colors and the riveting performances, led by a revelatory Wagner Moura. Unmissable. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Udo Kier, 1944-2025. RIP to a fearless original.

One of the year's most beautiful films, TRAIN DREAMS, is now on Netflix — a haunting contemplation of man and nature, life and loss, that stays with you, led by a performance from Joel Edgerton of uncommonly soulful depths. Don't miss it. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Some thoughts on directorial hot streaks, with several of this season's Oscar contenders going from strength to strength. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

If WICKED belonged to Cynthia Erivo's Elphaba, the second part of Jon M. Chu's musical marathon, WICKED: FOR GOOD, creates a pleasing symmetry by giving greater dimension to Ariana Grande's luminous Glinda. I had an unexpectedly enjoyable time. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Glen Powell gives it his all in Edgar Wright’s remake of THE RUNNING MAN, based on the Stephen King novel. But the gritty dystopian survival contest sits awkwardly between satire and bleak social critique, making it feel tonally wobbly. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Never would have guessed I'd have so much fun with a Ryan Murphy assignment, but my sage THR editor, @jon-frosch.bsky.social, knows me better than I know myself. BRB, just going to get salmon sperm facial-filler shots. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-review...

Now playing in NY & LA, Joachim Trier's SENTIMENTAL VALUE is a knotty yet radiant reflection on family, memory and art. Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgard, Elle Fanning & wonderful discovery Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas are a knockout ensemble. Don't miss this. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

In theaters tomorrow, Lynne Ramsay's psychodrama DIE MY LOVE stars Jennifer Lawrence (alongside an equally game Robert Pattinson) as a prairie Hedda Gabler, spectacularly unhinged by the prison of marriage, motherhood & domesticity. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Opening Friday, PETER HUJAR’S DAY is peak Ira Sachs. Adored this. Deftly molds an extended conversation transcript into a penetrating study of the queer photographer & the downtown NYC ‘70s art scene he inhabited. Ben Whishaw is utterly transfixing. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Diane Ladd, 1935-2025 💔

Laurie Metcalf and Micah Stock are perfection together in Samuel D. Hunter's beautiful new play about a semi-estranged aunt and nephew in small-town Idaho, LITTLE BEAR RIDGE ROAD, which marks the writer's Broadway debut. Loved this. www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...

Wasn't sure what to expect from SONG SUNG BLUE, but Craig Brewer's film of a Milwaukee couple's real-life love story is a disarming crowd-pleaser. As a Neil Diamond tribute act that become local legends, Hugh Jackman & a never-better Kate Hudson shine. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

In theaters today, SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE dials down the big Boss energy for a more introspective approach to the intense self-reflection that went into making his landmark "Nebraska" album. Raw and vulnerable, Jeremy Allen White is terrific. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Curtis Hanson's 1992 vengeful-nanny psycho thriller, THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE, has rightly lived on in lurid splendor (Marlene! 💔😢). But this insipid Hulu remake will likely be sucked into the streaming maw & never mentioned again. Bye bye, baby. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Now in theaters ahead of its Nov. 7 Netflix drop, Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN is a fever dream he’s been nurturing his entire career. Gothic horror, romance, tragedy, with a heartrending performance by Jacob Elordi. Loved this; see it on a big screen. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

In theaters Friday, Kelly Reichardt’s gorgeous, funny-sad ‘70s-set art heist movie THE MASTERMIND is led by another deeply lived-in performance from Josh O’Connor, whose rumpled charm reminded me of his beautiful work in LA CHIMERA. One of the year's best. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Now in theaters: Ethan Hawke gives one of the year's most haunting performances in Richard Linklater's intimate, real-time character study BLUE MOON, as a creative artist on a precipitous downslide. Great work from Margaret Qualley and Andrew Scott, too. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Some thoughts on the sublime Diane Keaton. Truly one of a kind. ANNIE HALL was a formative movie for me and the searing marital-breakdown drama SHOOT THE MOON remains one of the most under-appreciated films of the '80s. A tremendous loss. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Following A STAR IS BORN and MAESTRO, director Bradley Cooper is now 3 for 3. Closing #NYFF2025 on a resoundingly sweet note, IS THIS THING ON? is a beautifully observed comic drama about marriage and standup, with stellar work from Will Arnett & Laura Dern www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Keira Knightley and Guy Pearce class up the joint but Simon Stone's shipboard murder mystery for Netflix, THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10, is a snooze cruise until it picks up speed in the closing stretch. Still, watchable enough while multitasking. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

The instantly forgettable TRON: LEGACY made me dread TRON: ARES. But as a Monday morning IMAX wakeup with a killer Nine Inch Nails score and solid work from Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Jodie Turner-Smith & Gillian Anderson, it was surprisingly tasty popcorn. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Anyone who has loved the luminous Carmen Maura since her Almodóvar days will warm to CALLE MALAGA, Maryam Touzani's buoyant drama about a woman in the Spanish community of Tangier who refuses to be displaced. Morocco's Oscar entry is a gentle charmer. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Another day, another synthetic direct-to-streaming movie. Shane Black's '90s throwback heist thriller for Amazon, PLAY DIRTY, had me once again asking, "Why is Mark Wahlberg a movie star?" Among other questions. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter bring the disarming chemistry of a decades-long friendship to what Broadway pundits have dubbed BILL & TED’S EXISTENTIAL ADVENTURE. But they don’t quite have the stage chops to explore WAITING FOR GODOT’s bleakest depths. www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...

Great to see Daniel Day-Lewis back on screen after eight years and in magnificent form. But little else in ANEMONE, a drama of family bonds shattered by violence, comes close to his magnetic intensity. My review of the #NYFF premiere. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Strong start for Paul Thomas Anderson's wildly entertaining ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. Can't remember the last time I was so invested in a film's box office success. If we want smart, grownup movies, people need to turn out for releases like this. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Leonardo DiCaprio deserves all the praise coming his way for Paul Thomas Anderson's provocative and entertaining firecracker ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. Ditto Sean Penn & Benicio del Toro. But the women are the movie's beating heart: Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall & gifted newcomer Chase Infiniti.

Such a kick to come back from vacation and find that all the excitement generated by Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is 100% justified. Smart, incisive, uncannily keyed into our current political moment and brought to life by a superlative ensemble. Incredible chase sequences.

Jordan Mintzer's perceptive appreciation of Robert Redford's gift for conveying complex emotions via the subtlest of means is a must-read. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

An adrenalized crime thriller told with minimal dialogue, MOTOR CITY is a bold experiment hobbled by clichéd writing and a strained conceit. Alan Ritchson muscles his way through but Shailene Woodley and Ben Foster are like refugees from a SOPRANOS parody. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...