Graham Fuller
A Feminist Frankenstein
Director Yorgos Lanthimos and screenwriter Tony McNamara discuss their new film, Poor Things, starring Emma Stone as a child-woman like no other
New Noir
Diane Kruger discusses her feminist spin on the femme fatale in Marlowe, a Raymond Chandler adaptation in which she stars opposite Liam Neeson
Vicky Krieps
The Phantom Thread actress stars as Empress Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria, a role previously inhabited by Romy Schneider and that hints at Princess Diana’s struggles, in Corsage, out next week
Picture Imperfect
Damien Chazelle calls his new film, Babylon, “a hate letter to Hollywood and a love letter to movies”
Animal Instinct
A new film by the Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski offers a prescient look at mankind today, through the eyes of a sympathetic, non-human protagonist
The Hidden Highsmith
A new documentary about the author of The Talented Mr. Ripley delves into the writer’s love life
That 70s Movie
Largely improvised by an unruly teenage cast, the 1970 black-and-white film Bronco Bullfrog gets a shiny new restoration
Renate Reinsve
The actress stars in Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World, Norway’s Oscar submission, which just earned a place on the Best International Feature Film short list
When Mildred Met Sally
How did American college dropout Mildred Gillars become Axis Sally, the voice behind English-language Nazi propaganda during W.W. II?
Christmas Scamp
Martin Jarvis records Richmal Crompton’s “Just William” stories as the young hero makes a mockery of holiday merriment
Rupert Bear’s Royal Stamp
The 100th anniversary of a British comic strip that inspired Paul McCartney and Monty Python’s Terry Jones
A Different Sputnik
Oksana Akinshina stands out as the hardened heroine of a Russian version of Alien
Shades of Black
The first major African-American filmmaker still has a lot to tell us
How to Build a Movie Star
Beanie Feldstein is irresistible as a high-schooler who leaps onto the masthead of a high-profile music magazine
Little Woman
Florence Pugh is a kick playing the least likable March sister in Greta Gerwig’s film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel