A “best of” movies list devoted to the first half of the year raises an implicit question: Is there a substantive difference between the first half of the year and the second half? We all know the ...

Our film critics rank their 10 favorites of the year. By Manohla Dargis and Alissa Wilkinson Manohla Dargis It was another great year for the movies and another horrible, hair-on-fire year for the ...

2025 was a year that posed a lot of questions for movie lovers: Did the success of Sinners prove that there was still a mass audience hungry for original (read: non-IP) stories on a blockbuster level?

It’s fascinating and enlivening to watch how the fusion of two intensely familiar subgenres–serial killer thriller and shark-starring B-movie–can result in a work that is somehow brimming with life ...

From three movies with Massachusetts ties to the undeniable masterpiece "One Battle After Another," these are the best movies of 2025. Best movies of 2025: Chase Infiniti in "One Battle After Another, ...

I’m not going to lie: 2025 was not a year that’s easy to put a rosy spin on, even in the introductory blurb to a list of the year’s best movies. This has been a 12-month period of daily pummeling by ...

Our film critics watch a lot of movies in a year. By December, their viewing slates span international standouts, festival favorites, studio blockbusters, and plenty more in between. Below, Justin ...