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Printing the legend: 'RRR' reimagines history as nationalist spectacle

Printing the legend: 'RRR' reimagines history as nationalist spectacle

Scott Tobias

The crossover sensation by director S.S. Rajamouli has the largest budget of any Indian production to date. Not a penny is wasted.

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Worst To Best: Tom Cruise Movie Singles and Theme Songs

Worst To Best: Tom Cruise Movie Singles and Theme Songs

Keith Phipps

Tom Cruise has left a long mark on film history, but also on the history of pop music. We ranked his greatest hits (and then some).

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In Review: 'Benediction,' 'Crimes of the Future'

In Review: 'Benediction,' 'Crimes of the Future'

Scott Tobias

Two veteran directors, Terence Davies and David Cronenberg, continue to find exciting new ways to revisit longtime obsessions.

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Dialogue: A Cronenbergian Conversation Part 3 — The Unadaptables: 'Naked Lunch' and 'Crash'

Dialogue: A Cronenbergian Conversation Part 3 — The Unadaptables: 'Naked Lunch' and 'Crash' ✦

Scott Tobias Keith Phipps

Taking on two screen-resistant novels by William S. Burroughs and J.G. Ballard, David Cronenberg found his own path forward.

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Is the Greg Stillson scandal survivable?

Is the Greg Stillson scandal survivable?

Scott Tobias

In the climax to 'The Dead Zone,' Christopher Walken succeeds in derailing the campaign of a populist outsider. But would he have succeeded in 2022?

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In Review: 'Top Gun: Maverick,' 'The Bob's Burgers Movie'

In Review: 'Top Gun: Maverick,' 'The Bob's Burgers Movie'

Keith Phipps

Tom Cruise takes to the skies as he reprises one of his most famous roles and the Belcher family hits the big screen.

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