A. Friend in Low Places: On Treat Williams in 'Smooth Talk'
In one of the late actor's signature roles, Treat Williams brings a sinister confidence to the predator of Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?"
The Soundtrack of Our Lives: Mike Leigh’s ‘Career Girls’
Leigh's 1997 film offers a bittersweet depiction of turning into an adult with a soundtrack of buoyant songs from The Cure.
In Review: 'Past Lives,' 'Flamin' Hot'
The lives and loves of past and present intermingle in Celine Song's beautiful directorial debut. Spices intermingle with Cheetos in a fact-free true story.
The Second Acts of Nicole Holofcener and Julia Louis-Dreyfus
With 'Enough Said' and 'You Hurt My Feelings,' the director and actress have charted a course through the anxieties of middle age.
The Summer of Cyber
In 1995, a quartet of techno thrillers offered some dire, if confusing, warnings.
In Review: 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,' 'The Boogeyman'
The animated Spider-Verse expands its web without losing any threads while a '70s Stephen King story gets a very 2023 adaptation.