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Saturday, January 17, 2026

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Film Shorts

OPENING: A Haunted House (R) Marlon Wayans stars in and co-writes this parody of found-footage horror movies. Also with Essence Atkins, Marlene Forte, David Koechner,...

Babbling Brooke

The press can’t resist a narrative, especially when it resembles a bad romantic comedy. Noah Baumbach spent the late 2000s gaining a small but...

The Top 10

I’m in pain while I compile this. It’s true that every year, I find worthy movies that fail to make even the honorable mention...

Creature Features

Few things are more comforting for me at the end of a hard day than watching a crowd of panicked humans screaming and running...

R.I.P., Stanley Kauffmann

The news on Wednesday of Stanley Kauffmann’s death at age 97 sent me scurrying back to his film criticism. Having previously reviewed theater and...

The Lodge: Dead Snow

Five years ago, the filmmaking team of Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz captured the world’s attention with Goodnight Mommy, a horror movie they made...

Film Shorts

OPENING: The Baader Meinhof Complex (R) Uli Edel's film dramatizes the left-wing group whose terrorist bombings rocked West Germany in the 1970s. Starring Moritz Bleibtreu,...

Joker: Put on a Happy Face

I didn’t weigh in on 2019’s Joker when it came out because I didn’t see it until the end of that year for awards...
Hiccup meets the very large alpha dragon in How to Train Your Dragon 2.

Another Song of Ice and Fire

I haven’t seen How to Train Your Dragon since I reviewed it four years ago, but I remember being impressed by the visuals and...

News Stalk

The deceptively advertised Sandra Bullock-starring romantic comedy All About Steve has had its release date delayed more than once, but now seems like a...