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Saturday, April 18, 2026

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OPENING  Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (PG-13) A Saudi animated film! In English! This movie tells the story of Bilal Ibn Rabah (voiced by...

Film Shorts

OPENING  Bomb City (NR) Based on a real-life murder in Amarillo in 1997, this drama is about a hate crime against punk rockers by an...

Hostiles: Savage Land

Every time I look at Scott Cooper’s career, it gets smaller. The actor-turned-filmmaker made a promising directing debut back in 2009 with his country-music...

Phantom Thread: Mr. Woodcock

I’m usually skeptical of artists announcing their retirement when they’re neither terminally ill nor really old. (See: Soderbergh, Steven and Miyazaki, Hayao.) However, I’m...

Call Me by Your Name: A Summer Place

The exquisite Call Me by Your Name was originally supposed to be directed by James Ivory, the gay American filmmaker who adapted the script...

Film Shorts

OPENING Den of Thieves (R) This action thriller is about an L.A. County sheriff (Gerard Butler) trying to thwart a gang of high-end armed robbers...

Film Shorts

OPENING Acts of Violence (R) This action-thriller stars Ashton Holmes as an ex-military man who teams up with a detective (Bruce Willis) after his fiancée...

I, Tonya: Skatewreck

As a teenager, I came across a glowing Sports Illustrated profile of Tonya Harding during the run-up to the 1992 Winter Olympics. Reading the...

The Post: My God, the Fun!

Steven Spielberg's The Post isn’t a great movie, but it is a timely one, and sometimes that’s even better. As we watch its characters...

The Best Lead Performances of 2017

Overall, the women had it better than the men this year when it came to lead roles. That happens sometimes. As I’ve said before,...