This Is How Childhood Ends: Growing Up in the Shadows of “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith”

When “Revenge of the Sith” was released, I was finally old enough to experience the allure of the dark side.
Wong Kar-wai’s “2046” in 2025: A Requiem for Romance, an Elegy For Hong Kong

Fantasias of auteurism hold no allure for Wong, who shows how the story of a man can become the story of a region.
“Being Maria” Review: Dancing Beyond the Degradations of “Last Tango in Paris”

While most biographical movies are infected with momentousness, “Being Maria” is a lithe series of vignettes.
Adam Driver Will Return as Cesar Catilina in “Avengers: Doomsday”

Here’s to the fools who dream.
“Black Bag” Review: Thinker, Traitor, Fassbender, Spy

Like Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s” trilogy, “Black Bag” is a less a story than style bath, bubbling with dashing performers and delectable fashions.
“Mickey 17” Review: Major Pattinson, You’re Pretty in the Most Peculiar Way

I have some bad news for Robert Pattinson: He is a charming, handsome, and charismatic man.
Taking the Ridley Scott Voight-Kampff Test

Luckily, no physical violence was involved.
Bennett’s Final 2024 Oscar Predictions

We recorded our Predictions Podcast before the SAG, DGA, and PGA Awards. I have altered my predictions accordingly.
“Cleaner” Review: Live Dirty or Clean Hard

“Cleaner” could have been the existential slapstick thriller of the season. Alas, it has other ideas.
Anatomy of a Scene: Justin Long Is Just Not That Into Ginnifer Goodwin. Or Is He?

In “He’s Just Not That Into You” (2009), Gigi (Ginnifer Goodwin) isn’t dating Alex (Justin Long)…yet.