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.
“Asura” Review: A Cerebral Soap Opera From the Director of “Shoplifters”

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Netflix series is about four sisters and the unfaithful father they’re stuck with.
“The Magic Hours” Review: A Brilliant Biography of Terrence Malick’s One Big Soul

It is a book about Malick, and also a Malickian book.
And the 2024 Oscar Nominees Should Be…. (According to Bennett)

If Fools Who Dream’s founder/editor ran the Academy, this is who/what he’d nominate.
“The Brutalist” Review: There Will Be Architecture

There is always the possibility that the director you decry today will be the director you defend tomorrow.
Bennett’s Top 12 Movies of 2024

This is how liberty survives—through thunderous art.
“Babygirl” Review: Leaning Into Sex Positivity

At once risqué and humane, “Babygirl” rejects the false choice between wholesomeness and transgression.
Editorial: “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” the Pandemic, and Me

To most fans, “The Rise of Skywalker” is a compendium of clunky lines. To me, it was a welcome diversion at a desperate time.
“Nightbitch” Review: Motherhood Makes Her Want to Howl

“Nightbitch” is best described as a movie about a woman who turns into a dog, which is accurate and off the film’s narrative scent.
“Gladiator II” Review: There Was Once a Dream That Was Cinema (and Democracy)

“Gladiator II” walks well-trodden ground, but with enough oomph, transgression, and rage to make it more than UFC in leather skirts.