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‘Oppenheimer’ Reigns

Christopher Nolan's drama won 7 Oscars, including best picture and director.
Ryan Gosling Electrifies Audience

The "Barbie" star brought down the house with "I'm Just Ken."

Emma Stone Fights Tears and a Broken Dress While Accepting Best Actress Oscar for ‘Poor Things’
Robert Downey Jr. Wins First Oscar for ‘Oppenheimer’: ‘I’d Like to Thank My Terrible Childhood and the Academy’
Cillian Murphy Wins Best Actor Oscar: I’m a ‘Very Proud Irish Man Standing Up Here Tonight’

‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’

The fifth entry in the MonsterVerse is a Godzilla spectacle minus one thing: a reason to exist.
Critics Pick
‘Femme’

Fearless performances from Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay complicate a riveting queer revenge drama.
‘Asphalt City’

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire's stylishly overdone film is mired in trauma for its own sensationalist sake.
Critics Pick
‘Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World’

Radu Jude delivers scabrous wit, deep seriousness and blatant bad manners in this work-culture satire.

‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’

This version of 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' with Donald Glover and Maya Erskine may not make as many headlines as its predecessor, but it stands up far better to scrutiny.
‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans’

Naomi Watts and Chloë Sevigny lead a glamorous flock in Ryan Murphy's surprisingly sad series.
‘Expats’

Nicole Kidman astounds in Prime Video's haunting series about womanhood and regret.
'Masters of the Air'

Austin Butler's World War II drama is riveting when it looks beyond the combat.

‘Sol Maria’

Eladio Carrión's 'Sol María' finds its balance in experimental Latin trap.
‘Saviors’

Green Day's sociopolitical sarcasm ages well in sharp 'Saviors.'
‘American Dream’

21 Savage plays to his strengths with deadpan wit on 'American Dream.'
‘New Blue Sun’

André 3000's solo debut eschews Outkast-style rap for a peaceful, easy feeling album.

‘Purlie Victorious’

This revival of the Ossie Davis satire is a delightful romp centering Black joy and the absurdity of racism.
‘Rebecca’

The musical's English-language debut is a remarkable debacle.
‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’

If pratfalls piling up is wrong, this Ahmanson production doesn't want to be right.
‘Back to the Future’

The car is the star in this underwhelming screen-to-stage duplication.

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Hoyte Van Hoytema

‘Oppenheimer’ Cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema on Shooting in Black and White: ‘It Was Concerning Because 65mm Didn’t Exist’

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