Stories about Film
Ficks’ Picks: The best flicks of 2019
From Inuk to Tasmania, blockbuster to experimental, this year's list ranges widely and highlights breathtaking films.
Screen Grabs: A very contemporary Les Misérables
Plus: an incredible tale of 70,000 VHS tapes, the Village People's disco disaster, and more in cinemas this week.
Midge Ure, titan of New Wave, will take your questions now
The Ultravox and Visage founder puts on a legendary show. Now he's adding Q&As and song requests for deeper connection.
Screen Grabs: New year, death row
January's usual grab-bag of silly movies is leavened by two serious legal dramas (and a legend's epitaph).
For thriller ‘Uncut Gems,’ an electronic soundtrack of erupting chakras
Daniel Lopatin's work for the Adam Sandler hit is full of foreboding synth-squelches—and harks back to 70s classics.
Review: ‘Cats’ is very much like you
A year—scratch that, a decade—in fervent feline obsession culminates in a cinematic cataclysm, giving us pause.
Screen Grabs: Homage to a gorgeous legend + 2019’s best films
French New Wave star Anna Karina returns to the big screens. Plus: Cunningham, Invisible Life, and more in cinemas.
Screen Grabs: The (first world) war on Christmas
1917 is emotionally and atmospherically vivid. Plus: Little Women, Uncut Gems, Decoder, and more in cinemas this week.
For San Francisco, the Gay Men’s Chorus brings the ‘Holigays’ home
"We first performed the Christmas Eve shows in 1991 when the AIDS pandemic was at its worst." Now, the annual shows are a mainstay.
Screen Grabs: Bombshells, Cats, and Star Wars—must be holiday time
Sink your claws into blockbuster season—plus Lost Holiday, Miyazaki Mania, Agnes Varda, Chinatown Rising, and more