​It’s never too early to teach your children about cinematic greatness

Where have you gone, Siskel & Ebert? Real film critics are in short supply, these days

​Not all Christmas movies overdo the holiday cheer: 13 favorites

​In ‘Oppenheimer,’ director Christopher Nolan tells a historical tale in a richly imaginative way

Hollywood rarely shows much faith in films with prominent religious themes

​More and more, filmmakers are censoring themselves, when it comes to sex

​Your Guide to Manhattan's East Village in the Movies

"First Born, Marriage is Motherhood's Original Trauma,"

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​Your Guide to New York's Theater District in the Movies

Our affinity for “so bad, it’s good” film cynicism hurts creativity and art.

​Current Wave of Horror Is Frighteningly Good… So Why Are Filmmakers Scared of Label?

How Gary Hart Scandal in “The Front Runner” Forever Changed Politics

​Harvey Weinstein, and the new Hollywood blacklist

​Hollywood's new hero: The heartless millionaire

Why isn't Hollywood making films for grown-ups?

​Father daze: I found him at the movies
 

Rating the rating: What's really behind those stars

Marvel is bigger than ever, and that's bad news for movies

Science Friction:  Hollywood’s love/hate relationship with smart sci-fi

​'Goodfellas' an oral history

​On 'Carol,' 'The Danish Girl' and the new LGBT cinema

​Why the MPAA thinks all gay people should be rated 'R'

On the sexual politics of ‘Gone Girl’

​Zombie nation: A gory history, from A to 'World War Z'

Psycho’ analysis: How Hitchcock changed Hollywood

The Bible and Hollywood: Prophets vs. profits

A Will Smith movie suddenly puts bigotry in ‘Focus’

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