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Spielberg betrays the movies — and himself.

Auto-fiction meets social and spiritual realism.

Form and feeling set modern morality to music.

The return of the Toxic Male.

Discovering the showbiz roots of vox-pop commentary.

A biopic’s machinations restore the charisma of a mass folk hero.

How Secretary Hegseth strategized the war of cultural ownership.

A reboot so true it’s funny.

The anniversary of Hollywood’s worst newspaper movie.

Millennial filmmakers reduce the past to cynicism.

CBS and the NAACP’s agenda bend the media.

François Ozon reinterprets the Camus classic.

A musical confession that echoes art and politics.

Hipster documentary Marc by Sofia records fame and privilege in these times.

How One Battle roots for a race war.

Selling unironic junk and political mania to children.

Embarrassing stats for the mediocre Sinners.

Scritti Politti’s ‘Faithless’ — political songwriting done right.

The Dardenne brothers document social development.

If I Had Legs kvetches relentlessly.

The movies that saved movies from themselves.

Richard Linklater salutes Godard, redeems himself.

Father Mother Sister Brother makes hipness a family trait.

Eephus mourns America’s last baseball game.

Chalamet and Safdie salute the me-first nation.

Craig Brewer celebrates Neil Diamond’s ecumenical working-class pop.

Highest 2 Lowest remakes Kurosawa for the DNC.

A Sondheim preservation venture against the odds.

Radu Jude puts a stake through diabolical politics.

This sequel doesn’t improve on what was irredeemable, but at least it’s shorter.