Three hundred seventeen films are eligible for this year’s Academy Awards, according to a list released on Thursday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Of those, 201 are eligible in ...

The notable exceptions — “The Dark Knight” and “Black Panther” — stood out among the many sequels and spinoffs. By Maya Phillips Any way you look at the last 25 years in film, there’s no denying that ...

Whenever I browse through social media or Letterboxd to see what movies young film lovers are discovering, I often see the usual suspects: pictures made by Hitchcock, Coppola, and Scorsese, with a ...

For one writer, putting together her annual roundup of streaming holiday movies requires open-mindedness — and a high tolerance for candy-coated clichés. Credit...Clay Hickson Supported by By Sarah ...

While the most terrifying horror movies of the year are playing out each day across social media feeds nationwide, there are still some films that have managed to break through the 24-hour news cycle ...

As 2025 unfolded, returning to the ritual of asking filmmakers about the films that moved them feels both fragile and necessary. This exercise appears days after yet another grotesque display of ...

Your 2026 movie-going calendar is already filling up, and fast. Over the course of a calendar year, we here at IndieWire watch hundreds of new films. Some of those titles make it to our best of the ...

Renowned film critic Roger Ebert was one of the most notable voices in cinema. He was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize Award and he shared his views and passion for movies in an ...

What makes a perfect L.A. movie? Some kind of alchemy of curdled glamour, palm trees, ocean spray, conspiracies big and small — and more than a pinch of vanity. From hard-bitten ’40s noirs and ...