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Dec 11, 2018 — As critics list their favorite television shows of 2018, we take a look at some of the most notable writing about a few of their picks.

Nov 29, 2018 — The largest retrospective in the U.S. yet is on through mid-December.

Nov 28, 2018 — The career of one of Italy’s greatest directors was riddled with scandal and accolades.

Nov 23, 2018 — The work of James Agee (1909–1955) remains one of the touchstones of American movie criticism. An extraordinarily versatile writer, he won acclaim as a novelist, a poet, and a screenwriter (his scripts for The African Queen and The Night of the...

Nov 20, 2018 — A sampling of reviews of some of the most significant movies currently in theaters.

Nov 19, 2018 — Billy Wilder proves himself one of cinema’s greatest pleasure seekers in this irresistible confection, a landmark of Hollywood comedy.

Nov 14, 2018 — He transformed a fledgling comic book publisher into a juggernaut brand.

Oct 31, 2018 — Lists of favorites from a genre on the rise.

Oct 19, 2018 — Here’s a taste of what the critics have been saying about the nominees.

Oct 18, 2018 — Separated by more than a decade in Ingmar Bergman’s filmography, these two formally masterful dramas uncover the ugliness of male aggression and brutality.