The Watch

Sep 13, 2024 — Will we ever see Ezra Edelman’s Prince documentary? Plus Chantal Akerman, Demi Moore, and the waning of “elevated horror.”

May 6, 2024 — Perhaps the most hard-to-categorize of the great Hollywood studios came into its own with a string of critically acclaimed films based on popular books and plays, including Born Yesterday, A Raisin in the Sun, and From Here to Eternity.

Jun 28, 2022 — Part rom-com, part existential meditation, the final installment in Joachim Trier’s Oslo trilogy dignifies the fluctuating desires of a woman on the cusp of thirty.

Dec 1, 2021 — Celebrate the holidays with our 21-film Alfred Hitchcock retrospective and a series dedicated to collaborations between female directors and cinematographers.

Dec 29, 2020 — Alongside the traditional top tens, critics are offering imaginative pairings and lists of the best audiovisual essays and title sequences of the year.

Dec 7, 2020 — As early reviews of Let Them All Talk come in, Steven Soderbergh discusses the state of the movies following the collapse of the theatrical window.

Jun 10, 2020 — As we remember the first African American to win an Oscar on her 125th birthday, HBO Max temporarily removes the movie she won it for.

Dec 23, 2019 — The latest episode of Observations on Film Art explores the subtleties of framing, lighting, and decor that put an antipatriarchal spin on a traditionally male-dominated genre.

Dec 29, 2018 — Polls and ballots, lists and considered reflections give shape to the year that was.

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