Film

The great detective looks back on his last case in old age — but is it really Sherlock, or just a simulacrum?

A filmmaker more than familiar with the territory looks at this doc on Mexican drug cartels and the vigilante movement fighting back against it.

Studio sequels are defined by a lack of invention and narrative risk-taking, but a bunch of '80s movies — plus one new indie — can show us the path.

An animation franchise spawns an origin story about its cute yellow critters. But how will it go down with a feline film professional?

This impressive documentary portrait of the late singer's life seeks to tell a definitive story, rather than asking what the story might be.

Watching the latest in the Scharzenegger cyborg franchise prompts an unexpected viewing of the first film, and some realizations about action movies.

The sequel to Soderbergh's male stripper saga is all fireworks and dazzle. And that's nothing but a good thing.

When a network TV show audaciously shuns Etch-a-Sketch plotting for genuinely complex subject matter, it's something worth celebrating.

An all-time classic, now in a newly restored 4K print, has lost none of its magic over the years. And then there's that zither...

The late documentarian's lost 1974 film about Leon Russell is a mess, but that’s exactly why filmmakers today should be looking to it for inspiration.

Can a film about young woman's violent and self-destructive acting out against the patriarchy make the best of its difficult material?

What happens when you want to see the sequel because you really enjoyed the first movie, but then your wife points out you never actually saw it?