From gems like Frances Ha to classics like Taxi Driver, the best character studies in cinema offer a look into the inner ...

Wonder Man is a grounded, mature character study that pulls back the curtain on the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Here's our ...

Every once in a while, there’s a big-budget movie worth seeing in a theater. Although the new “Oppenheimer” biopic has a liberal slant, it eschews petty, simplistic narratives aimed at deconstructing ...

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Emily the Criminal. The list of movies that shake their fists at capitalism is practically endless. And the majority of them pit the economic ...

The Penguins, from bottom left, clockwise: Burgess Meredith in "Batman"; Danny Devito in "Batman Returns"; as a woman (voiced by Minnie Driver) in "Batman: Caped Crusader"; Colin Farrell in "The ...

In a show of videos and lenticular photos, the artist interrogates the idea of breaking character and the ways we present different versions of ourselves.

“Blue Moon,” directed by Richard Linklater, is an emotionally rich tribute to the life and works of Broadway songwriter Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke). It focuses on the night of the release of “Oklahoma!” ...

Writer-director Scott Cooper doesn’t want to make a music biopic. At least not the kind of music biopic you expect. Instead, in “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” he offers a character study as ...

One of the few scenes involving the Penguin in Matt Reeves’ 2022 superhero crime thriller “The Batman” ended up on the cutting-room floor. After a brief exchange with Selina Kyle at his nightclub, Oz ...