This year, much like last year, will always be remembered with the cloud of COVID hanging over it. However, while 2020 brought us a deadly virus, 2021 delivered a vaccine, making it possible for ...

As 2021 winds down, like most cinephiles, we’re looking to get our eyes on titles that may have slipped under the radar or simply gone unseen, so—as we do each year—we’re sharing a rundown of the best ...

After highlighting the most overlooked films of 2021, today we put our spotlight on those that need a home in the first place: movies we loved on the festival circuit—from Berlinale, SXSW, Sundance, ...

Netflix began 2021 by making a commitment to movies, announcing they were going to release a major film every week of the year. And they kept that promise, persuading stars like Dwayne 'The Rock' ...

Before getting started, let me lay out some criteria and explanation about my selection process. First and foremost, the movies had to have their initial release in 2021. There are some films that ...

Award-worthy movie musicals helped fill the void in a year when Broadway was shuttered for nearly nine months and many shows took even longer to return. A robust selection of big-screen musicals ...

2021 was a great year for movies. I found myself moved and entertained by so many pictures this year that it’s hard to disqualify some of them based on minor technicalities, but such is the nature of ...

Clockwise from top left: "Licorice Pizza" (Courtesy Melinda Sue Gordon/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.); "The Lost Daughter" (Courtesy Yannis Drakoulidis/Netflix); "Drive My Car" (Courtesy Janus ...

Representation of female protagonists and BIPOC women in 2021’s top-grossing films have ticked up slightly from the previous year, the latest study from San Diego State University‘s Dr. Martha Lauzen ...

2021 would seem like the strangest year for moviegoing in all of our respective lifetimes were it not for 2020. Things didn’t exactly return to normal over the last 12 months; we’re still very much in ...

When the pandemic shuttered movie theaters in 2020 and upended movie studio release plans, it resulted in a year of smaller screens and smallish dramas. "Nomadland," "First Cow," "Sound of Metal" and ...