Maggie Gyllenhaal's movie is a scrappy feminist take-off on the "Frankenstein" myth that could have used more storytelling juice.

Some movies arrive with massive ambition and leave audiences scratching their heads. Years later, though? They hit streaming and suddenly feel… kind of fascinating. That’s exactly what’s happening ...

Science-fiction movies have always been a genre about more than laser guns, neon cities, and starships. While many works use these familiar setups to bring a familiar approach to viewers, many science ...

The English illustrator Louis Wain adored cats, believing they had special electrical properties. Throughout his long and sometimes troubled life, which stretched from the late half of the 19th ...

You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. The lives of working people in the city—above all, New ...

Jodie Foster plays a self-assured psychoanalyst whose composure unravels after a patient unexpectedly dies in the genre-bending French film “A Private Life.” Rebecca Zlotowski’s latest, in theaters ...

The Life of Chuck came and went in theaters last summer with barely an audience to speak of, because it was only in limited release in the U.S. But the people who have seen this Stephen King ...

A soaking wet George Bailey and Clarence, warming up by the fire in the toll house on the bridge, discuss why Clarence jumped into the freezing water. It was to help George, Clarence tells him. “Only ...

The holidays have arrived, which for many means that it's time to put on a Christmas movie by the fire and snuggle up with a warm blanket. Most of the best Christmas films, including classics and ...

Anyone can book a hotel room for the holidays, but pick a specialty themed suite at one of these six hotels around the country and this holiday season will be one the kids will never forget. It’s one ...

At 21, Brenda Song was about to wrap the eighth and final season of Disney Channel’s The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, in which she brought the iconic London Tipton to life. Like the titular twins, ...