If you’re going to set out to write a movie that critics will call Jane Austen-esque, you’ve got your work cut out for you. Not only does your script have to hold its own against one of the sharpest, funniest writers England has ever produced, but the raft of previous movies based on (or ins…

The documentary “Accepted” centers on the T.M. Landry College Preparatory School, a small Louisiana school — with mostly Black and low-income students — that first became famous for its viral videos of students learning they had been accepted to college (many to Ivy League schools). Its seco…

If the appeal of the Minions — those banana-yellow, gibberish-spouting rascals first seen in 2010’s “Despicable Me” — is wearing thin, give “Minions: The Rise of Gru” credit: After the over-the-top 2015 prequel “Minions,” their second spinoff seems to recognize that less is more.

It turns out being Black a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away can be just as stressful as it is here in the Milky Way.

Woody Harrelson and Kevin Hart star in “The Man From Toronto,” a violent and fitfully amusing buddy comedy/action flick about a hapless nobody from Yorktown, Pa., named Teddy (Hart) who, while vacationing with his wife (Jasmine Mathews) in Onancock, Va., is somehow mistaken for Harrelson’s c…

James Earl Jones is back as the voice of Darth Vader.

Jazz Fest — or, as the annual Big Easy music gathering now in its 51st year is more formally known, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival — isn’t now and never was just about jazz. As the lively and illuminating documentary “Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story” makes clear, it’s a celebratio…

Many films and television shows have addressed the issue of community vs. police. None have approached the subject as compellingly as Carey William’s Emergency. The film premiered to rave reviews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Here is a select list of noteworthy films scheduled this summer. Release dates and platforms are subject to change and reflect the latest information as of deadline.

From the first dulcet tones of its synthesized score to the Univers Ultra Condensed font used in its opening credits, “Top Gun: Maverick” announces in no uncertain terms that it feels the need ... the need to wring every nostalgic smile, cheer and teardrop it can from fans of the 1986 original.

After the theater shutdowns of 2020 — followed by an anemic summer movie slate last year that didn’t really get going until the season was half over — the coming attractions calendar for the months ahead offers a few reasons for cautious optimism. Twenty-one reasons, to be precise.

Two years ago, "Parasite" director Bong Joon Ho called out American audiences. His charge? Americans don't know enough about movies outside their own borders.

Based purely on anecdotal evidence, the spy thriller “All the Old Knives” is going to be a talker. More specifically — if the three conversations I overheard on the way back to the subway from a recent screening are any indication — many of those conversations are going to begin with, “What …

There are certain movies that require more than a critic’s recommendation. Some, such as “Ambulance,” demand a doctor’s approval.

The 2022 Academy Awards kicked off with a rousing performance by nominee Beyonce, who was nominated for her song “Be Alive” for King Richard. After announcing that it would not be showing eight categories live, the award show was met with criticism from the media and awards fans. In its atte…

The Fresh Prince became a king and finally won his first Oscar.

NEW YORK — The Academy Awards have always loved a comeback story. This year, the Oscars are attempting to star in one, too.

“The Batman” is still going strong three weeks into its theatrical run, with a tight grip on the top spot at the box office.

NEW YORK — Final preparations are underway for the 94th Academy Awards and a long awaited return to Hollywood’s glamourous normalcy after a muted ceremony and ratings low last year. Here’s everything you need to know about the 2022 Oscars, including where to watch the live show, who’s expect…

You want ghosts? Check. How about doors inexplicably opening and closing, creepy moaning in dark corners, and sudden sickening swarms of maggots? Check, check and check.

In 2013, shortly after the release of Steve McQueen’s Oscar-winning drama “12 Years a Slave,” my colleague, Washington Post education columnist Valerie Strauss, wrote an impassioned story calling for the film to be required viewing in high schools across the country.

About a decade before Zoë Kravitz starred as Catwoman in Matt Reeves’s “The Batman,” she tried to audition for another Batman movie, Kravitz explained in a recent interview with the Observer. But at that time, Kravitz said, she couldn’t get her foot in the door, not even for a small role.