Justin Chang

The new movie "Warfare" was inspired by the true story of a squad of U.S. Navy SEALs who found themselves under fire in Iraq in 2006. The film, which opens in theaters this week, was codirected by Ray Mendoza, a former SEAL who was part of that squad, and Alex Garland, the British filmmaker behind such thrillers as "Civil War" and Ex Machina."

Our film critic, Justin Chang, says the new French thriller "Misericordia" is one of the most enjoyable and surprising films he's seen so far this year. It tells the story of a man whose return to his hometown sets off unsettling shockwaves. "Misericordia" is now in select theaters.

In "The Alto Knights," a new biographical crime drama directed by Barry Levinson, Robert De Niro plays two leading roles. He stars as both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, two Italian American mob bosses who were longtime friends but became rivals in the 1950s.

In the new comic spy thriller "Black Bag," Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender play a married couple who both work as British intelligence agents and who are drawn into a web of intrigue concerning a possible in-house mole. Steven Soderbergh directed the film, which opens in theaters today.

In the futuristic action comedy, "Mickey 17," Robert Pattinson plays a space traveler who's repeatedly killed and resurrected for scientific research purposes as part of an expedition to a distant planet. It's the first movie from South Korean writer-director Bong Joon-ho after his Oscar-winning film "Parasite."

This week sees the belated release of "The Annihilation Of Fish," which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 1999 but is only now opening in theaters for the first time. It's a romantic comedy, starring the late trio of James Earl Jones, Lynn Redgrave and Margot Kidder, and was directed by Charles Burnett, best known for his 1978 classic "Killer Of Sheep." Our film critic, Justin Chang, has this review of "The Annihilation Of Fish."

Justin Chang is a film critic for the New Yorker. He reviewed Mike Leigh's new film, "Hard Truths."

Our film critic, Justin Chang, spent a lot of 2024 in movie theaters, at film festivals and in front of his TV. He says that it was, all and all, a stronger year for movies from around the world than it was for Hollywood. Here's his list of the best movies of 2024.

Justin Chang, recommends two new movies that have been hailed by critics groups as among the years' best. In "The Brutalist," Adrien Brody stars as a Hungarian Jewish architect who ends up in Pennsylvania after World War II. "Nickel Boys" is an adaptation of Colson Whitehead's novel set in a juvenile detention facility in the Jim Crow South. Both films are now in theaters.

Justin Chang is a film critic for The New Yorker. He reviewed "The Seed Of The Sacred Fig" which was filmed secretly in Iran.