Film

Justin Chang reviews Sorry, Baby.

Dakota Johnson plays a savvy New York City matchmaker caught between two men in a film that ultimately fails to reconcile the screwball vigor of a comedy with the emotional oomph of a drama.

Director James Gunn brings an irreverent, borderline-slapstick vibe to the latest Superman film, in which our hero grapples with villains, strange creatures and public opinion.

John Powers reviewed "Endling," by Maria Reva.

Justin Chang is a film critic for The New Yorker. He reviewed "The Life Of Chuck."

The new French film "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" centers on a Parisian novelist who's having trouble with her writing and her love life. Then she goes to a Jane Austen-themed writers' retreat. Our critic-at-large John Powers says that it got him thinking about the qualities that make Austen so popular.

Justin Chang is a film critic for The New Yorker. He reviewed Wes Anderson's new film "The Phoenician Scheme."

Jesse Armstrong's new HBO film is set in a Utah retreat where four rich techno-wizards scheme while playing poker. Mountainhead is an unpredictable drama about powerful men vying for control.

John Powers reviews Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.

Before his death in 2023, Reubens filmed an HBO documentary in which he explained why he refused to be seen or interviewed as himself for the whole time Pee-Wee Herman was starring in TV and films.