From Australian-made gore to sugar-rush animation, here are the films that had our critics seated and watching this year.

Ari Aster's Eddington, in which Joaquin Phoenix's conspiracist sheriff and Pedro Pascal's tech-friendly centrist lock horns in an election, lays bare the deep divisions in the American psyche. The ...

LOS ANGELES — A funny thing about this year’s best films: Half of them are adaptations. As a movie lover who’s always hunting for new talent, new ideas and new stimuli, I used to view that as creative ...

Earlier this month, John Waters, the Baltimore native and director of classics like Pink Flamingos, Cry Baby, and a little ...

In movies like “Eddington,” “Sinners,” “Wake Up Dead Man” and others, filmmakers have at last wrapped their heads around how ...

While 2025 witnessed many series and movies make a big impression, some flew under the radar and did not get the attention ...

One of the year’s funniest movies, co-writer, director and star Michael Angelo Covino’s sad sack rom-com is a hilarious study ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the awards season’s most talked-about movies continues ...

The Smithsonian is going to the state fair with a new exhibit. Read more about the New Mexicans who are featured College of Santa Fe alum Ari Aster to helm A-list 'Eddington'; Emma Stone, Joaquin ...

Learn more about the New Mexico-based film by 'Hereditary,' 'Midsommar' writer-director Ari Aster College of Santa Fe alum Ari Aster to helm A-list 'Eddington'; Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro ...

The year in film: 2025 was the year of the social-politics drama. Did any of them have much to say?

Joaquin Phoenix, Ari Aster, Luke Grimes and Micheal Ward join CinemaBlend to discuss their new film "Eddington." Ari Aster ...