Yes, I wondered if the French were even aware of how loathed she's become.

Hah, good point!

What do we think of this year's official #CannesFilmFestival poster? THELMA & LOUISE, back on the Croisette 35 years after it premiered out of competition on closing night in 1991.

‘Michael’ Review: Antoine Fuqua’s Fan-Friendly, Family-Sanctioned Michael Jackson Bio-Drama Is Sanitized but More Soulful Than You Might Expect Jaafar Jackson plays his uncle, the King of Pop, with Colman Domingo as the abusive father who exploited him and Nia Long as his protective mother.

Antoine Fuqua’s MICHAEL inevitably creates a void by ending in the late 80s, years before sexual abuse allegations tarnished Jackson’s legacy. But as a fan-friendly account of his King of Pop zenith, it has more soul than you might expect.
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‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Review: Jack Reynor and Laia Costa Grapple With Ancient Evil and Grand Guignol Gore in Visceral Family Nightmare The latest reinvention of the Egyptian funerary legend slaps the embalming bandages on an abducted American girl whose return home to Albuquerque is no blissful reunion.

Lee Cronin’s new spin on THE MUMMY is a demented freakout about the ultimate problem teen, fresh from a ritualistic Ancient Egyptian burial. It’s repulsive and goopy and way too long, but a feast for gorehounds.
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‘The Fear of 13’ Theater Review: Adrien Brody Brings Unquestionable Commitment to a Death Row Drama Dulled by Pedestrian Writing Tessa Thompson also stars in David Cromer’s production of the Lindsey Ferrentino play about the life and legal travails of an unjustly convicted man, based on a 2015 documentary.

Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson bring integrity to their Broadway debuts in THE FEAR OF 13, but the real-life Death Row drama is talky and static, with so much direct address it could almost be an audiobook.
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‘Mother Mary’ Review: Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel Get All Worked Up Over Nothing in Vapid Phantasmagoria About Creative Combustion David Lowery’s genre-defying drama explores the fraught history of an iconic pop star and the architect behind her image, with music by Jack Antonoff, Charli xcx and FKA twigs.

There will no doubt be a worshipful flock out there for MOTHER MARY, David Lowery’s pop psychodrama of creation and exorcism starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel. But count me among the nonbelievers.
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‘The Christophers’ Review: Michaela Coel’s Steely Self-Possession and Ian McKellen’s Scalding Wit Are an Irresistible Match in Steven Soderbergh’s Tart Art Comedy Jessica Gunning and James Corden also star as siblings angling to cash in on the looming death of their estranged father, a once-renowned painter.

No director continues doing his own thing across multiple genres with such an assuredly light touch as Steven Soderbergh. His latest, THE CHRISTOPHERS, is no exception, a witty art-world caper pairing Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel, now in theaters.
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Temper your expectations, Dan. Similarities are skin deep. But if you're hankering for gator thrills, have you seen the Australian croc-buster, ROGUE, from way back in 2007? It has teeth.

‘Thrash’ Review: Phoebe Dynevor Gives Birth in Floodwaters Teeming With Sharks in Preposterous but Enjoyable Netflix Pulp Apex predators ignore the evacuation order in Tommy Wirkola’s climate change disaster thriller, also starring Whitney Peak and Djimon Hounsou.

"Mommy's just gotta fight some fucking sharks," Phoebe Dynevor tells her infant son, immediately after giving birth in surging floodwaters teeming with apex predators in Netflix’s gnarly survival thriller THRASH, which is the definition of big dumb fun.
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‘Death of a Salesman’ Theater Review: Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf Illuminate the Tragedy of an Ordinary Man in Ageless Arthur Miller Classic Christopher Abbott and Ben Ahlers also star in Joe Mantello’s Broadway revival of the 1949 landmark American drama, which remains sadly relevant more than 75 years later.

Loved Joe Mantello's haunting Broadway revival of DEATH OF A SALESMAN, led by a peerless Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf. Shattering and sadly ageless in its clear-eyed assessment of the failed American dream. First-rate theater.
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Right? Why don't they just burn money?

‘Outcome’ Review: Keanu Reeves Brings Sincerity to Jonah Hill’s Otherwise Glibly Unfunny Comedy About a Hollywood Star in Crisis Cameron Diaz, Matt Bomer and Martin Scorsese also appear in the Apple TV inside-showbiz satire, in which an extortion scheme prompts a fretful apology tour.

Keanu Reeves deserves better than Jonah Hill's smug and painfully unfunny Hollywood satire OUTCOME, another streaming original (Apple TV) likely to have the shelf life of scallops.
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‘Trial of Hein’ Review: Rigorous German Homecoming Drama Is a Haunting Enigma of Memory and Identity A jury prize winner in the Teddy Awards competition for outstanding queer films in Berlin, Kai Stänicke's first feature tracks the title character’s uneasy return to his North Sea island roots.

Debuting German director Kai Stänicke's formally austere homecoming drama TRIAL OF HEIN is a piercing contemplation of queerness, identity and belonging that marks the arrival of a promising new talent. This one stayed with me.
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‘The Blue Trail’ Review: A Gorgeous Aquatic Road Movie That Turns the Amazon Into a Magical Escape From Exile to Freedom Gabriel Mascaro’s dystopian fantasy stars Denise Weinberg as a spirited Brazilian senior who refuses to bow to ageist authoritarian dictates while she still has dreams and desires.

Continuing the momentum of great Brazilian cinema in the wake of THE SECRET AGENT and I'M STILL HERE, Gabriel Mascaro's magical aquatic road movie, THE BLUE TRAIL, opens in NY and LA Friday ahead of its nationwide release. A trip worth taking.
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Huge congrats, Monica!

I loved it too. At one point it seemed to be the front-runner for cinematography — deservingly so — but I guess it got eclipsed by SINNERS.

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Watched the Oscars live in Australia (10am Monday) and while I was crushed there was no surprise win for THE SECRET AGENT, the movie requires no gold statuette to be a triumph. It's been a joy to see cultura brasileira put on the global stage & generate such an amazing swell of national pride 🇧🇷

Oscars 2026: Who Will Win Vs. Who Should Win THR’s awards expert Scott Feinberg and chief film critic David Rooney `weigh in ahead of the 98th Annual Academy Awards.

In our annual THR tradition, my Oscar pundit colleague Scott Feinberg shares his predictions while I weigh in on what deserves to take home the honors Sunday night. Still hoping for an upset or two. Go Brazil! 🇧🇷
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‘Project Hail Mary’ Review: Ryan Gosling Proves He Can Have Chemistry With a Rock in Thrilling Space Odyssey Warmed by Humanity and Hope Sandra Hüller also stars in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s sci-fi epic based on the Andy Weir novel about a science teacher who finds an unusual ally in a mission to save two worlds.

Ryan Gosling and an alien engineer he names Rocky make for an irresistible interplanetary buddy comedy in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s epic sci-fi thriller PROECT HAIL MARY, a "fist my bump" crowdpleaser with an infectious sense of wonder.
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The #NYFCC's 2027 awards ceremony has been scheduled for Tuesday, January 5. The esteemed David Rooney is our 2026 chair and will host the night's festivities!

You'll be able to see it on HBO in a few months, I imagine. It's too bad, because I liked Maggie Gyllenhaal's first feature, THE LOST DAUGHTER, a lot. Hopefully she gets another shot at directing, with better material next time.

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‘The Bride!’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale Get Their Freak on in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Bludgeoning Feminist Frankenstein Spin Peter Sarsgaard, Penélope Cruz, Annette Bening and Jake Gyllenhaal also appear in this punk-rock exhumation of a character only briefly introduced in Mary Shelley’s novel.

Sorry, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jessie Buckley, but I do not promise to have and to hold THE BRIDE! in sickness and in health. This laborious feminist Frankenstein spin is an unholy mess notable more for its ambition than its achievement.
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‘Hoppers’ Review: Pixar Returns to Form With a Giddy Action Comedy That Makes a Winning Case for Respecting the Balance of Nature Piper Curda leads the voice cast as an animal lover with a fight on her hands, alongside friends and foes played by Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm, Kathy Najimy, Dave Franco and Meryl Streep.

Like the best of Pixar's recent original stories, LUCA and TURNING RED, HOPPERS is a modest toon compared to the studio's classics, but the nutty action eco-comedy has charm, laughs and plenty of surprises. I had an unexpectedly good time with it.
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Love the retro Saul and Elaine Bass styling of this French marketing for THE SECRET AGENT.

Thank you, John!

‘Ghost Elephants’ Review: Werner Herzog Remains Our Most Intrepid Interdimensional Explorer in Beguilingly Spiritual Nature Doc The German director follows conservationist Steve Boyes and expert trackers into the Angolan highlands in search of a possibly mythical herd of XL pachyderms.

Nobody makes nature docs quite like Werner Herzog. In GHOST ELEPHANTS, he treks to the Angolan highlands in search of a possibly mythical herd of XL pachyderms. In theaters today ahead of its March 7 NatGeo premiere.
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