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‘Shell’ Review: Elisabeth Moss and Kate Hudson Headline a Superficial but Serviceable Horror Comedy About Youth and Beauty

Kaia Gerber and Amy Landecker co-star in Max Minghella's second film, premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.

Kate Hudson and Elisabeth Moss in Max Minghella's 'Shell'

‘On Swift Horses’ Review: Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones Light Up the Screen in a Ravishing Queer Epic

The actors co-star with Will Poulter, Diego Calva and Sasha Calle in Daniel Minahan's 1950s-set romantic drama about secret yearnings and societal pressures.

On Swift Horses

Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 10 Best Films of 2024 So Far

THR’s reviewers choose faves from the first half of the year, including a sizzling story of sex and sports, a delightful Pixar sequel and two riveting European refugee dramas.

scenes from I Saw the TV Glow, Inside Out 2, Challengers, Green Border.

‘The People’s Joker’ Review: A Sharp DC Parody Delightfully Crossed With a Trans Coming-of-Age Tale

Vera Drew's film was the subject of controversy at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival, where Warner Bros. Discovery tried to prevent it from being screened.

The People’s Joker

‘The World According to Allee Willis’ Review: A Fascinating Doc Honors a Creative Force of Nature

Director Alexis Manya Spraic traces the life and career of the eponymous songwriter, producer, visual artist, production designer, art director and social butterfly.

The World According to Allee Willis, Allee Willis, 1986

‘Power’ Review: Yance Ford’s Smart and Searing Documentary on Policing in America

The essay-like Netflix film from the 'Strong Island' director delves into the origins and implications of modern police violence in the United States.

A still from Power by Yance Ford, an official selection of the Premieres Program at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

The Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 15 Best Films of Sundance 2024

Steven Soderbergh’s haunted-house movie, films starring Kieran Culkin and Aubrey Plaza, and docs about Christopher Reeve, Amazon workers, and Argentinian cowboys are among THR critics’ faves from the fest.

Clockwise from top left: Luther: Never Too Much, My Old Ass, A Real Pain, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, I Saw the TV Glow, Gaucho Gaucho, Good One and Presence.

‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’ Review: Justice Smith and David Alan Grier Star in a Satire Suffering From an Identity Crisis

The first feature from writer-director Kobi Libii revolves around a young artist recruited to be part of a group whose mission is to ease white people's discomfort.

Justice Smith and David Alan Grier appear in The American Society of Magical Negroes by Kobi Libii, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Review: Justice Smith in a Knockout Teen Drama About Art, Obsession and Identity

Smith plays an alienated adolescent who finds comfort in his friendship with a cool older girl and the television show they both love.

Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine appear in I Saw the TV Glow by Jane Schoenbrun, an official selection of the World Dramatic Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.

‘Between the Temples’ Review: Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane Make a Poignant Match in Nathan Silver’s Offbeat Jewish Comedy

Schwartzman plays a cantor in crisis and Kane the adult bat mitzvah pupil he grows smitten with in a film co-starring Dolly De Leon and Caroline Aaron.

Sundance - US DRAMATIC

‘Hell of a Summer’ Review: Finn Wolfhard’s Summer Camp Slasher Film Is Limp as Horror but Likable as Comedy

Wolfhard and Billy Bryk are co-helmers, writers and stars of this film about summer camp counselors being stalked by a killer.

Hell of a Summer

‘The End We Start From’ Review: Jodie Comer Gives a Powerhouse Performance in a Compelling Climate Disaster Drama

The actress plays a woman struggling to raise her child after catastrophic floods drive them from their home in Mahalia Belo's film.

The End We Start From

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