Hoo’s Watching: The best opening scenes in cinema, by the decade
By Caroline Lee | September 14, 2025When pressing play on the new school year, do the same for the cinema –– with the best opening scenes from the 1970s to the present.
When pressing play on the new school year, do the same for the cinema –– with the best opening scenes from the 1970s to the present.
A24’s proverbial second date with Celine Song features the triumvirate of Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal in a glossy meditation on the perils and pitfalls of modern dating.
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie like the three before it, “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” is equal parts mesmerizing and exhausting, self indulgent and satisfying.
Michael B. Jordan stars as a pair of identical twins, who make their triumphant return to the Mississippi Delta after a stint in Chicago, armed with funds of questionable origin and big plans to open a juke joint for the local Black community.
After diplomas are received and caps tossed high above the Rotunda, these arts students must reckon with the ultimate question –– what comes next after the University?
A Letterboxd review of “Woman of the Hour” remarks, not incorrectly, that “men is a horror subgenre.”
Three A&E writers sit down to discuss each scandal and the impact it could, or should, have on each film’s chances at the ultimate victory — Best Picture.
“Better Man” is a traditional biopic with the small twist that its central character is an anthropomorphic chimp.
Here is a list of hidden gems from the late 2010s to enjoy this Valentine’s Day.
Just as “Juror #2” falls short in its reluctance to take risks, so do studios — in their unwillingness to produce conventional, crowd-pleasing, mid-budget dramas.