The Coen brothers' debut film, the Texas noir Blood Simple, was released January 18th, 1985. Its legacy echoes through their subsequent films.

DIRECTOR: Jill Sprecher STARS: Toni Colette, Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow, Alanna Ubach RATING: PG-13 Move over, Office Space.

Biden, in a new interview days before he leaves office, cast doubt on his fitness to serve another four years even as he ...

Netflix’s Klaus is a modern animated masterpiece that reimagines the origins of Santa Claus with a fresh and poignant twist. Released in 2019, this film combines traditional animation with a ...

As the author of this publication’s weekly “50, 25 and 10 years ago” feature, I descend into the basement of 34 South Main St. to dig out little nuggets of news from the past. This week, I ...

Stevens hollies are my go-to shrubs for 10- to 12-foot (or taller) screens. Start with plants that are 5 or 6 feet tall (or taller), and space them 8 feet apart, even if they look a little lonely ...

Gooodbye, 2024, you year of belated sequels, failed superhero-movie spin-offs, sci-fi extravaganzas and a hit witch musical, you! Hello, 2025, the upcoming annum that promises more, er ...

I haven’t seen The End, Joshua Oppenheimer’s musical about a rich family living out their days in a postapocalyptic ...

Overlooked means a movie that got out there…but not enough. A movie that wasn’t praised enough, or seen enough, or cherished enough by the audiences that did see it. Or some combination of the ...

In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2024, Bilge Ebiri, K. Austin Collins, Alison Willmore, and Odie Henderson—about the year in cinema.

In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2024 ... a director who’s trying to ...