Stephanie Zacharek

With Anora and other recent winners in the rearview, independently made films aren't gaining ground on the awards playing field; they are the playing field.

As well as one performance that the Academy overlooked

Follow along for the winners, losers, and biggest moments of the 97th Academy Awards

Amid a riveting performance in 'A Complete Unknown' and a self-professed quest for greatness, the young Oscar nominee has also delighted us off-screen.

Not even three mediocre sequels, including 'Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,' can lessen the appeal of our great 21st century rom-com heroine

The Oscar-nominated actor is using his platform to lift others.

We nee chaos comedies these days, just ones that are sharper and zanier than Nicholas Stoller's new one starring Reese Witherspoon and Will Ferrell.

Steven Soderbergh's new ghost story is modest, but it's so compact, smart, and elegant that it feels quietly momentous.

Her new Netflix movie, 'Back in Action,' isn't great. But if it means there’s more Cameron Diaz in our future, let’s take it.

James Mangold's scrappy, semi-unflattering patchwork portrait serves Bob Dylan far better than any fawning hagiography could.