A.O. Scott News

Based on Nicholas Sparks' novel of the same name, THE LONGEST RIDE hits theaters nationwide today.

Ever popular comedians Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell star in the new comedy GET HARD, which opens in theaters nationwide today.

Hailed as “extraordinary” (David Denby, The New Yorker), “deeply moving” (Claudia Puig, USA Today) and “a triumph” (A.O. Scott, New York Times), director Ava DuVernay's powerful drama SELMA debuts on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand May 5, 2015 from Paramount Home Media Distribution

Sean Penn stars in the new action-thriller THE GUNMAN, which hits theaters nationwide today.

Hailed as “extraordinary” (David Denby, The New Yorker), “deeply moving” (Claudia Puig, USA Today) and “a triumph” (A.O. Scott, New York Times), director Ava DuVernay's powerful drama SELMA debuts on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand May 5, 2015

Will Smith stars in the dark comedy FOCUS, hitting theaters nationwide today, February 27th.

Based on E.L. James' best-selling novel of the same name, romantic drama FIFTY SHADES OF GREY opens nationwide today.

Israeli Stage is partnering with Israeli American Council - Boston to present the New England Premiere of Edna Mazya's award-winning play, Games in the Back Yard, featuring some of Boston's greatest up-and-coming talent. Based on a true story, Mazya's play depicts the events leading up to and following the physical and mental abuse of a fourteen-year-old girl by a group of teenage boys. The performance takes place on February 15th, 2015 at 7PM, at Goethe-Institut | 170 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02116.

Triple Academy Award nominee Richard Linklater will receive the Cinema Audio Society Filmmaker Award at the 51st Annual CAS Awards on February 14, 2015 at the historic Millennium-Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles.

In my recent very extended assessment of cabaret shows I never reviewed during the second half of 2014, there were two significant omissions. I didn't leave these out of my critical mix because they weren't strikingly significant. In fact, it was just the opposite. The new variety game show, Tune In Time, which dubs itself the “Musical Theater Olympics,” and the musical theater piece/song cycle, New World Waking, were among the most original and entertaining productions I witnessed this year and deserved more of a feature treatment than a quickie review. My take on Tune In Time (which will begin a new monthly run at the York Theatre on January 5) should beat the clock before the next show. So by simple process of elimination, this commentary will be on New World Waking, which when performed on December 6 was one of the highlights of the recent annual 12-day, 20-show Winter Rhythms Festival at Urban Stages.

Director Jean-Marc Vallée's adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's New York Times #1 best-seller WILD, starring Reese Witherspoon, hits theaters today, December 5th. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the British historical-thriller THE IMITATION GAME, which hits theaters today!

Museum of the Moving Image will present sixteen contemporary animated films in a new edition of its popular See It Big! series, co-programmed with the online film magazine Reverse Shot. The series, which opens November 28 and continues through December 28, 2014, includes works by renowned animation directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata of Studio Ghibli, Bill Plympton, Henry Selick, John Lasseter, and Satoshi Kon, as well as unique works by directors Wes Anderson and Richard Linklater and others.

Museum of the Moving Image will present sixteen contemporary animated films in a new edition of its popular See It Big! series, co-programmed with the online film magazine Reverse Shot. The series, which opens November 28 and continues through December 28, 2014, includes works by renowned animation directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata of Studio Ghibli, Bill Plympton, Henry Selick, John Lasseter, and Satoshi Kon, as well as unique works by directors Wes Anderson and Richard Linklater and others.

Inspired by Jane Hawking's memoir 'Traveling to Infinity: My Life With Stephen', THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING hits theaters today!

Matthew McConaughey stars in the sci-fi adventure film INTERSTELLAR, which opens nationwide today!

NIGHTCRAWLER, a new a pulse-pounding thriller set in the nocturnal underbelly of contemporary Los Angeles, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, hits theaters tomorrow, Oct. 31.

'Life Itself,' (Magnolia Pictures) the acclaimed documentary chronicling the life of world renowned film critic Roger Ebert, is back on the big screen in Chicago for one night only this Wednesday as part of the Chicago International Film Festival.

Action war-drama FURY hits theaters today, October 17th!

Roberty Downey Jr. leads an all-star cast in the new drama THE JUDGE, which opens today, October 10th!