The Last of Us” succeeded as a game franchise because it trusted the emotional intelligence of gamers, and the show does the same for TV viewers.

Schultz's approach to "Spy High" is in playing with the typical sympathy we might feel for a documentary protagonist.

The first “Hell House” film takes the shape of a documentary, spearheaded by a journalist named Diane Graves (Alice Bahlke), ...

I cannot pretend to be entirely objective about “A Nice Indian Boy.” I’m a huge fan of everyone in the cast, including “Hamilton” star Jonathan Groff. Seeing him in a romance is a rare pleasure. I ...

When he died on Tuesday at age 65 of pneumonia, everyone had their image of Val Kilmer at hand to personally mourn. There was the wonderfully showy Juilliard valedictorian, the youngest actor ever ...

Medical dramas were a TV staple in previous decades, but it feels like they’ve taken a backseat in a procedural world overrun with firefighters and police officers. However, in the last year, the ...

Michael Shannon’s feature directorial debut, “Eric LaRue,” is of a piece with the anguished psychological dramas for which he’s acclaimed as an actor. But its painful subject matter also reflects the ...

When Microsoft acquired developer Compulsion Games in 2018, all eyes were on the studio to see what it could deliver at the release of its last game, “We Happy Few.” Compulsion Games had something ...

An example of how to make a low-budget movie that immerses you in a long-gone world and the minds of people who lived in it.

“William Tell” is the latest. It begins with a flash-forward to the title character being forced to shoot an apple off his ...