Stanley Kauffmann on Films: Kinds of War

Thomson on Films: ‘Drive,’ a Cool, New Noir That Degenerates Into a Bloodbath

‘Contagion’ Isn’t Just a Thriller. It’s a Defense of Big Government.

Thomson on Films: Cliff Robertson and the Sordid Ways of Old Hollywood

David Thomson on Films: ‘The Hour’ Is the Most Complex and Absorbing Story Currently Playing on Any Screen

TNR Film Classics: 'The Gold Rush' and 'The Freshman' (1925)

David Thomson on Films: Skip This Remake of ‘Brighton Rock’ and Catch the Grim, 1947 Original

TNR Film Classic: ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’ (1939)

Stanley Kauffmann on Films: Treasuring Art

David Thomson on Films: ‘One Day,’ A Gimmicky ‘New’ Attempt at an Old-Fashioned Love Story

David Thomson on Films: Remembering the Man Who Mastered Technicolor

TNR Film Classic: ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’ (1942)

David Thomson on Films: ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ is Slick, Breathless, and Daft

David Thomson on Films: The Lonely Legacy of Nicholas Ray

TNR Film Classic: ‘The Bible’ (1966)

The Gurney Shot: A Film Critic Goes Behind the Camera—In a Hospital

Stanley Kauffmann on Films: Horizontally Speaking

David Thomson on Films: 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2'

TNR Film Classic: 'Mildred Pierce' (1945)

Stanley Kauffmann on Films: Deepenings