Cinema News

November 14, 2025

	By Mekado Murphy

Hey, movie fans!

This week in theaters it's a battle between men (running) and magicians (vanishing). A new film adaptation of "The Running Man," directed by Edgar Wright, has Glen Powell in the hustling shoes that Arnold Schwarzenegger filled in the 1987 movie version. He's on a game show with the highest stakes possible: Win and get rich, or lose and die. Our chief critic, Manohla Dargis, mostly had a good time with it. In her review, she wrote that the director "likes to amuse, and he can't help but gild every lily, which means that he keeps everything merrily spinning amid the occasional righteous declamations."

If rabbits and hats are more your speed, try "Now You See Me: Now You Don't," the third movie in the magician heist franchise that keeps returning to create more illusions. Our critic Alissa Wilkinson was ready for the show, writing in her review that she "had a great deal of fun" with the movie, and that "it might be the best in the series, or at least it's a very pleasantly diverting two-ish hours."

As for the business of movies, our reporter Brooks Barnes wrote this week about a magic trick that Hollywood has unintentionally been performing with dramas and comedies: making profits disappear. He found that "not one of the 25 dramas and comedies that movie companies released in North American theaters over the past three months has become a hit."

That isn't stopping the studios. This week brings plenty more movies on offer, and throughout this holiday season, you'll have an abundance of choices. Start with our guide, then get out there and enjoy the movies!

A man in a red jackets looks handsome and concerned, standing in front of two scary men dressed in black.

Ross Ferguson/Paramount Pictures

'The Running Man' Review: Glen Powell Plays for His Life

The actor stars as an Everyman battling it out in a near-future but familiarly dystopian America in the director Edgar Wright's new version of the Stephen King novel.

By Manohla Dargis

Seven people stand together outdoors at the entrance to a house. They are dressed in smart-casual outfits, with trees and greenery visible in the background.

Katalin Vermes/Lionsgate

'Now You See Me: Now You Don't' Review: Magic, the Gathering

The Horsemen return, with some new additions, and are off to right the world's wrongs once more.

By Alissa Wilkinson

A man in gray slacks and a black polo shirt with a yellow insignia on the pocket holds out a red paddle and points. Behind him is a huge crowd out of focus.

A24

65 Movies to See This Winter

An obsessed table-tennis player ("Marty Supreme") and musicians in a Neil Diamond tribute band ("Song Sung Blue") are among the season's screen gifts.

By Ben Kenigsberg

CRITICS' PICKS

A woman with a pixie cut and a sleeveless dress sits next to a man wearing a suit and sunglasses, head back, smoking a cigarette, in a black and white photo.

Jean-Louis Fernandez/Netflix

Critic's Pick

'Nouvelle Vague' Review: Richard Linklater's Ode to 'Breathless'

The American director moves his sights to Paris in 1959, when a young, cocky Jean-Luc Godard is hustling to make his first (now legendary) movie.

By Manohla Dargis

A man holding his cowboy hat leans against the bed of a pickup truck. Behind him is a mountain range.

Bleecker Street

Critic's Pick

'Rebuilding' Review: When Life Bucks You Off

In this gentle western, Josh O'Connor plays a cowboy who's lost his ranch and sense of self to a wildfire.

By Lisa Kennedy

A man wearing a dirty shirt rolled up at the sleeves walks determinedly through a barren outdoor scene.

Cineverse

Critic's Pick

'The Things You Kill' Review: A Tragedy Turns Surreal

A slippery Turkish-language feature takes its time revealing its mysteries.

By Ben Kenigsberg

Neon

Critic's Pick

'Keeper' Review: You Can Get In, but You Can't Get Out

This entertainingly loopy horror movie from Osgood Perkins is a cabin-in-the-woods chiller with a girl power spin.

By Jeannette Catsoulis

A man with long straggly brown hair stands on a New York City Street looking at something out of frame. He has a neutral expression and is wearing a jersey that reads "Basketball Diaries."

Jackson Hunt/Vertical

Critic's Pick

'Bunny' Review: Doing the Right Thing

Ben Jacobson's caper set in an East Village tenement hinges on the camaraderie of neighbors and teems with energy.

By Natalia Winkelman

MOVIE REVIEWS

A photo of Eddie Murphy from behind, looking out over a sunny Los Angeles day from the roof of a home.

Netflix

'Being Eddie' Review: A King of Comedy Looks Back

A self-aware and soft-spoken Eddie Murphy plays docent to his own career in a new documentary.

By Glenn Kenny

A candid image from the film shows a smiling person wearing a red beanie and a light-colored T-shirt.

Apple Original Films

Documentary Lens

'Come See Me in the Good Light': The Sweetness After a Terminal Diagnosis

The film chronicles the poet Andrea Gibson's final year of living with cancer and trying to make every second count.

By Alissa Wilkinson

Neon

'Arco' Review: A Technicolor Apocalypse

A boy empowered by a time-traveling cape crash-lands in 2075 in this inventive animated film that wrestles with the effects of climate change and technology.

By Beatrice Loayza

From left: Joe, Nick and Kevin Jonas standing in a snowy field, holding luggage.

John Medland/Disney

'A Very Jonas Christmas Movie' Review: O Come, All Ye Faithful

In their fan-oriented and self-mocking holiday comedy, the millennial boy band delivers pure festive sugar rush.

By Chris Azzopardi

A man with a mustache holds a phone to his ear, looking serious. The background is blurred.

Roxwell Films/Saban Films, via Roadside Attractions

'King Ivory' Review: Oklahoma Turns Gangland

A starry action-thriller with noble intentions fumbles the fentanyl epidemic.

By Robert Daniels

A young man in a forested area looks up at something in curiosity.

Magnolia Pictures

'The Carpenter's Son' Review: The First Temptation of Christ?

In this horror movie drawn from the Apocrypha, a teen Jesus is both troubled and troubling to his parents. Then along comes a stranger with a serpent.

By Brandon Yu

NEWS & FEATURES

Yannis Drakoulidis/Amazon Content Services; Roadside Attractions; Kimberly French/Mubi, via Associated Press; Black Bear

25 Movies, Many Stars, 0 Hits: Hollywood Falls to New Lows

It has been a brutal three months for dramas and comedies.

By Brooks Barnes

A younger woman in a light blue shirt speaks to an older woman wearing a coat.

Yannis Drakoulidis/Amazon Content Services

Critic's Notebook

Today's Top Directors Have Some Issues With Gen Z

"Eddington," "One Battle After Another" and "After the Hunt" focus on young characters navigating the current political climate. The depictions aren't always flattering.

By Maya Phillips

Against an olive-green backdrop, a smiling couple interacts. One is in a darker green top over a hoodie. The other is in a white button-down top.

Austin Hargrave

In Death, Poet Andrea Gibson Gets a Film That Celebrates Life

"Come See Me in the Good Light" follows the writer and their wife as they experienced the pain of cancer and also the joy of living.

By Nicole Sperling

Eddie Murphy, wearing a black long-sleeve shirt, laughs while sitting in a brown leather chair.

Netflix

'Being Eddie' Gives Murphy the Final Word on His Feud with 'S.N.L.'

The comedian's long-running feud with the late-night sketch show is a topic in the new Netflix documentary "Being Eddie."

By Jonathan Abrams

Eddy Chen/Black Bear

How Brawling Dramas Take the Fight to the Oscars

With their slow-mo punch sequences and actors' body transformations, pugilistic films from "Rocky" to "Christy" have aimed for the academy's approval.

By Esther Zuckerman

Rebecca Smeyne for The New York Times

An After-Hours Film Bash for Sofia Coppola

The Museum of Modern Art's annual film gala honored the writer and director, attracting a crowd that included Olivia Wilde, Bill Murray and David Letterman.

By Sarah Bahr and Rebecca Smeyne

STREAMING RECOMMENDATIONS

Five people stand closely together outdoors, all looking down with serious or somber expressions. The person in the middle has blood on her cheek.

Film Movement

Five International Movies to Stream Now

In this month's picks, parents and children in India, Germany, Korea, Italy and Sudan grapple with the joys and perils of familial bonds.

By Devika Girish

A woman in uniform stands outside holding a musket while looking seriously at something out of frame. A man with a beard who is also in uniform stands in the background out of focus.

Glen Wilson/Focus Features, via Associated Press

The Best Movies and Shows on Hulu Right Now

We've handpicked the finest movies and television shows currently streaming on Hulu in the United States. Take a look.

By Jason Bailey

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