Goran Stolevski’s elliptical folk tale “You Won’t Be Alone” unfolds like a dream without a map, and so to try and parse it in certain terms is like recounting a dream to somebody who wasn’t in on it. That’s high praise for a horror-adjacent movie that weds some of the genre’s most elemental tropes to a weird and poignant parable of a loveless witch who seeks to punish the world because of her own disappointments in love and motherhood....

Unlike the Oscars, the Spirit Awards also boast a Best First Feature category to honor the greatest directorial debuts of the last year. The 2021 nominees in this category are “I Carry You With Me,” “The 40 Year Old Version,” “Sound of Metal,” “Miss Juneteenth,” and “Nine Days.” Only “Sound of Metal” broke into the Oscars among these nominees. As always, the budget cutoff for films to be eligible for the Spirit Awards is $22....

Netflix produced three of the five documentary shorts nominees this year — “Audible,” “Lead Me Home,” and “Three Songs for Benazir — its most in any short film category. All five contenders run the gamut in both style and substance. There’s a feel-good story about a pioneering woman basketball player, and a personal experimental film following the director’s probing of a childhood bullying incident. There’s also a sweeping portrait of the homelessness crisis in three major U....

From her 2015 breakthrough performance in Robert Eggers’ “The Witch” to her star-making turn in Netflix hit “The Queen’s Gambit,” her still nascent career has consisted of mostly high-profile roles in critical darlings. Sure, last year’s hyper-stylized “Last Night in Soho” was a bit divisive, but it was a bold swing and she was as razor-sharp as ever. No longer just an indie darling, she smoothly transitioned into bigger-budget fare, furthering her collaboration with Eggers in the critically beloved epic “The Northman,” and recently wrapping George Miller’s “Mad Max: Fury Road” prequel “Furiosa,” set for a 2024 release....

The “best gifts come with a bow.” Hawkeye gets his own spinoff in the forthcoming Disney+ series, premiering on the streaming platform November 24. In honor of Marvel’s infamous archer, we rounded up a handful of Hawkeye comic books for you to purchase before (or after) the show debuts. For the uninitiated, Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) is a skilled marksman and an ex-villain turned Avenger; his ally is Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld), a rich girl-turned-superhero....

Halloween might be the only time of year where just about everyone wants to be someone else. And with just three weeks until Hallows Eve, it’s time to start looking for a costume. Searching for the right Halloween costume can be an easy process, especially when you have an idea of what you’re looking for. To help you get started, we rounded up some of the best Halloween costumes inspired by your favorite superheroes (and a few villains)....

After spending the last year working from home and adjusting to pandemic restrictions, don’t be surprised if you see more people heading out on road trips in the coming months. And what better time to hit the road than during the summer? Road trips provide one of the safer (and, often, more scenic) routes of travel, and are certainly appealing if you’d like to bypass crowded airports and long ticket lines....