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IndieWire’s review from critic Mike McCahill criticizes Nolan’s latest as a “humorless disappointment” in which the director “is more caught up in his own machinations than ever before.” The Wrap critic Nicholas Barber was similarly let down by “Tenet,” calling it a “head-scratching James Bond homage.” Barber adds, “There is enjoyably puzzling fun to be had along the way, but ‘Tenet’ may have you pleading for an aspirin and a long lie-down....

“The Dig” directors Andy and Ryan Tohill boarded the “Texas Chainsaw” sequel in February 2020. The movie picks up in the same timeline as Hooper’s 1974 movie and ignores the events of the previous sequels, similar to David Gordon Green’s 2018 “Halloween,” serving as a direct sequel to John Carpenter’s 1978 movie. According to Deadline, the new “Texas Chainsaw” cast includes “Eighth Grade” favorite Elsie Fisher, Sarah Yarkin, Jacob Latimore, and Moe Dunford....

The best episodes might be outstanding hours of shows that fluctuate in quality, or a pivotal character moment or story beat that contextualizes everything else. Sometimes the best episode is part of an almost embarrassing bounty — just one of many consistently brilliant installments in a TV show that blew away both audiences and critics. IndieWire’s look at the best TV episodes of 2022 is all those things, populated by our usual suspects of top 2022 TV as well as hours we couldn’t forget and shows we gladly binged in a weekend....

That philosophy has yielded a compelling, poignant, and unsettling true crime series, as Hannah and Macmanus — aided by Elle Fanning’s career best work in the lead role and a flawless supporting cast — have taken a sensationalized case and revealed the humanity of everyone involved, from Michelle and Conrad to their parents, friends, attorneys, and more. A great deal of the show’s power comes from the sophistication of its structure, in which flashbacks depicting Michelle and Conrad’s relationship inform later events and vice versa....

“It’s painful to talk about it,” Sorrentino said in an interview over Zoom this month. “And, indeed, it was very painful to make a film about it.” Yet “The Hand of God,” the Netflix-produced drama that launches in competition at the Venice Film Festival next week, doesn’t exclusively dwell on that grim event. Instead, the story turns on the efforts of the writer-director’s fictionalized stand-in, Fabietto (Filippo Scotti), as he works through the fallout of his sudden orphanhood against the majestic backdrop of his native Naples, and the catharsis he finds from discovering his true calling as a filmmaker....

Arriving like a lamb lost in the woods (or led to the slaughter) is Evie (Nathalie Emmanuel), an aspiring ceramicist who makes her living as a cater waiter in New York. When her friend swipes a swag bag from an upscale gig, she discovers a free trial for a DNA site called Find Yourself, like 23andMe for the elite. Recently orphaned, she can’t help but feel curious when her search turns up a match in an overly enthusiastic Brit named Oliver (Hugh Skinner)....

Here’s the synopsis, courtesy of AMC: Set in Hull, England, and on the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s, the series follows the story of Patrick Sumner (Jack O’Connell), a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s doctor on a whaling expedition to the Arctic. But the ferocity of the elements is matched by the violence of his crew mates, particularly Henry Drax (Colin Farrell), a harpooner and distinctly brutal force of nature....