How directors and writers striving for a PG-13 rating have learned to ration the use of a four-letter obscenity.

After his tragic killing last week, film critics noted that Hollywood no longer makes the kind of films that Rob Reiner ...

This documentary could be better, but it offers a helpful lesson for film fans new to the movies of that decade.

For an interview on a Slate podcast this month, I was asked to pick a movie that exemplified 2025—not the year’s best film ...