THE 9TH CIRCLE OF HELL
Filmmaker Choi Jin-seong’s documentary explores how reporters infiltrated a dark web chatroom with 9,000 members who blackmailed young girls into sending them child porn.
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THE COSMOS
The Oscar-winning actress talks to Nick Schager about her new Amazon sci-fi series “Night Sky,” the streaming explosion, and how “Carrie” has stood the test of time.
BUYER BEWARE
The New York Times documentary, premiering May 20 on FX, puts the world’s richest man’s stylish electric vehicles under the microscope—with occasionally deadly results.
NO ESCAPE
Director Alex Garland (“Ex Machina,” “Annihilation”) and star Rory Kinnear discuss their terrifying creation—where a number of men (all Kinnear) stalk and torment a grieving widow.
YIKES
This horror-movie remake—now in theaters and on Peacock—offers little in the way of thrills or scares. Zac Efron, a talented young actor, deserves so much better.
DANGER ZONE
The sequel to Tony Scott’s homoerotic 1986 action flick about men with a need for speed is an absolute blast.
CAUTIONARY TALE
Ninja Thyberg’s feature directorial debut centers on a young Swedish woman who goes to Los Angeles to make it big in porn only to be given a rude awakening.
PLAYING GOD
A new Netflix documentary tells the sickening true story of Dr. Donald Cline, a fertility specialist who inseminated patients with his own sperm—resulting in at least 94 children.
NOT SO GROOVY, BABY
The man behind “Wayne’s World” and “Austin Powers” is capable of so much more than this splashy Netflix dud.
GRAND MYSTERY
HBO Max’s adaptation of the true-crime series of the same name stars Colin Firth as Michael Peterson, a shady man who may (or may not) have murdered his wife (Toni Collette).
