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It’s no wonder I love the flicks I do. Like so many filmmakers and fans, I got my movie education from Roger Corman.

Our film critic remembers the late, sometimes great B-movie king, who died earlier this month.

‘Hit Man’: Richard Linklater’s comic neo-noir is right on target
This sexy and superb neo-noir takes some wild swings before fadeout. A major part of what makes it work so well is Glen Powell’s performance. The actor has cowritten a star-making part for himself, a role filled with twisty surprises and major personality shifts.

Hey, Garfield: Our film critic would like a word with you
Who is the Garfield in this movie? You’re not the cat I remember. Sure, you still hate Mondays and love lasagna, but you no longer have the sarcastic edge that endeared you to millions.

‘Bourne’ director Doug Liman talks reuniting with Matt Damon for a new Boston-set heist comedy

After more than two decades, Liman and Damon are back together for "The Instigators," which also stars Casey Affleck.

Odie Henderson review | ★★½
‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ runs out of gas
Dementus is the perfect name for Chris Hemsworth’s wannabe deity character; to convey madness he chews so much scenery he becomes Kenneth Branagh with muscles — he’s Kenneth Brawnagh.

‘Happy Gilmore’ sequel coming soon, according to Netflix
Adam Sandler’s classic golf comedy “Happy Gilmore” is about to get a sequel nearly 30 years after the original hit theaters.

SUMMER ARTS GUIDE
Ready to get your summer movies on? Here’s your guide, from ‘Furiosa’ to ‘Fly Me to the Moon.’
Other highlights include sequels to "Inside Out" and "Twister," plus the return of those lovable (and obnoxious) Minions.

‘Back to Black’ star Marisa Abela on telling Amy Winehouse’s story ‘authentically’ through her music
"Amy’s story is Amy’s story: there were drugs and there was alcohol and there was love and there was loss," says Abela, who plays Winehouse — and does her own singing — in the new biopic.

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Odie Henderson review | ★★★½

Pamela Adlon’s ‘Babes’ is the pregnancy movie you didn’t know you needed

Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau play besties in this comedy that’s two parts comedy and three parts body horror.

Natalia Winkelman review | ★★½

John Krasinski’s kids’ flick ‘IF’ follows a 12-year-old girl on an imaginative adventure around New York City

In her building, she meets an eccentric recluse, played by Ryan Reynolds, housing a host of imaginary friends, otherwise known as IFs.

Father-daughter duo Ethan and Maya Hawke release ‘Wildcat,’ a passion project about writer Flannery O’Connor

Ethan Hawke is coming to Boston this Thursday to talk about directing his daughter Maya Hawke, who plays Flannery O’Connor in "Wildcat." He'll be at Brookline’s Coolidge Corner Theatre for a post-screening Q&A.

Ryusuke Hamaguchi on letting real life frame his new film, ‘Evil Does Not Exist’

"Perhaps there isn’t any such thing as slow cinema," says the director. "All we have is a rich sense of time that is spreading out and happening in front of our eyes."

Never see R-rated films with Mom — and other life lessons I learned movie-watching with my mother

The Globe’s film critic offers some unlikely Mother’s Day picks.

Coolidge to honor ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ director Jane Schoenbrun as second annual Breakthrough Artist

Schoenbrun says their new film is "deeply personal, and trying to talk about trans experience in a way that hadn’t really been done before, at least in the popular American cinema."

Odie Henderson review | ★★★½

‘Evil Does Not Exist’: A battle for the soul of a Japanese mountain village

Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to the Oscar-winning ‘Drive My Car’ is a cautionary tale worth catching in theaters.

How to survive a 23-hour ‘Star Wars’ movie marathon

This past weekend in Dedham, the dedicated flocked out to Showcase Cinema de Lux at Legacy Place to watch the nine movies of the Skywalker saga in a row. Here’s how — and why — they did it.