That’s the state of royal play in “Spellbound,” an only semi-enchanting film from Skydance Animation that has just landed on Netflix. The movie had a chance to be a gem thanks to some of the ...

When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor.

In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2024, Bilge Ebiri, K. Austin Collins, Alison Willmore, and Odie Henderson—about the year in cinema.

He’s a respected craftsman who nevertheless puts his own stamp on all of his movies, no matter how different they may seem. His movies feel like his while still reaching a larger audience ...