Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant are incandescent in Michael Haneke’s fable of immortal devotion
Movies
The Guilt Trip: The Return of the Funny Lady
Streisand hits the road with Seth Rogen in a charming holiday movie about mothers and sons
Jack Reacher: Tom Cruise Picks the Wrong Week for a Thriller About a Mass Killing
The star’s new crime drama gets undermined by the suddenly dour pre-Christmas mood—and by not being a very good movie
The World’s Biggest Hobbit: Why Peter Jackson Should Not Have Supersized Bilbo
The Lord of the Rings was a masterpiece of compression, but the bloated Hobbit is an example of why it’s not a good idea to show fans every thing they might want to see
Seven Secrets of Zero Dark Thirty
Just where were those torture scenes filmed—and other secrets behind the movie that is already being hailed as an Oscar frontrunner
The Hobbit: Just a Middling Weekend for Middle Earth Prequel
Peter Jackson’s belated walkup to his ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy breaks a Dec. record but still lacks magic
Star Trek Into Darkness: Is Benedict Cumberbatch Playing Khan?
The Sherlock star has revealed that he is the next Star Trek villain—but it’s not Khan
10 Best Movies We Missed This Year
We admit it: we couldn’t review every film this year. Here are the ten we wish we had
Zero Dark Thirty‘s Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal on Strong Women and Strong Helicopters
The director and screenwriter—both nominated for Golden Globes—talk to TIME about teaming up for a cinematic take on current events
Golden Globe Nominations: Rite of Too Many Stars
‘Lincoln,’ ‘Argo’ and ‘Django Unchained’ lead the pack, while no-star masterpieces like ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ get the shaft
Save the Date: Everyone Loves Lizzy Caplan (Including Us)
An amiable romantic comedy starring Lizzy Caplan and Martin Starr goes up against The Hobbit. We feel sorry for it
10 Questions for Ian McKellen, The Hobbit‘s Gandalf the Grey
“This is the Gandalf who likes to smoke and drink and party with the hobbits rather than the driven commander. It’s the fun Gandalf.”
TIME’s Guide to The Hobbit‘s 13 Dwarves
Before you see The Hobbit, get to know the dwarves who take Bilbo Baggins on his epic adventure