When nominations for the 95th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday, most of the names called out had been handicapped for months. Few were shocked that such theatrical hits as “Top Gun: Maverick,” “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Elvis” made the cut. Ditto Cate Blanchett’s ferocious lead performance in “Tár,” or Brendan Fraser’s heart-rending comeback […]

Mia Goth is on a roll. That’s one way of looking at “Infinity Pool,” the third in a string of recent indie horror films (after last year’s “X” and “Pearl”) that threaten to erase all memory of the actress in the 2020 Jane Austen adaptation “Emma.” (Actually, COVID-19 is probably more responsible for killing that […]