Queen of the Ring
By Ben Wasserman March 7, 2025
The biopic of wrestler Mildred Burke is at its best when it embraces the pageantry and over-the-top performances of the squared circle.
The biopic of wrestler Mildred Burke is at its best when it embraces the pageantry and over-the-top performances of the squared circle.
Perhaps director Walter Salles’s best film since Central Station.
Director James Mangold focuses less on biographical details and more on Bob Dylan’s music, which might single-handedly bring the folk movement back into vogue.
How do you solve a problem like Maria—portraying soprano Maria Callas, that is?
The biopic traces Trump’s rise as an ambitious real estate mogul in the 1970s and ’80s under the tutelage of the bombastic lawyer Roy Cohn.
Kate Winslet mixes idealism, will, and crankiness in a high-level star turn that helps this biopic navigate some uneven ground.
An electric musical biopic with songs that viewers will immediately want to add to their Spotify playlists.
The woman who revolutionized the French champagne industry.
A historical drama blessed with two formidable performers, Sandra Hüller and Susanne Wolff.