Michelle Dockery’s Lady Mary, center, bids a fond farewell to upstairs and down on “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale,” from Focus Features “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale” Hail! Hail! The Downton gang’s all here for a victory lap you shouldn’t dream of missing, unless inherited privilege drives you effing crazy. Movies Reviews Peter Travers Sep 12, 2025 — 3 min read
Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson start a life-or-death race in “The Long Walk,” from Lionsgate "The Long Walk" You walk or you die in this Stephen King adaptation that leaves you on the edge of your seat. Movies Reviews Peter Travers Sep 12, 2025 — 3 min read
Rob Reiner chats up Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Christopher Guest in “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” from Bleecker Street "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues" So it doesn’t go all the way to 11, but what a blast for Tap-heads to reunite with the band after 41 years. Movies Reviews Peter Travers Sep 12, 2025 — 3 min read
Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal can’t mend their broken hearts in “The History of Sound,” from Mubi "The History of Sound" Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal break hearts as WW1-era music students who must hide their love but not their passion for sound. Movies Reviews Peter Travers Sep 12, 2025 — 3 min read
Mom Robin Wright and son Laurie Davidson get eyeballed by his fiancée Olivia Cooke in “The Girlfriend,” from Prime Video Spotlight: "The Girlfriend" Robin Wright plays a mom with claws out for her son’s sexpot fiancée (Olivia Cooke) in trash that should have been trashier. TV + Streaming Screening Room Peter Travers Sep 12, 2025 — 3 min read
Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short in “Only Murders in the Building,” from Hulu Spotlight: “Only Murders in the Building” Season 5 is showing its age, but Martin Short, Steve Martin and Selena Gomez make sure the fun shines through. TV + Streaming Screening Room Peter Travers Sep 12, 2025 — 3 min read
Author Stephen King has a bone to pick with the film of “The Shawshank Redemption,” from Castle Rock Entertainment Spotlight: “The Shawshank Redemption” Three decades on, this potent prison breakout drama is still the best cinema ever made from a Stephen King book that skipped the supernatural. Out of the Past Screening Room Peter Travers Sep 12, 2025 — 4 min read
The Travers Take happily salutes the 50th turn around the sun for the Toronto Film Festival. No real movie lover would dream of missing it. TIFF Turns 50 The Toronto Film Festival hit the half century mark as a mecca for film lovers. Here’s what hit big in 2025. In the News Screening Room Peter Travers Sep 12, 2025 — 3 min read
