death

We’re all going to die. What now? ‘The Life of Chuck’ sits with this question

Tom Hiddleston stars in the new adaptation of Stephen King's novella — which is somehow a very sweet film about the inevitable approach of death.

Her parents died 9 days apart, but Sarah Silverman gets the last laugh in ‘PostMortem’

Silverman's father and stepmother are buried under one tombstone that reads: "Janice and Donald, who loved to laugh." The loss was a starting point for Silverman's "cathartic" Netflix comedy special.

Final Destination still works — here’s why

The long-running franchise taps into a common fear: You're going to die eventually, and there's nothing you can do about it. Final Destination Bloodlines is the sixth installment.

‘The Shrouds’ introduces a new stage of grief: Watching your loved one decompose

David Cronenberg's thriller centers on an unusual technology that allows people to watch their loved ones decompose in real time. The Shrouds is both deeply morbid and disarmingly funny.

After a tragic accident, a widow faces a lifetime of what-ifs

Live Fast won France's top literary prize in 2022. Brigitte Giraud's haunting book revisits the death of her husband in a motorcycle crash 20-odd years earlier.