Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan star in the new film, which imagines a romantic relationship between British paleontologist Mary Anning and Charlotte Murchison, the young wife of a geologist. Continue Reading Kate Winslet’s Read More
The film and TV industry in British Columbia is busier than ever in spite of COVID and partly because of COVID. The place sometimes called Hollywood North is benefiting from high demand for new content from networks and streaming services. The much smaller film industries in next door Washington state and Oregon are rebounding more slowly from the region wide shutdown Read More
Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, now 90, has a gift for making riveting cinema from the minutiae of the everyday. His latest is a four-and-a-half hour documentary starring Boston City Hall, pre-COVID-19. Continue Reading FILM Read More
Though Anne Hathaway throws herself into the role of the Grand High Witch with obvious relish, she often seems to be straining for effect — which leaves The Witches feeling flat. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: Read More
Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film Requiem for a Dream spawned a musical motif that's rippled through media — and jumpstarted a new career for Clint Mansell, the composer of its haunted score. Continue Reading Requiem For A Theme: Read More
Lee's new film for HBO captures a live performance of Byrne's acclaimed Broadway show. David Byrne's American Utopia is a rousing blend of song, dance and revival meeting. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: David Byrne Read More
The new French film, Cuties, is about an 11-year old Senegalese Muslim girl growing up in Paris and struggling with the contradictions between her strict upbringing and the demands of social media. Continue Read More
Ethan Hawke plays the famed Serbian American inventor in a new film that reminds us what a modern creature Tesla was — a figure from the past who never stopped pointing the way to the future. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: Wild Read More
Rosamund Pike stars in Radioactive, a biography of the pioneering scientist, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to claim it in two different scientific disciplines (physics and chemistry). The director, Marjane Satrapi, the Oscar-nominated Iranian-French graphic novelist and filmmaker (Persepolis), tells the story in an ambitious but uneven fashion. Read More
The iconic Italian composer, who scored The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and more than 500 other films, died Monday in Rome. Continue Reading Ennio Morricone, Film Composer Who Scored The Sound Of The American West, Read More
HBO Max temporarily removed the 1939 film from its streaming service in early June for its depiction of 'racial prejudices.' The film now includes an introduction addressing its controversial legacy. Continue Reading ‘Gone With The Wind’ Read More
The effort by the Motion Picture Academy to de-white-ify the film community includes a plan to change eligibility standards for award nominees "to ensure that all voices are heard and celebrated." Continue Reading Academy Says Read More
Dennehy, who died April 15, plays a suburban widower who befriends a mother and her son in one of his last films. It's the kind of deeply lived-in performance that Dennehy was known for. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: Brian Read More
First the town disappears from Google Maps. Then a UFO appears — and a water truck is riddled with bullet holes. Bacurau is a community portrait, a horror thriller and a work of political filmmaking. Continue Read More
Autumn de Wilde's adaptation of the Jane Austen classic is as clever and rich as its famous heroine — in part, because its actors are so good at finding fresh nuances in this timeless material. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: New Read More
In the film Donwhill starring Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, a married couple barely escapes an avalanche during a family ski vacation and are forced to reevaluate their lives. Continue Reading In ‘Downhill,’ Read More
Films used to get a boost at the box office from Academy Award nominations — and the bounce still exists for films hanging on at the multiplex. But changes in the industry are altering the calculus. Continue Reading In An Age Of Streaming, Read More
Writer-director Bertrand Bonello uses the tale of a Haitian zombie to explore intergenerational racial trauma in this quiet, moody film. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: In ‘Zombi Child,’ The Real Horror Is ColonialismRead More
Stevenson built a museum and monument in Alabama dedicated to slavery and its legacy. "We need to create institutions in this country that motivate more people to say 'Never again,' " he says. Continue Reading For MLK Day, Read More
Henry made regular appearances on Saturday Night Live, co-directed the film Heaven Can Wait, and co-created the comedy show Get Smart. He died Wednesday in Los Angeles following a heart attack. Continue Read More
This adaptation of attorney Bryan Stevenson's book about a wrongly condemned black man dramatizes that case while offering an unflinching look at the death penalty. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: ‘Just Read More
Minhal Baig's new film about a Pakistani American teen captures what it's like to feel paralyzed, with one foot in adulthood and the other in childhood. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: A First-Generation Teen Tests The Read More
The screenwriter's new movie is about a black couple who shoot a white police officer in self-defense during a routine traffic stop. Their ensuing flight, she says, is a "meditation on blackness." Continue Reading Lena Waithe’s Read More
Mati Diop is the first black woman to compete at the Cannes Film Festival — where her first feature won the Grand Prix. The movie about women left behind by refugees is coming soon to Netflix. Continue Reading ‘Atlantics’ Read More
Hanks watched "about 8 million hours" of Mister Rogers to prepare for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Hanks doesn't necessarily consider himself "a nice guy" but rather "a joyful person." Continue Reading Tom Read More
Life doesn't go according to plan for the family at the center of this wrenching drama. But while Waves doesn't peddle easy redemption, it does offer what feels like a state of grace. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: Read More
Harriet, a biographical film directed and co-written by Kasi Lemmons, is out in theaters. "I don't want to rob her of either her womanhood or her superheroism," Lemmons says. Continue Reading Director Kasi Lemmons Read More
Joker is a psychological character study of a disturbed man who turns violent. To give the comic book villain human depth, composer Hildur Guðnadóttir had to dig deep and empathize with the character. Continue Reading Composer Hildur Read More
The actress plays the title role in the new biopic Judy, which chronicles the iconic entertainer months before her death in 1969. Continue Reading Renée Zellweger On Playing Judy Garland: ‘A Different Kind Of Read More
If you thought the end of the series Downton Abbey would be the end of the Crawley family's adventures, a new film has arrived to prove you wrong. Continue Reading Pop Culture Happy Hour: ‘Downton Abbey’ Returns For An Read More
Justin Chon's third feature, about a karaoke hostess forced to deal with her estranged brother while her father is dying, possesses an "emotional impact [that] is loudest in its quiet moments." Continue Reading FILM Read More
Two sisters (co-writers Hannah Pearl Utt and Jen Tullock) learn that their dead mother (Judith Light) is alive — and starring in a soap opera — in this "wise, witty and richly specific" film. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: Read More
John Williams is an honored film composer, but he began as an arranger. Williams is now arranging again, this time with the acclaimed violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter on the album Across the Stars. Continue Read More
A young Russian-American (Chris Galust) drives a beat-up medical transport van full of demanding, quirky passengers through Milwaukee's backstreets in this funny, authentic film. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: Read More
Director Nanfu Wang, who grew up in rural China, has made a film about the painful, unintended consequences of the Chinese government's one-child rule — including how it affected her own family. Continue Reading ‘One Child Read More
The new Netflix film stars Angela Bassett, Patricia Arquette and Felicity Huffman as three best friend moms who decide to show up unannounced in New York City to pay their adult sons a surprise visit. Continue Reading When The Kids Read More
Richard Billingham documented his parents' neglect and abuse in previous documentary projects. His first narrative film captures their brutality even as it affords them some measure of dignity. Continue Reading FILM Read More
The breezy rom-com is set in a world where only one man remembers the fab four. The film so takes our affection for The Beatles for granted that it never bothers to give the music a proper showcase. Continue Reading FILM Read More
Though it's as dazzling as you'd expect from a Pixar animation, Toy Story 4 is also more ungainly than its predecessors, with coarser humor and audacious plot leaps that don't always pay off. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: To Read More
A new film is inspired by the real-life story of Jimmie Fails, who hopes to reclaim his family's home in the gentrifying Fillmore District. It's also an ode to the city its creators used to know. Continue Reading ‘The Last Black Read More
Ron Howard's new Pavarotti film fails to make us feel much for its subject, and does little to bolster the magical, complicated art called opera. Continue Reading Review: Documentary Film On Luciano Pavarotti Misses All The Right Read More
Director Olivia Wilde and leads Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever do wonderful work in a film about two high-school best friends who have one night to reverse course. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: ‘Booksmart’ Is A Wise And Warm Summer Read More
Though some elements generate fresh sparks, the remake "mostly has the beat-for-beat quality of the live-action Beauty and the Beast, the current standard-bearer for pointlessness." Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: ‘Aladdin’ Is A CGI Read More
Harold Arlen's son and his estate are suing Google, Apple, Amazon and scores of record labels for illegally selling and streaming his music. Continue Reading ‘Over The Rainbow’ Composer’s Estate Sues Big Tech And Read More
Amy Poehler directs and stars in this Netflix film that, while light on laughs and conflict, delivers a "cozy reunion happy hour and an ode to female friendships." Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: ‘Wine Country’ Is An Ode To Read More
The 1991 film earned him two Oscar nods and a spot in history as the youngest person and first African American ever nominated for best director. Singleton died in Los Angeles after a stroke. Continue Reading John Singleton, Pioneering Director Read More
A controversial proposal would have limited the ability of streaming services to compete for Oscars. But after a dust-up that even included the Justice Department, the academy decided against it. Continue Reading Academy Leaves Read More
A new book by Mallory O'Meara explores the life of artist Milicent Patrick, who worked on Fantasia and costumed a legendary Hollywood monster — and then ran afoul of misogyny in the workplace. Continue Reading The Forgotten Woman Read More
Though less thematically precise than Get Out, Jordan Peele's latest film doubles down on horror — and excels at capturing the mundane, funny moments between the big scares. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: When You Meet The Enemy, And It Is Read More
Newly restored footage of the historic 1969 moonshot widens the focus to include the hundreds of men and women who made the mission possible. Continue Reading FILM REVIEW: Documentary ‘Apollo 11’ Retells Read More
