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- Revisiting Hours: ‘Lost in America,’ The Great American Economic Horror MovieA look back at Albert Brooks' 1985 masterpiece about yuppies, the open road and an American Dream curdling into a Reagan-era nightmare
- ‘What They Had’ Review: Tender Family Story Is No Disease-of-the-Week MelodramaA-list cast turn story of elderly mother suffering from Alzheimer's into a touching, poignant story of the ties that bind
- ‘The Guilty’ Review: First-Time Caller, Longtime Cop-vs.-Kidnapper ThrillerDanish nerve-jangler pits a cop working a 911-dispatch beat in a race against time — while never leaving the room
- The Devil and Jamie Lee CurtisAs she reprises her role in 'Halloween,' the actress reflects on what Laurie Strode and Michael Myers mean today
- The First Time with Nicolas Cage‘Mandy’ actor loves Electric Light Orchestra record art, aquariums and champagne paired with Kentucky Fried Chicken
- 5 Things We Learned From Paul Butterfield Doc ‘Horn From the Heart’From cutting his teeth in the Chicago blues scene to nabbing one of Dylan's best sidemen, our takeaways from new doc on legendary bandleader
- ‘Wildlife’ Review: A Woman on the Verge of a Nervous BreakdownCarrie Mulligan gives a career-best performance in actor-turned-director Paul Dano's scathing, sharp familial melodrama
- ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ Review: Melissa McCarthy’s a Forger Who’s the Real ThingThe comedian gets sharp-tongued and serious as Lee Israel, a biographer who became a first-rate literary-correspondence faker
- Nicole Kidman Plays Brooding Detective in ‘Destroyer’ TrailerActress stars as LAPD investigator in Karyn Kusama-helmed crime-thriller
- ‘Mid90s’ Review: Jonah Hill’s Skaterat Coming-of-Age MovieActor's directorial debut rewinds back to Clinton-era L.A., where a young kid gets an education in sex, drugs and skaterat culture
A look back at Albert Brooks' 1985 masterpiece about yuppies, the open road and an American Dream curdling into a Reagan-era nightmare
A-list cast turn story of elderly mother suffering from Alzheimer's into a touching, poignant story of the ties that bind
Danish nerve-jangler pits a cop working a 911-dispatch beat in a race against time — while never leaving the room
As she reprises her role in 'Halloween,' the actress reflects on what Laurie Strode and Michael Myers mean today
‘Mandy’ actor loves Electric Light Orchestra record art, aquariums and champagne paired with Kentucky Fried Chicken
From cutting his teeth in the Chicago blues scene to nabbing one of Dylan's best sidemen, our takeaways from new doc on legendary bandleader
Carrie Mulligan gives a career-best performance in actor-turned-director Paul Dano's scathing, sharp familial melodrama
The comedian gets sharp-tongued and serious as Lee Israel, a biographer who became a first-rate literary-correspondence faker
Actress stars as LAPD investigator in Karyn Kusama-helmed crime-thriller
Actor's directorial debut rewinds back to Clinton-era L.A., where a young kid gets an education in sex, drugs and skaterat culture
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- Cinespia's intricately constructed photo booths let fans drop into iconic movie sets
Cinespia's Hollywood Forever Cemetery movie screenings have been a staple of L.A. nightlife since 2002. Every Saturday throughout the summer — and on select weekends through Halloween — the organization screens classic films on the cemetery's Fairbanks lawn. Thousands of people turn up each weekend...
- 'Halloween': A look back at the many lives (and deaths) of franchise heroine Laurie Strode
The scream queen. It’s a title that’s been used time and time again in horror movies. The damsel in distress often has to fight back and become her own hero — and Laurie Strode is the template. As originated in the “Halloween” franchise by Jamie Lee Curtis, Strode was the babysitter with a fighting...
- Review: Jonah Hill's directing debut, 'Mid90s,' is a sweet but fuzzy-headed skater nostalgia trip
“Mid90s,” the first feature written and directed by Jonah Hill, is set in Los Angeles sometime during — well, take a wild guess. One of the first things we see is a bed covered with “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” sheets, followed by shelves neatly lined with CDs and cassette tapes. The sheets belong...
- Review: Former Yankee mounts a comeback in documentary 'Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story'
Though never a truly dominant major league pitcher, Chien-Ming Wang did win 19 games in consecutive seasons for the New York Yankees and was runner-up for the American League Cy Young Award in 2006. The documentary “Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story” follows the Taiwanese-born ballplayer nearly...
- Review: 'An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn' is another lulu from auteur of the weird Jim Hosking
When last we encountered Jim Hosking’s bizarro brand of comedy, we were drowning in the goo secreted by “The Greasy Strangler.” For his sophomore feature, Hosking teams with co-writer David Wike for “An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn,” which has more stars but doesn’t skimp on the weird. Following...
- Review: Gentle drama 'Change in the Air' goes a little cuckoo with its bird references
The gentle drama “Change in the Air” is buoyed by its sweet spirit and a strong cast, but it ultimately tries too hard to win our affections. Those who aren’t turned off by its lack of subtlety will likely find it to be an amiable effort from director Dianne Dreyer and screenwriter Audra Gorman....
- Review: Romantic drama 'Brampton's Own' is a swing and a miss
Like its baseball bat-wielding hero, “Brampton’s Own” is stuck in the minor leagues. It’s better than a number of indie films in its craft — particularly the thoughtfully composed cinematography from Kieran Murphy — but a flawed script ultimately keeps it from eking out a win. Dustin (Alex Russell)...
- Review: Teen suicide drama 'Reach' disppoints
The Manic Pixie Dream Boy is a rare, elusive creature — quirky, exciting, existing merely to help a man understand life and himself. The female of the species is seen far more often in the wild, which is why it’s such a thrill to spot the male in the teen drama “Reach,” written by Maria Capp, Johnny...
- Review: 'Travel Ban' tackles intolerance through humor
If the way to a bigot’s heart is through his funny bone, the smart, provocative documentary “Travel Ban” could definitely help change how some intolerant folks see Muslims and Middle Easterners. Writer-director Samy Chouia’s comic journey examines what it means to be a person of Middle Eastern...
- Review: Documentary 'Transformer' intimately portrays bodybuilder's transition
“It’s taking everything I’ve got as a man to become a woman,” declares Janae Marie Kroc (nee Kroczaleski), the subject of the remarkable documentary “Transformer.” The film follows her journey as she sheds her old identity as Matt, a world record-holding powerlifter and bodybuilder, and steps fully...
- Review: Western 'Big Kill' caught between spoof and tribute
The premise for “Big Kill” — a pair of gamblers, a timid accountant and a corrupt preacher walk into a bar — admittedly sounds like the set-up for an old joke with a payoff that would have likely been more amusing than writer-director Scott Martin’s labored spoof of Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns....
- Review: Documentary 'Fail State' takes on predatory for-profit universities
The documentary “Fail State,” executive produced by Dan Rather, is a clear-eyed, easily digestible account of how the vastly changing economics of public and private colleges led to a proliferation of for-profit universities, a system whose predatory financial practices have devastated countless...
- Review: Spanish documentary 'Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle' finds plenty to love about Grandma
It can be a holy grail of sorts in the documentary world if you’re a filmmaker with an eccentric family made for the cameras. Sometimes that feeling is forced, as in the recent, hopelessly twee Grandma’s things doc “306 Hollywood.” But in the case of actor Gustavo Salmerón’s loose, amusing feature...
- Review: Get an authoritative look at silent star Buster Keaton in 'The Great Buster: A Celebration'
Seeing is believing with Buster Keaton, a movie god who continues to inspire awe more than half a century after his death. A silent film comic actor and director almost without peer whose best work feels remarkably modern, Keaton bridges a cultural continuum from vaudeville to Samuel Beckett, with...
- Review: 'Liyana's' mix of documentary and animation compels
Shot through with equal parts trauma and hope, “Liyana” fuses stunning 3-D animation with a powerful documentary style. Cinematography vets Aaron and Amanda Kopp (“The Hunting Ground”) make their feature directorial debut with sensitivity and an infectious affection for their subjects, but special...
- Review: Documentary 'Charm City' probes tense relationship between citizens and police in Baltimore
In “Charm City,” Marilyn Ness’ documentary about Baltimore’s crisis of police/community relations, the faces of her subjects — dedicated law enforcement personnel, activists, political figures — may be pained, but their efforts to find a healing path forward are palpable and hopeful. Filmed over...
- Review: In 'The Guilty,' drama unfolds in a single location, but it contains multitudes
If the setting of “The Guilty” couldn’t be simpler, its immaculate execution by first-time director Gustav Möller couldn’t be more gripping and involving. A disturbing Danish psychological thriller and a real-time police drama that’s equal parts provocative and emotional, “The Guilty” wrings complex...
- Review: Writer, director and star Jim Cummings makes a galvanizing debut with 'Thunder Road'
The opening scene of “Thunder Road” is a doozy. Jim Arnaud (Jim Cummings), a Texas cop in his early 30s with a handsome face and a tragicomic pornstache, is delivering his mother’s eulogy when he suffers an emotional meltdown. Not the kind you might expect to happen at a funeral, but something...
- Review: 'The Advocates' examines the complexities behind L.A.'s homelessness issue
L.A.’s homelessness crisis is portrayed from the highly personal vantage points of a trio of tireless outreach workers in “The Advocates,” a straight-ahead but affecting documentary that acknowledges the stubborn obstacles inherent in their efforts to make a difference. With approximately 25% of...
- Review: Torn from yesterday's headlines, Charles Ferguson's documentary 'Watergate' resonates today
Can a nearly 4½-hour documentary be about current events without ever directly referencing anything that’s taken place in the last three years? If the movie is called “Watergate,” then yes. So, do I need to be incident-and-name-specific about the parallels to today? Surely not, if director Charles...
- Review: Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Robert Forster and Blythe Danner are terrific in Alzheimer's drama 'What They Had'
“What They Had” is the kind of small, unremarkably titled film that could easily fall between the awards season cracks. That would be a pity since this debut feature from writer-director Elizabeth Chomko is one of the year’s best indie dramas, one that should hit home with a wide range of viewers...
- Review: Cross-cultural indie drama 'Nigerian Prince' feels like a missed opportunity
As enticing as “Nigerian Prince” is upon opening with a series of cons large and small involving a charming Lagos grifter and, separately, his unwitting cousin visiting from America, this earnest indie from Nigerian American co-writer/director Faraday Okoro eventually loses its multithreaded fizz....
- Review: Val Kilmer brings the creepy to otherwise forgettable thriller 'The Super'
Well-made but generic, the thriller “The Super” is noteworthy primarily for featuring one of Val Kilmer’s first substantial roles since recovering from throat cancer. Director Stephan Rick works around the actor’s infirmities, but Kilmer’s offbeat charisma remains unmistakable. Patrick John Flueger...
- Animation Is Film Festival spotlights the art form from an international perspective
In launching the Animation Is Film Festival last year in Hollywood, GKids Films Chief Executive Eric Beckman was pursuing a big dream: to build an American answer to France’s Annecy Festival while changing the way people think of animation. “Trying to create a must-see event in a town where there’s...
- Review: Trashy thriller 'London Fields' should have stayed on the shelf
The aggressively awful “London Fields” is, once again, proof that not every successful novel should become a movie. Especially if it’s going to wind up as tedious and pretentious as director Mathew Cullen’s flashy-trashy transfer of author Martin Amis’ celebrated allegory, which Amis adapted with...
Cinespia's Hollywood Forever Cemetery movie screenings have been a staple of L.A. nightlife since 2002. Every Saturday throughout the summer — and on select weekends through Halloween — the organization screens classic films on the cemetery's Fairbanks lawn. Thousands of people turn up each weekend...
The scream queen. It’s a title that’s been used time and time again in horror movies. The damsel in distress often has to fight back and become her own hero — and Laurie Strode is the template. As originated in the “Halloween” franchise by Jamie Lee Curtis, Strode was the babysitter with a fighting...
“Mid90s,” the first feature written and directed by Jonah Hill, is set in Los Angeles sometime during — well, take a wild guess. One of the first things we see is a bed covered with “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” sheets, followed by shelves neatly lined with CDs and cassette tapes. The sheets belong...
Though never a truly dominant major league pitcher, Chien-Ming Wang did win 19 games in consecutive seasons for the New York Yankees and was runner-up for the American League Cy Young Award in 2006. The documentary “Late Life: The Chien-Ming Wang Story” follows the Taiwanese-born ballplayer nearly...
When last we encountered Jim Hosking’s bizarro brand of comedy, we were drowning in the goo secreted by “The Greasy Strangler.” For his sophomore feature, Hosking teams with co-writer David Wike for “An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn,” which has more stars but doesn’t skimp on the weird. Following...
The gentle drama “Change in the Air” is buoyed by its sweet spirit and a strong cast, but it ultimately tries too hard to win our affections. Those who aren’t turned off by its lack of subtlety will likely find it to be an amiable effort from director Dianne Dreyer and screenwriter Audra Gorman....
Like its baseball bat-wielding hero, “Brampton’s Own” is stuck in the minor leagues. It’s better than a number of indie films in its craft — particularly the thoughtfully composed cinematography from Kieran Murphy — but a flawed script ultimately keeps it from eking out a win. Dustin (Alex Russell)...
The Manic Pixie Dream Boy is a rare, elusive creature — quirky, exciting, existing merely to help a man understand life and himself. The female of the species is seen far more often in the wild, which is why it’s such a thrill to spot the male in the teen drama “Reach,” written by Maria Capp, Johnny...
If the way to a bigot’s heart is through his funny bone, the smart, provocative documentary “Travel Ban” could definitely help change how some intolerant folks see Muslims and Middle Easterners. Writer-director Samy Chouia’s comic journey examines what it means to be a person of Middle Eastern...
“It’s taking everything I’ve got as a man to become a woman,” declares Janae Marie Kroc (nee Kroczaleski), the subject of the remarkable documentary “Transformer.” The film follows her journey as she sheds her old identity as Matt, a world record-holding powerlifter and bodybuilder, and steps fully...
The premise for “Big Kill” — a pair of gamblers, a timid accountant and a corrupt preacher walk into a bar — admittedly sounds like the set-up for an old joke with a payoff that would have likely been more amusing than writer-director Scott Martin’s labored spoof of Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns....
The documentary “Fail State,” executive produced by Dan Rather, is a clear-eyed, easily digestible account of how the vastly changing economics of public and private colleges led to a proliferation of for-profit universities, a system whose predatory financial practices have devastated countless...
It can be a holy grail of sorts in the documentary world if you’re a filmmaker with an eccentric family made for the cameras. Sometimes that feeling is forced, as in the recent, hopelessly twee Grandma’s things doc “306 Hollywood.” But in the case of actor Gustavo Salmerón’s loose, amusing feature...
Seeing is believing with Buster Keaton, a movie god who continues to inspire awe more than half a century after his death. A silent film comic actor and director almost without peer whose best work feels remarkably modern, Keaton bridges a cultural continuum from vaudeville to Samuel Beckett, with...
Shot through with equal parts trauma and hope, “Liyana” fuses stunning 3-D animation with a powerful documentary style. Cinematography vets Aaron and Amanda Kopp (“The Hunting Ground”) make their feature directorial debut with sensitivity and an infectious affection for their subjects, but special...
In “Charm City,” Marilyn Ness’ documentary about Baltimore’s crisis of police/community relations, the faces of her subjects — dedicated law enforcement personnel, activists, political figures — may be pained, but their efforts to find a healing path forward are palpable and hopeful. Filmed over...
If the setting of “The Guilty” couldn’t be simpler, its immaculate execution by first-time director Gustav Möller couldn’t be more gripping and involving. A disturbing Danish psychological thriller and a real-time police drama that’s equal parts provocative and emotional, “The Guilty” wrings complex...
The opening scene of “Thunder Road” is a doozy. Jim Arnaud (Jim Cummings), a Texas cop in his early 30s with a handsome face and a tragicomic pornstache, is delivering his mother’s eulogy when he suffers an emotional meltdown. Not the kind you might expect to happen at a funeral, but something...
L.A.’s homelessness crisis is portrayed from the highly personal vantage points of a trio of tireless outreach workers in “The Advocates,” a straight-ahead but affecting documentary that acknowledges the stubborn obstacles inherent in their efforts to make a difference. With approximately 25% of...
Can a nearly 4½-hour documentary be about current events without ever directly referencing anything that’s taken place in the last three years? If the movie is called “Watergate,” then yes. So, do I need to be incident-and-name-specific about the parallels to today? Surely not, if director Charles...
“What They Had” is the kind of small, unremarkably titled film that could easily fall between the awards season cracks. That would be a pity since this debut feature from writer-director Elizabeth Chomko is one of the year’s best indie dramas, one that should hit home with a wide range of viewers...
As enticing as “Nigerian Prince” is upon opening with a series of cons large and small involving a charming Lagos grifter and, separately, his unwitting cousin visiting from America, this earnest indie from Nigerian American co-writer/director Faraday Okoro eventually loses its multithreaded fizz....
Well-made but generic, the thriller “The Super” is noteworthy primarily for featuring one of Val Kilmer’s first substantial roles since recovering from throat cancer. Director Stephan Rick works around the actor’s infirmities, but Kilmer’s offbeat charisma remains unmistakable. Patrick John Flueger...
In launching the Animation Is Film Festival last year in Hollywood, GKids Films Chief Executive Eric Beckman was pursuing a big dream: to build an American answer to France’s Annecy Festival while changing the way people think of animation. “Trying to create a must-see event in a town where there’s...
The aggressively awful “London Fields” is, once again, proof that not every successful novel should become a movie. Especially if it’s going to wind up as tedious and pretentious as director Mathew Cullen’s flashy-trashy transfer of author Martin Amis’ celebrated allegory, which Amis adapted with...
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- Critic’s Pick: ‘Halloween’ 1978: The Times Finally Reviews a Horror ClassicWe didn’t review “Halloween” in 1978 because of a newspaper strike. Forty years later, our critic takes a new look at John Carpenter’s masterpiece.
- ‘Halloween’ Review: Michael’s Back! (Jamie Lee Curtis, Too)David Gordon Green’s sequel to the horror classic brings Michael Myers back for blood.
- Tiffany Haddish: ‘My Career Is a Delicious Roasted Chicken’Trust us — it makes sense when you hear how doggedly she pursued success. It’s time to find out whether the “Girls Trip” star can make it last.
- Review: Melissa McCarthy Is Criminally Good in ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’Marielle Heller directs a true story of literary fraud, set amid the bookstores and gay bars of early ’90s Manhattan.
- Feature: This Melissa McCarthy Story Just Might (Maybe? Possibly?) Cheer You UpThe dynamic star is trying to keep comedy alive at a moment when Hollywood — and its audience — can’t seem to crack a smile.
- Remembering the Moon Landing, Nearly 50 Years Later: ‘We Were All Completely Silent’A new film, “First Man,” tells the story of Neil Armstrong’s stepping onto the moon in the summer of 1969. We asked readers to tell us what they remembered about that historic day.
- Review: ‘Mid90s’ Skates Back to a Less Innocent TimeThis period-specific coming-of-age story was written and directed by Jonah Hill.
- Anatomy of a Scene: How Michael Myers and Laurie Strode Meet Again in ‘Halloween’David Gordon Green discusses a sequence featuring Jamie Lee Curtis.
- Review: In ‘What They Had,’ a Family Bickers While a Mother Drifts AwayA stellar cast barely rescues Elizabeth Chomko’s predictable first feature about a family matriarch’s slow slide into dementia.
- The Best and Worst of the Week’s Trailers: Actress ShowcasesThe strongest clips (“Destroyer,” “Mary, Queen of Scots”) offer performances that may figure in the Oscar race. The weakest is a dog. Literally.
- The Halloween Movie Franchise: How We Have Covered ItCheck out these reviews, video features and an oral history.
- The Carpetbagger: Is This ‘A Star is Born’ Pop Song Supposed to Be Bad or Glorious?“Why Did You Do That?” is the film’s most debated song, and co-writer Diane Warren explains its intention.
- Bella Thorne’s Cats, Big Bird and More: Your Week in Pop CultureWhat you need to know from this week’s TV, music and movie news.
- Cynthia Erivo Is One Step Closer to the EGOT ClubErivo talks about her first movies, “Bad Times at the El Royale” and “Widows”; crying at “The Color Purple”; and taking on Harriet Tubman.
- The Week in Arts: ‘Wildlife,’ Terrence McNally, American Ballet TheaterWith barely contained fury, Carey Mulligan stars as a Montana housewife in Paul Dano’s directorial debut.
- 4 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This WeekendOur guide to film series and special screenings.
- The Carpetbagger: With One Strong Word, ‘The Hate U Give’ Couldn’t Hold Its TongueHow do you make a movie about teenagers when the more authentic it sounds, the less likely it is that young people will be able to see it?
- Horror Movies by Women and More: Your Thursday Pop Culture Cheat SheetWhat you need to know from today’s TV, music and movie news.
- Review: In ‘Galveston,’ on the Run With Nowhere to GoBen Foster and Elle Fanning star in this on-the-lam scenario that goes past film noir and lands at film murk.
- Review: In ‘The Waldheim Waltz,’ a Nation Reckons With Its Nazi PastThe Austrian documentarian Ruth Beckermann focuses on Kurt Waldheim, and she is clear on where she stands: She participated in protests against Waldheim.
- Review: Bright Young Men Stoop to Scam in ‘Nigerian Prince’This engaging debut feature film by Faraday Okoro asks if there is an honest way for young people to thrive in a country like today’s Nigeria.
- Review: In ‘Wildlife,’ Passions Run RampantThe film, directed by Paul Dano and starring Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal, is a domestic drama both sad and terrifying.
- Review: ‘On Her Shoulders’ Follows Nobel Peace Prize Winner Nadia MuradThe documentary spotlights the hope and weariness of Murad, who was held captive by the Islamic State in Northern Iraq.
- Review: ‘The Guilty’ Places a Troubled Police Officer on HoldGustav Moller’s ingeniously lean thriller builds tension from little more than one police officer, two rooms and a frantic telephone call from a kidnapped woman.
- Review: In ‘Caniba,’ a Killer Tries to Make His CaseIssei Sagawa, who killed and cannibalized a woman in 1981, is the subject of a new documentary by Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor.
- ‘Halloween’ | Anatomy of a SceneDavid Gordon Green discusses a sequence from his new film featuring Jamie Lee Curtis.
- No More ‘Nathan for You’: Your Wednesday Pop Culture Cheat SheetWhat you need to know from today’s TV, music and movie news.
- Why Does ‘First Man’ Say Gemini as ‘Geminee’? NASA Explains. Sorta.The pronunciation of the 1965-66 program is a space agency thing. Sometimes it was pronounced normally. NASA’s chief historian gives the back story.
- Microaggressions at School? The ‘Hate U Give’ Team Has Been ThereThe author Angie Thomas, the star Amandla Stenberg and the director George Tillman Jr. know what it’s like to be outsiders, and put that in their work.
- Review: A Restless Spirit Haunts a Family in ‘A Season in France’Dangerous uncertainty, and a bit of hope, hangs over a family seeking political asylum in Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s latest feature.
- Chance the Rapper Isn’t Running: Your Tuesday Pop Culture Cheat SheetWhat you need to know from today’s TV, music and movie news.
- Review: ‘The Price of Everything’ Asks $56 Billion Questions About ArtThis documentary examines the global art market, and pauses to look at some pictures along the way.
- Review: ‘Charm City’ Vividly Captures the Streets of BaltimoreMarilyn Ness’s documentary is dedicated to the memory of the more than 1,000 people said to be killed in Baltimore during the film’s making.
- Review: Paul Butterfield’s Story Is Told in ‘Horn From the Heart’A documentary explores the life of the blues musician who was prominent in the 1960s and ’70s.
- Review: ‘Impulso’ Goes Backstage With a Flamenco InnovatorThis documentary follows Rocío Molina, a cutting-edge dancer, as she prepares for a Paris show.
- Pete Davidson and Ariana Grande Split Up: Your Monday Pop Culture Cheat SheetWhat you need to know from today’s TV, music and movie news.
- ‘First Man’ Is No Match for ‘Venom’ and ‘A Star Is Born’Damien Chazelle’s first movie since “La La Land” was mostly loved by critics. Audiences were less impressed.
- Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon Nearly 50 Years Ago. Do You Remember That Day?We want to hear your memories of watching the first man step onto the moon.
We didn’t review “Halloween” in 1978 because of a newspaper strike. Forty years later, our critic takes a new look at John Carpenter’s masterpiece.
David Gordon Green’s sequel to the horror classic brings Michael Myers back for blood.
Trust us — it makes sense when you hear how doggedly she pursued success. It’s time to find out whether the “Girls Trip” star can make it last.
Marielle Heller directs a true story of literary fraud, set amid the bookstores and gay bars of early ’90s Manhattan.
The dynamic star is trying to keep comedy alive at a moment when Hollywood — and its audience — can’t seem to crack a smile.
A new film, “First Man,” tells the story of Neil Armstrong’s stepping onto the moon in the summer of 1969. We asked readers to tell us what they remembered about that historic day.
This period-specific coming-of-age story was written and directed by Jonah Hill.
David Gordon Green discusses a sequence featuring Jamie Lee Curtis.
A stellar cast barely rescues Elizabeth Chomko’s predictable first feature about a family matriarch’s slow slide into dementia.
The strongest clips (“Destroyer,” “Mary, Queen of Scots”) offer performances that may figure in the Oscar race. The weakest is a dog. Literally.
Check out these reviews, video features and an oral history.
“Why Did You Do That?” is the film’s most debated song, and co-writer Diane Warren explains its intention.
What you need to know from this week’s TV, music and movie news.
Erivo talks about her first movies, “Bad Times at the El Royale” and “Widows”; crying at “The Color Purple”; and taking on Harriet Tubman.
With barely contained fury, Carey Mulligan stars as a Montana housewife in Paul Dano’s directorial debut.
Our guide to film series and special screenings.
How do you make a movie about teenagers when the more authentic it sounds, the less likely it is that young people will be able to see it?
What you need to know from today’s TV, music and movie news.
Ben Foster and Elle Fanning star in this on-the-lam scenario that goes past film noir and lands at film murk.
The Austrian documentarian Ruth Beckermann focuses on Kurt Waldheim, and she is clear on where she stands: She participated in protests against Waldheim.
This engaging debut feature film by Faraday Okoro asks if there is an honest way for young people to thrive in a country like today’s Nigeria.
The film, directed by Paul Dano and starring Carey Mulligan and Jake Gyllenhaal, is a domestic drama both sad and terrifying.
The documentary spotlights the hope and weariness of Murad, who was held captive by the Islamic State in Northern Iraq.
Gustav Moller’s ingeniously lean thriller builds tension from little more than one police officer, two rooms and a frantic telephone call from a kidnapped woman.
Issei Sagawa, who killed and cannibalized a woman in 1981, is the subject of a new documentary by Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor.
David Gordon Green discusses a sequence from his new film featuring Jamie Lee Curtis.
What you need to know from today’s TV, music and movie news.
The pronunciation of the 1965-66 program is a space agency thing. Sometimes it was pronounced normally. NASA’s chief historian gives the back story.
The author Angie Thomas, the star Amandla Stenberg and the director George Tillman Jr. know what it’s like to be outsiders, and put that in their work.
Dangerous uncertainty, and a bit of hope, hangs over a family seeking political asylum in Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s latest feature.
What you need to know from today’s TV, music and movie news.
This documentary examines the global art market, and pauses to look at some pictures along the way.
Marilyn Ness’s documentary is dedicated to the memory of the more than 1,000 people said to be killed in Baltimore during the film’s making.
A documentary explores the life of the blues musician who was prominent in the 1960s and ’70s.
This documentary follows Rocío Molina, a cutting-edge dancer, as she prepares for a Paris show.
What you need to know from today’s TV, music and movie news.
Damien Chazelle’s first movie since “La La Land” was mostly loved by critics. Audiences were less impressed.
We want to hear your memories of watching the first man step onto the moon.
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- This 'Halloween,' Jamie Lee Curtis Reckons With 40 Years Of TraumaMichael Myers is back and, so is Laurie Strode. Jamie Lee Curtis was 19 when she starred in the original Halloween. This sequel ignores the others to focus on what has happened to Laurie since 1978.
- 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' Is A Rare Gem: A Sweet Film About A Mean PersonA new film features Melissa McCarthy as a misanthropic con artist who forges letters from famous authors. Critic Justin Chang feels like McCarthy's entire career has been working toward this role.
- John Carpenter On The Enduring Sound Of 'Halloween'The original Halloween score is one of the most enduring horror scores ever written. John Carpenter, who directed that movie and wrote its score, has now written the score for the film's 2018 sequel.
- Kobe Bryant Removed As Animation Festival Juror After Protest Over Past AllegationsA petition launched by "women and allies in the animation community" demanded "that accused rapist and sexual predator Kobe Bryant be removed" from the Animation Is Us festival.
- In 'Wildlife,' Carey Mulligan's Performance Blazes BrightPaul Dano movingly adapts Richard Ford's 1990 novel about a couple (Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan) whose marriage crumbles as their son (Ed Oxenbould) watches.
- In 'Mid90s' Jonah Hill Looks At Skater Culture Through A Lens, BlanklyJonah Hill writes and directs this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age tale about a boy who embraces skater culture; the film faithfully documents the era, but offers no point of view.
- 'Halloween': This Time, Laurie Strode Is Locked And LoadedCritic Monica Castillo says this Halloween sequel takes as its true subject the lingering effects of the trauma Jamie Lee Curtis' character experienced in the 1978 original. (Also there's stabbing.)
- Melissa McCarthy's New Signature Role: 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'Melissa McCarthy plays a real-life literary forger left behind by the publishing industry in a new and thoughtful comedy.
- A Family In Quiet Crisis Gathers To Assess 'What They Had' — And What They've Still GotIn her debut feature, writer/director Elizabeth Chomko brings fresh insight — and a stellar cast — to the "dysfunctional family" subgenre; the result is "funny and sad, but never mawkish."
- Melissa McCarthy Plays A Literary Forger In 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'David Greene talks to Melissa McCarthy, who stars as celebrity biographer Lee Israel. When Israel fell out of step with her publisher and couldn't keep a job, she turned to forging celebrity letters.
- It Wasn't Cool To Care In The 'Mid90s' — But Jonah Hill DoesIn Hill's directorial debut, a 13-year-old boy from a troubled home finds his tribe through skateboarding. "It really was an ethic and aesthetic for me that I carry with me to this day," Hill says.
- Oscar-Winner Damien Chazelle Talks About His New Film 'First Man'Rachel Martin talks to director Damien Chazelle about his film First Man, which retells Neil Armstrong's dramatic story leading up to the Apollo 11 flight that landed him on the moon.
- 'Bad Times At The El Royale' Is A Twisty, Neon-Lit Neo-NoirIn writer/director Drew Goddard's film, several strangers converge at a casino-motel filled with dark passageways and two-way mirrors — a lot like the film's satisfyingly pulpy, B-movie plot.
- How 'Bring The Pain' Brought Chris Rock Superstar FameA new A&E documentary highlights the stand-up comedian's breakout HBO special.
- Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet On Their New Film, 'Beautiful Boy'NPR's Scott Simon speaks with actors Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet, who star in a movie based on the true story of a family struggling with a son's addiction to crystal meth.
Michael Myers is back and, so is Laurie Strode. Jamie Lee Curtis was 19 when she starred in the original Halloween. This sequel ignores the others to focus on what has happened to Laurie since 1978.
A new film features Melissa McCarthy as a misanthropic con artist who forges letters from famous authors. Critic Justin Chang feels like McCarthy's entire career has been working toward this role.
The original Halloween score is one of the most enduring horror scores ever written. John Carpenter, who directed that movie and wrote its score, has now written the score for the film's 2018 sequel.
A petition launched by "women and allies in the animation community" demanded "that accused rapist and sexual predator Kobe Bryant be removed" from the Animation Is Us festival.
Paul Dano movingly adapts Richard Ford's 1990 novel about a couple (Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan) whose marriage crumbles as their son (Ed Oxenbould) watches.
Jonah Hill writes and directs this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age tale about a boy who embraces skater culture; the film faithfully documents the era, but offers no point of view.
Critic Monica Castillo says this Halloween sequel takes as its true subject the lingering effects of the trauma Jamie Lee Curtis' character experienced in the 1978 original. (Also there's stabbing.)
Melissa McCarthy plays a real-life literary forger left behind by the publishing industry in a new and thoughtful comedy.
In her debut feature, writer/director Elizabeth Chomko brings fresh insight — and a stellar cast — to the "dysfunctional family" subgenre; the result is "funny and sad, but never mawkish."
David Greene talks to Melissa McCarthy, who stars as celebrity biographer Lee Israel. When Israel fell out of step with her publisher and couldn't keep a job, she turned to forging celebrity letters.
In Hill's directorial debut, a 13-year-old boy from a troubled home finds his tribe through skateboarding. "It really was an ethic and aesthetic for me that I carry with me to this day," Hill says.
Rachel Martin talks to director Damien Chazelle about his film First Man, which retells Neil Armstrong's dramatic story leading up to the Apollo 11 flight that landed him on the moon.
In writer/director Drew Goddard's film, several strangers converge at a casino-motel filled with dark passageways and two-way mirrors — a lot like the film's satisfyingly pulpy, B-movie plot.
A new A&E documentary highlights the stand-up comedian's breakout HBO special.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with actors Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet, who star in a movie based on the true story of a family struggling with a son's addiction to crystal meth.
