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• ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Animator Richard Williams Dead at 86
  Oscar-winning artist also helmed The Thief and the Cobbler, worked on two Pink Panther films
• Travers: Peter Fonda, The Easiest Rider of Them All
  Rolling Stone's film critic remembers the kindhearted countercultural rebel that came from showbiz royalty and rode off into sunset his way
• Peter Fonda, ‘Easy Rider’ Actor and Counterculture Hero, Dead at 79
  "While we mourn the loss of this sweet and gracious man, we also wish for all to celebrate his indomitable spirit and love of life," actor's family said
• 8 Things We Learned About the Bruce Springsteen Movie ‘Blinded by the Light’
  Director Gurinder Chadha and screenwriter Sarfraz Manzoor break down the making of the indie film
• ‘Cold Case Hammarskjöld’ Review: Conspiracy Thriller Doc Is a True WTF
  A Danish documentarian investigates a decades-old plane crash — and stumbles on to a potential sucker-punch of a revelation that may be too bad to be true
• Hong Kong Protestors Call for ‘Mulan’ Boycott After Star Shares Support for Police Crackdown
  Jackie Chan, who was born in Hong Kong, also criticized for nationalist tone of interview with China's state-run TV network
• ‘Aquarela’ Review: The Shape of Water, Indeed
  Eco-documentary on H20 in the age of climate change — from crumbling icebergs to chaotic hurricanes — is both gorgeous and terrifying
• ‘Apocalypse Now: Final Cut’: Coppola’s Surreal Vietnam Epic Returns
  Why Francis Ford Coppola decided to make a third cut of his masterpiece on its 40th anniversary — and why this version is, in his mind, the best
• ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’: Blanchett-Led Bestseller Gets Lost in Translation
  Director Richard Linklater and his Oscar-winning star can't quite save adaptation of Maria Semple's novel about a women searching for herself
• Why Canceling ‘The Hunt’ Was Wrong
  By burying the hot-button horror film, Universal has set a dangerous precedent — and broke faith with viewers unafraid to see their society reflected on the big screen

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• Appreciation: 'Easy Rider' made Peter Fonda an icon. 'Ulee's Gold' made him an actor to remember
  The key Peter Fonda role isn't 'Easy Rider.' It's 'Ulee's Gold.' In the Oscar-nominated performance, the actor, who died Friday at 79, paid tribute to his father, Henry Fonda.
• Analysis: #BoycottMulan in support of Hong Kong protests tests Disney and moviegoers
  Liu Yifei, star of Disney's upcoming live-action remake of "Mulan," sparked the #BoycottMulan hashtag when she voiced support of Hong Kong police during pro-democracy protests.
• How Peter Fonda's LSD trip with the Beatles produced a classic John Lennon lyric
  Peter Fonda's rock 'n' roll travels in the '60s found him tripping with the Beatles, riding motorcycles with the Monkees, even releasing his own single.
• Peter Fonda, the 'Easy Rider' star and counterculture icon, has died at 79
  Peter Fonda, the counterculture icon who came from a show business family that included his father, Oscar winner Henry Fonda, and sister, Jane Fonda, has died.
• Indie Focus: Taking off with 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette'
  Another edition of your regular field guide to the world of movies in Los Angeles and beyond
• Q&A: Why the Obamas became producers of the Netflix documentary 'American Factory'
  Filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar made "American Factory" about an Ohio factory taken over by a Chinese company, and then Barack and Michelle Obama signed to produce on via Netflix.
• Review: 'Sextuplets' allows Marlon Wayans a multipart platform for lowbrow humor
  Marlon Wayans channels "Nutty Professor"-era Eddie Murphy in the Netflix comedy "Sextuplets," tackling multiple roles.
• Review: 'Aquarela' proves how to make an exciting documentary about water
  The power of water in all its various majestic forms in locations around the globe is on display in this visually and sonically captivating documentary.
• Review: 'Low Low' marks a strong debut; plus 'One Last Night' and 'Awake'
  Jonathan Rhys Meyers in "Awake," high school girls letting loose in "Low Low" and a bad date gone awry in "One Last Night."
• Critic's Choice: 'The Harder They Come' changed the way the world saw reggae
  'The Harder They Come," featuring Jimmy Cliff and more, introduced reggae to the widest possible world, and is available in a new three-disc collector's edition.
• Review: 'Jay Myself' salutes both a building and its longtime owner, photographer Jay Maisel
  The documentary "Jay Myself," directed by Stephen Wilkes, is both a eulogy to a building and a tribute to its proprietor for five decades, photographer Jay Maisel.
• Review: Mads Brügger's bold, unruly documentary 'Cold Case Hammarskjöld' investigates the death of a diplomat
  Mads Brügger's alternately gripping and exasperating documentary digs into the unsolved 1961 death of a United Nations secretary-general.
• Review: Welsh thriller 'Gwen' has more on its mind than scares
  Writer-director William McGregor's debut feature film, "Gwen," has the eerie quiet and grim portent of a supernatural horror story, but it's a genre picture more in form than content
• In 'Blinded By the Light,' racism, Thatcher-ism and economic struggle influence '80s nostalgia
  Gurinder Chadha's "Blinded By the Light" leans out of the typical glossy '80s look, for a grittier vision with echoes of today's political battles.
• Review: 'The Second Sun' isn't worth a first look
  Post World War II drama "The Second Sun" features a rash of contrivances and groanworthy dialogue that must be heard to be believed.
• Review: 'Kingdom's' sword-wielding manga heroes go to war in a thrilling flurry of action
  "Kingdom" is a sprawling fantasy-adventure set near the close of China's Warring States period about two slaves who dream of escaping and becoming great generals.
• Review: 'Driven' takes an uneven look at John DeLorean saga
  "Driven," the movie starring Lee Pace and Jason Sudelikis, takes an even look at the rise and fall of car designer John DeLorean.
• Bruce Lee's daughter says Quentin Tarantino can 'shut up' or own up
  Enough already from Quentin Tarantino, Bruce Lee's daughter says, after the "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" director holds his ground on Lee's portrayal.
• Review: 'Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles'; an animated deep dive into the artist's mind
  Salvador Simó's "Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles" dives into the blurring of reality, manipulation and the subconscious through the early work of Luis Buñuel.
• Woodstock glorified them. Tarantino barbecued them. In 2019, whither the hippie?
  Hippiedom's place in history is still unsettled, 50 years after the original Woodstock and as hippie-hating "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" is in theaters.
• Review: 'The Amazing Johnathan Documentary' profiles irascible magician in an illusory way
  In "The Amazing Johnathan Documentary," filmmaker Ben Berman concocts a surprisingly gutsy Hail Mary pass to find a way home for this profile of an illusive Las Vegas magician.
• Review: 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' works with a splendid Cate Blanchett at its center
  In "Where'd You Go, Bernadette," Richard Linklater brings Maria Semple's bestselling novel to the screen, with a splendid performance by Cate Blanchett.
• Review: Soggy sequel '47 Meters Down: Uncaged' is a waterlogged creature feature
  '47 Meters Down: Uncaged' offers mean girls, underwater Mayan catacombs and blind sharks but doesn't match the previous entry's minimal pleasures.
• Review: 'Good Boys' delivers all the bad behavior and big laughs a tween can handle
  "Good Boys" is an incredibly funny, laugh-a-minute movie, elevating lowest common denominator humor into potentially its highest form.
• Review: 'Blinded by the Light' irresistibly blends Bruce Springsteen and Bollywood
  "Blinded by the Light," directed by Gurinder Chadha, uses the life-changing anthems of Bruce Springsteen in the manner of India's popular Bollywood musicals.
• Watch Emilia Clarke fall for Henry Golding in 'Last Christmas' trailer
  Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding find love in the trailer for "Last Christmas," which also stars Emma Thompson and Michelle Yeoh.
• 'Mad Men's' Robert Morse revisits 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'
  Robert Morse, an Emmy nominee for "Mad Men," will appear at the Aug. 14 screening of the 1967 musical "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."
• 'Little Women' trailer: Watch Saoirse Ronan lead the feminist charge
  Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for Greta Gerwig's "Little Women," starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet and Meryl Streep.
• Quentin Tarantino says, 'Bruce Lee was kind of an arrogant guy'
  At a press event in Russia, Quentin Tarantino defended his controversial portrayal of the late Bruce Lee in "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood."
• Review: Exuberantly silly 'The Angry Birds Movie 2' flies higher than the first
  'The Angry Birds Movie 2' review: The exuberantly silly sequel flies higher than the first
• 'The Babadook' director Jennifer Kent tackles violence, misogyny and racism in 'The Nightingale'
  Jennifer Kent's first film since cult horror favorite "The Babadook" examines Tasmanian history from a modern perspective.
• 'Hobbs & Shaw' maintains top spot at the weekend box office
  New release "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" opens at No. 2 behind "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw," while "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" and others lag.
• L.A. movie openings: 'Good Boys,' 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' and more
  Here is a list of movies opening the week of Aug. 11-18 including "Good Boys" and "Where'd You Go, Bernadette"
• L.A. movie events & revivals: 'El Cid,' 'Rebel Without a Cause,' 'Woodstock' and more
  SoCal movie events & revivals, Aug. 11-18: 'El Cid,' 'Hello, Dolly!,' 'Rebel Without a Cause' and more
• How the live-action 'Dora' movie stays true to its animated roots
  "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" smartly honors "Dora the Explorer" without losing sight of its own adventure story by putting Dora first. That's why it works.
• Cinemas worry Disney may leave 'Fight Club' and other Fox classics out of theaters
  For theater owners, the limits on classic film access is just one small example of the impact Disney's control of the Fox studio is expected to have.
• 'Easy Rider' at 50: How they put together that groundbreaking soundtrack
  The "Easy Rider" soundtrack redefined movie music for the next 50 years. How it all came together.
• Indie Focus: The joy of friendship in 'The Peanut Butter Falcon'
  Another edition of "Indie Focus," your regular field guide to the world of movies in Los Angeles and beyond.
• Is 'The Art of Racing in the Rain' Milo Ventimiglia's George Clooney moment?
  Milo Ventimiglia, after a decades-long successful career in television, gets his first leading movie role in "The Art of Racing in the Rain."
• She was born into China's one-child policy. Now, she's unearthing its ghosts
  In "One Child Nation," filmmaker Nanfu Wang confronts her own family history to convey the psychological devastation of China's one-child policy.
• Julianne Moore stars in a gender-swapping remake of 'After the Wedding'
  Gender-swapping remake of "After the Wedding" stars Julianne Moore.
• Review: Dolph Lundgren in 'The Tracker,' Martin Freeman in 'Ode to Joy' and more VOD reviews
  Reviews for 'Every Time I Die,' 'Nekrotronic,' 'Ode to Joy,' 'The Tracker' and 'Wicked Witches'
• 'Dora and the Lost City of Gold' is a rare opportunity for Latino representation in Hollywood
  In Paramount's live-action "Dora the Explorer" film, five lead actors are of Latino descent. Director James Bobin and stars Isabela Moner, Eva Longoria, Michael Peña and Eugenio Derbez discuss the character's big-screen debut with "Dora and the Lost City of Gold."
• Review: Afghan school rises above country's tumult in 'Angels Are Made of Light'
  Beauty and grace light up a documentary about a school in Afghanistan
• Review: 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark' sees Guillermo del Toro get his teen horror freak on
  Guillermo del Toro's 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark' delivers chills, thrills, laughs and everything you'd want for a night out of teen horror.
• Review: 'Dora and the Lost City of Gold' gives us the Latinx heroine we need right now
  'Dora and the Lost City of Gold' gives us the Latinx heroine we need right now thanks to Isabela Moner's sparkling comedic performance.
• Review: Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman and more Hollywood women take a stand in 'This Changes Everything'
  The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media drives "This Changes Everything," a fiery expose on the inequality women face in Hollywood.
• Review: 'Piranhas' follows young gangsters with new tricks in a chilling story
  Italian teens and tweens are the criminals at the center of "Piranhas," from "Gomorrah" writer Robert Saviano.
• Review: Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore face off in the melodramatic 'After the Wedding'
  "After the Wedding," the remake of Susanne Bier's Oscar-nominated drama, switches the gender of its lead players but runs out of gas long before it's over.
• Review: 'The Art of Racing in the Rain' may be the weirdest soulful dog movie yet
  Milo Ventimiglia stars opposite a golden retriever whose thoughts are voiced by Kevin Costner in this adaptation of Garth Stein's hit novel.
• Review: Casey Affleck returns to directing with the father-daughter story 'Light of My Life'
  In the post-apocalyptic drama "Light of My Life," young actress Anna Pniowsky delivers a breakthrough performance opposite writer-director-star Casey Affleck.
• Critic's Choice: Master Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami gets a 'Close-Up'
  "The Wind Will Carry Us," "Taste of Cherry" and the Koker Trilogy will screen at the Aero Theatre.
• No one would hire Hollywood's top comedy director. An exonerated football star changed that
  Director Tom Shadyac ("Ace Ventura," "Evan Almighty") was golden until a bike accident changed everything. Brian Banks brought him back to Hollywood.
• Nicolas Cage's latest genre freakout highlights Toronto Film Festival's midnight lineup
  The 2019 Toronto International Film Festival announces Midnight Madness movies (including Nicolas Cage in "Color Out of Space"), Documentaries and more.
• New academy president David Rubin on diversity, the Academy Museum and dealing with controversy
  David Rubin, newly elected president of the motion picture academy, addresses some of the organization's most pressing challenges.
• Review: 'Socrates' reveals the struggle of a gay teen in the slums of Brazil
  Brazilian American filmmaker Alexandre Moratto's empathy-inducing debut "Socrates" is a necessary and affecting drama.
• Review: Shia LaBeouf will break your heart in 'The Peanut Butter Falcon'
  Shia LaBeouf and co-star Zack Gottsagen have a genuinely touching chemistry in the Mark Twain-esque adventure tale.
• Review: Aldis Hodge shines in 'Brian Banks' as a man fighting to clear his name
  The true story of football player Brian Banks becomes a film reminiscent of the 2009 hit "The Blind Side."
• Review: 'South Central Love' finds budding romance in bleak circumstances
  "South Central Love" review: Only a few moments in writer-director Christina Cooper's Los Angeles-set love story feel transcendent.
• Review: 'One Child Nation' is a powerful, painful look at impact of China's one-child policy
  Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang's excellent documentary won the grand jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
• Macaulay Culkin's reaction to Disney's 'Home Alone' reboot is perfect
  Disney reportedly has plans for a reboot of the beloved 1990 film "Home Alone," and original star Macaulay Culkin is totally on board — sort of.
• Review: Mob wives take over 'The Kitchen,' a '70s crime drama with more sizzle than steak
  Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss play mobsters' wives who take control in the patchy but diverting 1970s crime drama "The Kitchen."
• Snakes and religion intertwine in the Appalachian thriller 'Them That Follow'
  'Them That Follow' filmmakers Dan Madison Savage and Britt Poulton and professional snake wrangler Jules Sylvester share secrets from the set.
• David Rubin elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  The film academy's new president immediately inherits a range of challenges facing the 92-year-old institution
• With the Academy Museum director out, big questions about what happens next
  Will the departure of Kerry Brougher push back the opening of the museum even more?
• Guillermo del Toro champions Mexican roots, immigrants at Walk of Fame ceremony
  Singer Lana Del Rey and director J.J. Abrams paid tribute to Guillermo del Toro's work at the filmmaker's Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony Tuesday.
• Haley Joel Osment on 20 years of 'The Sixth Sense' — and 'I see dead people'
  It's been two decades since Haley Joel Osment charmed and terrified audiences as 9-year-old Cole Sear in M. Night Shyamalan's "The Sixth Sense."
• At a time of transformation and tumult, the film academy prepares to elect a new president
  The Oscars: On Tuesday, the academy's board of governors will elect a new president to replace John Bailey. Who might they choose?
• Film academy museum loses director Kerry Brougher in latest hiccup
  In the latest twist in the ongoing drama surrounding the film academy museum, director Kerry Brougher is exiting the project.
• 'Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw's' Jason Statham addresses justice for Han
  'Fast & Furious presents: Hobbs & Shaw's Jason Statham on justice for Han: 'We don't know the full story'
• Remember rock stars? With Bob Dylan and 'Dont Look Back,' D.A. Pennebaker invented the ideal
  Dylan was on fire in 1965, and the late documentarian's revolutionary "direct cinema" captured his every barb, snarl and transcendent performance.
• 'Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw' topples 'Lion King' from box office throne
  "Hobbs & Shaw" speeds off with an estimated $60.8-million opening. Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" adds $20 million in its second weekend.
• L.A. movie openings, Aug. 4-11: 'Dora and the Lost City of Gold,' 'The Kitchen' and more
  L.A. movie openings, Aug. 4-11
• SoCal movie events & revivals, Aug. 4-11: Salutes to filmmakers John Singleton, Abbas Kiarostami and more
  SoCal movie events & revivals, Aug. 4-11
• D.A. Pennebaker, pioneering documentarian and Bob Dylan mythmaker, dies at 94
  D.A. Pennebaker is best known for "Dont Look Back," which famously captured Bob Dylan on tour in 1965, and "The War Room," on the Bill Clinton presidential campaign.
• How the academy is celebrating eccentric dance from 'Wizard of Oz' to 'Aladdin'
  From Ray Bolger to the Nicholas Brothers, eccentric dance was a beloved part of movie history. It also had a huge impact on animation.
• Indie Focus: Love and revenge in 'The Nightingale'
  Another edition of your regular field guide to the world of movies in Los Angeles and beyond.
• Video: 'The Nightingale' review by Justin Chang
  For film critic Justin Chang, "The Nightingale" is the most brutal movie he's seen "in many a moon."
• Review: 'Ladyworld' with Maya Hawke,' plus Bud doc 'Kings of Beer,' 'Consequences' and 'Moop'
  'Ladyworld' with Maya Hawke, plus 'Budweiser doc 'Kings of Beer,' 'Slovenian drama 'Consequences' and the experimental 'Moop'
• Review: 'Otherhood,' despite the presence of Felicity Huffman and pals, disappoints
  Patricia Arquette, Felicity Huffman and Angela Bassett play moms on a road trip to New York City to check up on and meddle in the lives of their grown sons.
• Critic's Choice: True-life adventure 'Maiden' is one of the year's best films
  "Maiden" is a documentary on Tracy Edwards, a former charter-boat cook who in 1989 captained the first all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race.
• Review: Korean disaster flick 'Exit' raises rock-climbing slacker to hero
  In director Lee Sang-Geun "Exit," a slacker must use his rock-climbing skills to help save others when a disaster strikes Seoul.
• Review: 'Tel Aviv on Fire' deliciously walks fine comedic line of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
  Director Sameh Zoabi's comedy about a Palestinian man who works on a popular soap opera and gets plot tips from an Israeli soldier.
• Review: Jennifer Kent's 'The Nightingale' is a brilliant, horrifying tale of revenge
  The Australian director's follow-up to "The Babadook" is a fearless look at 19th century colonialism and its discontents.
• Bruce Lee's training partner counters 'Once Upon a Time' portrayal of the late icon
  Dan Inosanto takes issue with Bruce Lee's arrogant depiction in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood," adding to the growing list of critics.
• Review: 'A Faithful Man' provides a sexy morsel of French romance
  In director-star Louis Garrel's "A Faithful Man," a woman returns to her former lover following the death of the man she left him for years earlier.
• 7 essential Anton Yelchin films, selected by his friends and collaborators
  Chris Pine, J.J. Abrams, Jodie Foster and more select their favorite performances by the late actor Anton Yelchin.
• Review: LGBTQ Civil War indie 'Union' feels anything but unified
  "Union," a purportedly true LGBTQ story from the Civil War South, will make precious little sense to those who haven't seen its 2005 predecessor.
• 'Descendants' team remembers Cameron Boyce in their first interview since his death
  Dove Cameron, Booboo Stewart, Sofia Carson and director Kenny Ortega shared their love for their friend and colleague, who died at age 20 last month.
• Review: Nicolas Cage has 'A Score to Settle'; plus 'The Operative' and more
  Nicolas Cage has 'A Score to Settle'; plus 'The Operative' and more
• Review: 'Them That Follow' is a compelling tale of taboo love in a Pentecostal world
  In the compelling albeit melodramatic movie "Them That Follow," the daughter of a Pentecostal pastor challenges the traditions of her sect.
• Review: The late actor Anton Yelchin is celebrated in touching documentary 'Love, Antosha'
  Garret Price's documentary profiles Anton Yelchin, the young "Star Trek" actor who died tragically in 2016.
• Review: 'Hobbs & Shaw' doesn't quite hit that 'Fast & Furious' sweet spot
  Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham kick the insult comedy into overdrive.
• Review: 'Cassandro the Exotico!' celebrates the battles of a gay luchador
  Marie Losier's documentary 'Cassandro the Exotico!' profiles the first openly gay champion of Mexico's exotico wrestling circuit.
• Review: 'Jirga' asks if atonement for war sins is possible
  An ex-soldier from Australia returns to Afghanistan to seek forgiveness from the family of a civilian he killed during the war.
• Review: 'American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel' aims to move hearts and minds
  Filmmaking sisters Jeanine Butler and Catherine Lynn Butler tackle complex origins in the documentary "American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel."
• Review: 'The Ground Beneath My Feet' tracks a woman's tightly wound world falling apart
  Valerie Pachner stars in filmmaker Marie Kreutzer's psychological tale "The Ground Beneath My Feet," about a type-A business consultant forced to confront her past.
• Review: 'Teacher' lets David Dastmalchian channel his inner Travis Bickle
  David Dastmalchian stars as a high school English teacher who crosses several lines when he tries to stop his favorite students from being bullied.
• Column: 'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood' is Quentin Tarantino's 'Make America Great Again'
  "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" takes our national addiction to nostalgia to dangerously high levels
• Review: Who is 'Luce'? Kelvin Harrison Jr. gives a compelling answer in a twisty race drama
  Kelvin Harrison Jr. gives a slippery yet surgically precise performance in Julius Onah's coolly absorbing and calculating drama "Luce."

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• Peter Fonda: 7 Great Movies to Stream
  The prolific actor, who died Friday, is credited with 116 roles across a nearly six-decade career. Here are a few of his best.
• ‘Good Boys’ Review: The Cruel Comedy of Lost Innocence
  The latest from the producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg involves three 12-year-olds playing at being superbad.
• How ‘Do the Right Thing’ Has Remained Relevant
  The writer and director Spike Lee narrates a sequence from his 1989 film.
• ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ Review: She’s Hiding From Herself
  Cate Blanchett plays a woman in trouble in Richard Linklater’s latest, based on the best-selling novel by Maria Semple.
• ‘The Amazing Johnathan Documentary’ Review: The Joke’s on Who?
  Ben Berman set out to make a film about a dying comedian. He wasn’t prepared for the plot twists.
• When Good Boys Say Bad Words
  The filmmakers behind the new comedy “Good Boys,” about potty-mouthed sixth-graders, had to figure out how to handle stars who were too young to actually see the movie.
• Peter Fonda, ‘Easy Rider’ Actor and Screenwriter, Is Dead at 79
  A member of a celebrated Hollywood family, he was nominated for an Oscar in a seminal film of the 1960s.
• Summer Chills: A Horror Fan’s Guide to What to Watch Right Now
  A survey of the recent crop of scary new releases and old-school offerings on streaming services like Shudder.
• ‘Blinded by the Light’ Review: Testing the Limits of Springsteen
  A Pakistani teenager in 1980s England finds salvation in songs from New Jersey.
• Jean-Pierre Mocky, Iconoclastic French Film Director, Dies at 90
  He found a following making unapologetically raw films that challenged what he saw as hypocrisies in society.
• ‘Sextuplets’ Review: Six Marlon Wayanses and Zero Laughs
  The comic’s latest Netflix comedy has him playing each of six sextuplets, just not very comically.
• ‘Do the Right Thing’ | Anatomy of a Scene
  Spike Lee narrates a sequence from his film, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary in a digitally restored Blu-ray edition from the Criterion Collection.
• Calls to Boycott ‘Mulan’ Erupt After Star Voices Support for Hong Kong Police
  The actress Liu Yifei said on social media that she backed the Hong Kong police, who have been criticized for their use of force against protesters.
• Edward Lewis, ‘Spartacus’ Producer Who Defied Blacklist, Dies at 99
  He was the “front” for Dalton Trumbo, one of the Hollywood Ten, but ended the subterfuge and insisted that Trumbo be listed as screenwriter.
• My Bill Viola Video Marathon
  From sunrise to sundown, a Philadelphia visit rediscovers the artist’s challenging contributions to installation art.
• 5 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend
  Our guide to film series and special screenings.
• An Indian Space Mission Inspires a Bollywood Reckoning
  “Mission Mangal,” a fictional take on real female scientists, has been likened to “Hidden Figures.” But a male star dominates the marketing, raising questions about Bollywood and women.
• ‘Olivia’ Explores Love and Tragedy in a French Finishing School
  Jacqueline Audry’s film unfolds in an almost exclusively female world, as suffocating as it is liberating.
• ‘Aquarela’ Review: The Shapes of Water
  In this dazzling survey of man against water, mysteries and revelations are as integral to its impact as our certainty of the dangers faced by its makers.
• ‘End of the Century’ Review: A Vacation Veers Into Existential States
  Lucio Castro drifts back to 1999 in his promising first feature film.
• ‘Kingdom’ Review: Where the Map Is Drawn in Blood
  Battles and bloodshed abound in this story of war and peace set in a fragmented ancient China.
• ‘What You Gonna Do’ Review: Struggles and Resilience in New Orleans
  The filmmaker Roberto Minervini offers a vibrant portrait of African-American life in urban Louisiana.
• ‘Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles’ Review: Animating a Surrealist
  The film explores the making of the director Luis Buñuel’s 1933 documentary.
• ‘Cold Case Hammarskjold’ Review: An Excavation of International Intrigue
  The Danish prankumentarian Mads Brugger is not the person you would choose to sift fact from conjecture.
• ‘Driven’ Review: California Scheming
  As the charismatic automobile designer John DeLorean, Lee Pace adds depth to this muddled true-crime comedy.
• ‘Socrates’ Review: Surviving on the Streets of São Paulo
  A gay Brazilian teenager navigates poverty and isolation in Alexandre Moratto’s passionate first feature.
• ‘47 Meters Down: Uncaged’ Review: A Sequel Unworthy of the Original
  This silly film manages to make all the mistakes the first movie avoided.
• Piero Tosi, Who Outfitted Stars of Italian Films, Dies at 92
  A favorite of the director Luchino Visconti, he was nominated for five Oscars for costume design and received an honorary award in 2013.
• Why Is Hollywood So Scared of Climate Change?
  Environmental concerns have been the driving force of villains in recent superhero and sci-fi movies. But critics say the industry needs to show how society can reform its ways.
• Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge Show Their Sensitive Sides
  Plus, Cate Blanchett attends a screening of her new film, “Where’d You Go, Bernadette.”
• Are Hippies the New Goths?
  Why the dark side of ’60s counterculture is trending now.
• How Do You Film Water in Its Many Forms? Very, Very Carefully
  The documentarian Victor Kossakovsky, his crew and others found themselves in perilous spots as they sought out roiling seas, frozen lakes, icebergs and more.
• National Endowment for the Humanities Announces New Grants
  This round of funding, the final for the fiscal year, totals $29 million and will support 215 projects across the country.
• Tarantino’s Los Angeles in Six Key Locations
  The director’s canny settings reflect his deep understanding of the region as both sun-filled and sketchy, glamorous and anonymous.
• IMDb Will Allow Removal of Birth Names — to a Point
  Advocates and Hollywood groups say the site’s previous practice of using such credits hurts transgender people. But the new policy still falls short in their view.
• ‘Los Reyes’ Review: Dreamy Dogs Upstage Chatty Skaters
  In this beautiful film, two canines while away the time as life goes on around them.
• The Banana Splits Got a Movie. It’s Probably Not What You Think.
  Fifty years ago, four furry creatures took fun trips in “The Banana Splits Adventure Hour.” In a new horror movie, they take lives.
• ‘Adam’ Review: A Comedy of Genders
  The film, about a cisgender boy who pretends to be trans, can’t resolve its big ideas.
• ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’ Review: So Stupid, Yet So Funny
  The film is not just another animated sequel. Well, it sort of is, until it suddenly isn’t.
• ‘Yellow Submarine’ & Me
  The whimsical animated musical about the Beatles delights me in new ways thanks to daily viewings with my 4-year-old.
• ‘The Lightning Thief’ to Open on Broadway in September
  The popular Percy Jackson musical will have a limited run at Longacre Theater.
• ‘Scary Stories’ Surges as ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Keeps Its Box-Office Lead
  The horror movie based on a series of children’s books earned about $20.8 million domestically in its first weekend.

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• Documentary Review: 'One Child Nation'
  China's most far-reaching social experiment — a multi-decade attempt at population control — is the subject of the documentary One Child Nation.
• Peter Fonda, Hollywood's 'Easy Rider,' Dies At 79
  Fonda was born into Hollywood royalty as the son of Henry Fonda and brother of Jane Fonda. His 1969 classic, Easy Rider, earned him an Oscar nomination.
• 'Little Women' Fans Did Not Endorse The Release Of Movie's Square Trailer
  The release of the Little Women trailer caused a stir on social media. Fans are upset at the version released on Twitter because of its square format, which left out much of the surrounding scenes.
• 'Shawshank Redemption' Fans Flock To Mansfield, Ohio, For Movie's 25th Anniversary
  As many as 30,000 fans of the movie, The Shawshank Redemption, are flocking to the prison where it was shot in Mansfield, Ohio, for a 25th anniversary celebration of the movie.
• 'Bernadette' Is A Stirring Tribute To A Woman Rediscovering Her True Calling
  Where'd You Go, Bernadette follows a brilliant architect who, in the midst of a decades-long career slump, disappears to recapture her life's passion in the unlikeliest place imaginable.
• A Lost Album From John Coltrane, With Thanks To A French-Canadian Director
  Coltrane recorded the album in New Jersey, at the admiring behest of a Québécois filmmaker named Gilles Groulx, who used it to score his docufictional film Le chat dans le sac.
• 'End Of The Century': When Sex With A Stranger ... Isn't, Quite
  Julio Castro's tale of two men who hook up in Barcelona, only to realize they'd shared a similar encounter 20 years before, is full of big ideas bogged down by "mushy drama."
• An Unreliable Narrator, A Trail Colder Than Pickled Herring: 'Cold Case Hammarskjöld'
  Conspiracy theories abound in this literally incredible documentary, in which an eccentric Danish journalist sets out to prove that Dag Hammarskjöld's 1961 plane crash was no accident.
• Mawkish 'Blinded By The Light' Wears Its Too-Hungry Heart On Its Sleeve
  Film critic/Springsteen superfan Chris Klimek says Gurinder Chadha's film about a British-Pakistani kid who finds inspiration in The Boss's music is affected and cloying.
• In Sweet, Funny 'Good Boys,' Tweens Don't Lose Their Innocence — They Just Misplace It
  What could have been a cringeworthy misfire of tweens fumbling toward sex instead turns into a winning comedy that gets the sweetness-to-raunch ratio miraculously right.
• 'One Child Nation' Documentary Explores The Dark Side Of Chinese Policy
  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.
• The Beekeeper Of 'Honeyland' Knows All Too Well: Respect Nature, Or Get Stung
  Hatidze Muratova lives in a remote area of Macedonia and has one simple rule: When you harvest honey, you take half — and leave the other half for the bees. An elegant new documentary tells her story.
• Interview With 'Luce' Filmmaker
  NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Julius Onah, director of the new film Luce, about the movie.
• Michelle Williams On Economic Inequality In Her New Movie — And Her Career
  In After the Wedding, she plays the head of an orphanage who is clearly uncomfortable around wealth. In her own life, she's dealt with a controversy where she was paid much less than a male co-star.
• Director Andrea Berloff On 'The Kitchen' And How Hollywood Approaches Women-Led Projects
  NPR's Audie Cornish talks with writer Andrea Berloff about her directorial debut, The Kitchen. Before this, Berloff was best known for her screenplay for Straight Outta Compton.