‘Tótem’ is intimate but director Lila Avilés is a big deal
Built from intuitive hunches — she calls them “corazonadas” — the work of Mexican writer-director Lila Avilés plays like an invitation into her characters’ most…
Tony Award winner Hinton Battle dies at 67
Hinton Battle, who won Tony Awards (featured actor in a musical) for his performances in “Miss Saigon,” “Sophisticated Ladies” and “The Tap Dance Kid,” has…
'I watched a gory film on a flight that left a kid sobbing behind me – his mum was livid'
A teenager was left baffled when a child sneakily craned their neck to watch the film he was - but when the kid started sobbing,…
‘Ferrari,’ ‘The Woman in the Wall’ and more to watch now
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who’s been sleeping on “Ferrari.” As staff writer Mark Olsen explains in this week’s Catch Up, Michael…
The 10 best movies we saw at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival
An image from the documentary “Daughters.” (Sundance Institute) Executive produced by Kerry Washington, “Daughters” culminates with an emotional father-daughter dance inside a Washington, D.C., jail.…
‘Sometimes I Think About Dying’ review: A bored worker stirs
In Rachel Lambert’s dreamlike indie “Sometimes I Think About Dying,” our heroine’s life is on mute: visually, sonically and emotionally. An office worker in a…
‘The Breaking Ice’ review: A restless trio comes together
To leave something behind doesn’t necessarily imply a sense of direction. That active limbo permeates writer-director Anthony Chen’s appealingly liquid “The Breaking Ice,” about a…
Uganda’s first Oscar-nominated film tells story of Bobi Wine persecution | Arts and Culture
Kampala, Uganda – This January, when Bobi Wine learned that the film documenting his 2021 Ugandan presidential bid had been nominated for an Academy Award, he…
What to do, see and eat at Disneyland’s Lunar New Year celebration
Festival season has begun at the Disneyland Resort, with the annual Lunar New Year celebration landing at Disney California Adventure. Over the past decade, Disneyland’s…
Jeffrey Wright on his first Oscar nod for ‘American Fiction’
Long a stalwart supporting player and something of an actor’s actor, Jeffrey Wright received his first Oscar nomination on Tuesday for his lead performance in…
Film about Russia’s destruction of Mariupol gets nod for Oscars – POLITICO
KYIV — A documentary made by three of the last journalists to escape Mariupol as Russian forces destroyed the city in spring 2022 has been…
Oscars 2024 nominations: Margot Robbie misses out on nomination for Barbie, Oppenheimer leads with 13 nods
Christopher Nolan may finally win his first Oscar, as atomic bomb hit Oppenheimer takes the lead with 13 Oscar nominations, including best picture, leading actor…
2024 Sundance Film Festival: Pro-Palestinian protest shuts down Main Street
PARK CITY, Utah — About 150 to 200 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in this mountainside ski village on Sunday, shutting down the normally bustling Main Street during…
Still whipping it good, Devo outweirds Sundance with new doc
With their yellow radiation suits, red “energy dome” hats and manic energy, part playful and part angry, the band Devo combined the futuristic glamour of…
Sundance Film Festival photos: Kristen Stewart, Lionel Richie, more
PARK CITY, Utah — Other stars such as “Beef” Emmy winner Steven Yeun, “The White Lotus” star Meghann Fahy, Lucy Liu and Jason Schwartzman stopped by…
Family of slain lenser responds to Alec Baldwin indictment
An attorney for the family and co-worker of slain cinematographer Halyna Hutchins said her clients welcomed the upcoming criminal trial of Alec Baldwin after a…
Alec Baldwin charged again in ‘Rust’ shooting
A New Mexico grand jury has charged Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter for his role in the deadly shooting of a cinematographer during production of…
How IHeartComix’s super creativity took the event company from the L.A. music scene to Marvel
Things were getting weird again between mission control and the space station S.A.B.E.R. For one thing, both places were crawling with cats, turning a high-concept…
Why ‘The Marvels,’ now streaming, matters beyond box office
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who knows box office isn’t the only measure of a film’s worth. As Tracy Brown writes in…
Malia Obama makes directorial debut at Sundance film fest
Former first daughter Malia Obama is making her directorial debut at Sundance. Obama, who already has built a career in Hollywood, wrote and directed “The…