‘Back to Black’ review: Amy Winehouse movie is shallow, reductive
It would be a challenging undertaking for any filmmaker or actor to represent in biopic form the outsize talent, unique style and utterly devastating downfall…
We speak to cult legend Alejandro Jodorowsky, coming to L.A.
“I am an earthling — after that I’m galactic and then I’m universal,” Alejandro Jodorowsky tells me in Spanish from his home in Paris during…
‘Kingdom of Planet of the Apes’ climbs to top of box office
More than five decades since a group of astronauts led by Charlton Heston took a ill-fated journey to a strange world, moviegoers are still ape…
Roger Corman, king of B movies who worked fast and cheap, has died
Roger Corman, the legendary independent Hollywood producer and director whose long string of profitable low-budget movies such as “Attack of the Crab Monsters,” “The Little…
‘Power’ filmmaker Yance Ford presents police as ‘armies’
Charting the history of policing in America, the new documentary “Power” is rooted in questions: Who exactly are the police meant to serve? And whose…
Iran filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof gets prison, lashings before Cannes
The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes…
Slum to stardom: Indonesian film director Joko Anwar is riding high | Cinema News
Medan, Indonesia – Indonesian film director Joko Anwar is a busy man. He is on location in the city of Bandung, shooting “a new project”,…
Strapping in with director George Miller, back with ‘Furiosa’
For as long as he can remember, George Miller has been living large inside his head. “At the time I was young, people used to…
‘The Fall Guy’ leads, but ‘Phantom Menace’ forces way to No. 2
NEW YORK — “The Fall Guy,” the Ryan Gosling-led action-comedy ode to stunt performers, opened below expectations with $28.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, providing…
The 5 best Bravo reality deep cuts to stream on Peacock
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who prefers to time-travel through the vehicle of reality TV. That’s because the aughts are now just…
‘The Phantom Menace’ built the way forward, but it took time
May 19, 1999, in a galaxy not so far away ... Excitement for “Star Wars” is at an all-time high. The first new film in…
All our ‘Star Wars’ movie and TV reviews in one place
With “Star Wars” Day looming, it’s an apt time to take stock of The Times’ reviews of each installment — movies and TV shows —…
‘The Contestant’ tells the story of a man in a real-life ‘Truman Show’
New York — In January 1998, an aspiring Japanese comedian named Tomoaki Hamatsu but better known as Nasubi — or “eggplant,” because of his long face…
Manhattan prosecutors announce retrial for film producer Harvey Weinstein | Sexual Assault News
The announcement follows a decision last week to toss Weinstein’s New York conviction on charges of rape and sexual assault. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office…
‘Blood In Blood Out’ will stream on Hulu beginning May 1
More than 30 years after burying it, Disney is unearthing “Blood In Blood Out.” The 1993 crime drama will be available to stream on Hulu…
Nicole Kidman becomes first Australian to win American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award
In short: Actress Nicole Kidman is the first Australian to receive the American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award.The auspicious award, previously won by luminaries such…
Emmerdale star totally unrecognisable as she's seen on set of new film starring A-lister
Ex-Emmerdale star Katherine Dow Blyton swapped her soap character's vicar's robes for a striking ginger wig as she stepped on set in Yorkshire for the…
Freya Allan wows in barely there outfit at premiere of her new film
ACTRESS Freya Allan goes from apes to gapes at the premiere of her latest film. The 22-year-old’s top left little to the imagination at the…
‘Unsung Hero’ review: For King & Country tells its own story
Cinematic memoir can be a complex creative endeavor. Film is a collaborative medium and memoir requires a certain acknowledgment of the author’s creation. Without that…
Terry Carter dead: ‘Battlestar Galactica’ actor was 95
Actor Terry Carter, who starred in TV’s original “Battlestar Galactica” and “McCloud,” and the film “Foxy Brown,” has died. Carter “died peacefully” at his home…