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Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. This year’s Oscars nominees luncheon…
Documentary director Daniel Roher on Alexei Navalny’s death
Daniel Roher’s Oscar-winning 2022 documentary, “Navalny,” helped bring the story of Alexei Navalny into sharper focus for people around the world, delivering an intimate and…
Ziggy Marley talks Bob Marley biopic ‘One Love’
When Ziggy Marley cast Kingsley Ben-Adir and Lashana Lynch as his parents in “One Love,” the long-awaited Bob Marley biopic, the three made a pact:…
‘Holdovers’ editor Kevin Tent experiments with scenes
Director Alexander Payne regularly coaxes acclaimed performances from his actors. Is he a multiple-takes kind of guy? “Yeah, but not insane,” says editor Kevin Tent.…
‘Rust’ movie armorer ‘s alleged drug use to be included at trial
A New Mexico judge ruled Wednesday that alleged drug use by “Rust” movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed during off-hours could be introduced as evidence during her…
‘Cocktails With George and Martha’ details ‘Virginia Woolf’ drama
On the Shelf Cocktails With George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' By Philip GefterBloomsbury: 368 pages, $32…
The harrowingmigrant story of ‘Io Capitano’ is pope-approved
Landing roles in Matteo Garrone’s “Io Capitano” was a life-changing experience for Seydou Sarr and Moustapha Fall. The young Senegalese actors were cast to play…
Harmony Korine’s ‘Aggro Dr1ft’ premieres in a strip club
When “Aggro Dr1ft,” the latest provocation from auteur Harmony Korine, premiered at a string of prestigious film festivals last fall, it played at the Sala…
Mom of movie producer Bradley Thomas’ wife Isabelle speaks out on ‘worst possible nightmare’ after daughter’s hotel fall
THE mother of Isabelle Thomas, a documentary filmmaker, and wife of movie producer Bradley Thomas, has broken her silence on the "nightmare" that is her…
‘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…
Emma Stone changes into three different outfits in same day while promoting new movie Poor Things
ACTRESS Emma Stone mixes Poor Things with good things as she comes in three fab looks to promote the sci-fi comedy. She wore a black…
Legendary seventies sex symbol hasn’t aged a day as she walks the red carpet 45 years after movie debut
A LEGENDARY seventies sex symbol barely aged a day as she stunned on the red carpet - 45 years after her movie debut. The Hollywood…
‘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…
Sundance reviews: ‘A Real Pain,’ ‘A Different Man’
PARK CITY, Utah — The title of Jesse Eisenberg’s “A Real Pain,” a sharp, funny and moving highlight of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is an…
‘Barbie’s’ Ryan Gosling disappointed in Gerwig’s Oscar snub
The real world is forever and irrevocably messed up, Barbie said in the “Barbie” movie. And on Tuesday, the Oscar nominations and Ryan Gosling drove…
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…
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…
SNL recap: Jacob Elordi makes his hosting debut
“Saltburn” and “Euphoria” actor and apparent “babygirl” Jacob Elordi hosted “Saturday Night Live” in an episode that inverted the usual “hot girl host” dynamic (see:…