NEW YORK: So accustomed have we become to the downfall and disgrace of men that a marvelous sense of its absence propels the rich and glowing documentary...
CANNES, France: A tumultuous Cannes Film Festival concluded Saturday with the Palme d’Or awarded to Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s...
CANNES, France: For these the-movies-are-dying, I’ll-stream-it-at-home times, Christopher Nolan has brought out the big guns. The 47-year-old filmmaker,...
CANNES, France: In a passionate, expletive-ridden monologue at the Cannes Film Festival, director Spike Lee lambasted Donald Trump for the U.S. president’s...
CANNES, France: In an odd but most fitting news conference, reclusive and iconoclastic director Jean-Luc Godard spoke to reporters Saturday at the Cannes Film...
CANNES, France: Eighty-two women climbed the steps of the Palais des Festivals at the Cannes Film Festival in an unprecedented red carpet protest to press for...
CANNES, France: Saudi Arabia came to the world's largest film market to declare its newly launched film industry "open for business, but largely avoided...
CANNES, France: The 71st Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday with the premiere of Asghar Farhadi’s “Everybody Knows,” but the spotlight at the first...
NEW YORK: The title character of Jason Reitman’s “Tully” descends not from the clouds, carried by an umbrella in the wind, but glides...
NEW YORK: “Why can’t we go backward for once?” wonders the protagonist of “Ready Player One” shortly before gunning his “Back to the Future” DeLorean in...
NEW YORK: The teen sex comedy, a dudefest if there ever was one, gets a very overdue and very funny update in Kay Cannon’s “Blockers,” a...
NEW YORK: Liz Garbus’ first day shooting inside The New York Times newsroom was President Donald Trump’s inauguration day. Her final day was April 16, when...
NEW YORK: More than 120 incarcerated men and dozens of prison guards play roles large and small in Madeleine Sackler’s “O.G.,” a drama believed to be the...
NEW YORK: Kent Jones’ intimate drama “Diane” landed a leading three awards at the 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival, including best narrative feature. “Diane”...
NEW YORK: “Once you walk through that door, you will be in Syria.” That’s the instruction a guide named Thea gives before entering the animated virtual...
NEW YORK: Old “Scarface” friends said hello again at a 35th anniversary screening Thursday that reunited Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer and...
NEW YORK: The 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival opened Wednesday with pugnacious political words from Robert De Niro and the tender opening-night premiere,...
NEW YORK: Finding dependable box-office hits for anything without a superhero has been a downright scary proposition for Hollywood. The solution, it turns...
NEW YORK: Usually paired with smaller companions like Kevin Hart or Moana, Dwayne Johnson is for once the diminutive one in “Rampage,” a...
NEW YORK: Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer, said Wednesday the streaming giant is pulling its films from the Cannes Film Festival, further...
NEW YORK: That galaxy far, far away keeps expanding. In the latest in a flurry of “Star Wars” spinoffs, the Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday that Jon...
NEW YORK: Of the 96 films premiering at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, 46 percent are directed by women – a record for Tribeca –...
LOS ANGELES: Against all odds, love won out at the 90th Academy Awards. Guillermo del Toro’s lavish, full-hearted monster romance “The Shape of...
NEW YORK: Even if the right envelope is read at the end of Sunday night’s Oscars, the night’s final moment will be one of high drama. Usually by...
NEW YORK: Aside from the posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger (“The Dark Knight”) and best animated film for “The Incredibles,” no superhero film has ever...