New York Film Festival unveils lineup, plots in-person fest
NEW YORK — A year after depending on drive-in and virtual screenings, the New York Film Festival, one of the premier destinations of...
Women filmmakers denounce Spanish cinema prize for Depp
MADRID — Spain's leading group of women filmmakers on Tuesday condemned the San Sebastian film festival’s decision to award Johnny Depp its highest honor,...
Review: Aretha Franklin bio ‘Respect’ maybe too respectful
The tag line for the latest biopic about an American icon reads: “Find out what it means.” Good luck with that.
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Jane Withers, child actor turned commercial star, dies at 95
Jane Withers, the former child actor who bedeviled Shirley Temple on the screen and went on to star in a series of B movies...
With coronavirus rising, ‘The Suicide Squad’ opens softly
NEW YORK — Moviegoing, once expected to be closer to semi-normal levels by now, continues to be battered by the pandemic, the delta variant...
Olympic karate finishes with cinematic kick, downer ending
TOKYO — The final bout of karate's Olympic debut seemed to have everything that makes combat sports so fascinating, right down to an incredible...
‘Reservation Dogs’ smashes stereotypes of Indigenous people
TULSA, Okla. — Two Indigenous filmmakers are smashing the caricatures and stereotypes of Native Americans, who since the earliest days of film and TV...
Gotham Awards to shift to gender-neutral acting awards
NEW YORK — The Gotham Awards, the annual New York ceremony for independent film, is the latest film honor to shift to acting categories...
Embattled HFPA announces reforms to bylaws, membership
NEW YORK — The Hollywood Foreign Press Association on Thursday announced reforms to its bylaws and an overhaul of its membership process in a...
Review: In ‘Free Guy,’ a videogame ‘Truman Show’
In upside-down simulations, time loops and videogames turned inside out, a growing body of movies trade on the feeling of living in a false...