New this week: ‘Nine Perfect Strangers,’ Lorde and ‘Annette’

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Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. ...

Review: ‘CODA’ welcomes us into a family we may never forget

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They say silence is golden. It's a silly phrase, really, but it takes on an urgent poignancy for three stunning minutes in “CODA,” Sian...

In ‘Homeroom,’ an unprecedent school year caught on film

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NEW YORK — Oakland filmmaker Peter Nicks had already made two well-regarded documentaries capturing the flawed institutions of his city and their role in...

Pedro Almodóvar warns against algorithms in Instagram row

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MADRID — Declaring “victory” over Instagram after a controversial poster for his upcoming film was censored and then reinstated, Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar said...

‘Lost Leonardo’ unpeels the mysteries of the Salvator Mundi

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NEW YORK — We're accustomed to movies — usually adventures, like “Indiana Jones” — with lines that traverse the globe and pinball between global...

Field of Dreams: Inspired by 1989 film, MLB makes Iowa debut

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More than three decades after “Field of Dreams” seeped into the country's cultural consciousness, with a one-year delay caused by the pandemic, one of...

Pat Hitchcock, daughter of Alfred Hitchcock, dead at 93

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NEW YORK — Patricia Hitchcock O’Connell, the only child of Alfred Hitchcock and an actor herself who made a memorable appearance in her father’s...

Instagram apologizes for Almodóvar film’s poster censorship

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MADRID — Instagram has apologized for removing the official poster for Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar's new film from the social network because it showed...

‘CODA’: A landmark crowd-pleaser for a year light on crowds

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NEW YORK — “CODA,” a tender and stirring coming-of-age tale about the only hearing member in a deaf family, might be the crowd-pleaser of...

Jennifer Hudson plays her idol Aretha Franklin in ‘Respect’

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Jennifer Hudson was fresh off her Oscar win for “Dreamgirls” when she was summoned to meet Aretha Franklin in 2007. The two singers had...