Tag: Movies
Ari Wegner: A Cinematographer Who Knows Actors Down to the Eyelash
LOS ANGELES — Ari Wegner discovered filmmaking as an art form — and a possible career — late…
William Hurt, Oscar-Winning Leading Man of the 1980s, Dies at 71
In recent years he had worked more in television, including the FX series “Damages” and the British sci-fi…
How to Watch the Critics Choice Awards 2022: Date, Time and Streaming
Who will be presenting?Of course, there’ll be the usual slate of film and television notables — Ava DuVernay,…
‘My Cousin Vinny’ at 30: An Unlikely Oscar Winner
When the culture-clash courtroom comedy “My Cousin Vinny” landed in theaters on March 13, 1992, the critical response…
Al Pacino Looks Back at His Breakthrough Role in ‘The Godfather’
When did you and Coppola meet?To give a little history to it, Francis was this filmmaker who had…
With ‘The Godfather,’ Art Imitated Mafia Life. And Vice Versa.
A table for five at CaSa Bella in Little Italy in the late 1970s included a few mobsters,…
How the ‘Encanto’ Soundtrack Became a Smash
In the past, Disney might have leaned on a Broadway-style ballad, with a globally recognized star singing in…
With ‘After Yang,’ Kogonada Explores What It Means to Be Alive
“We have a lot of language for this crisis that we are having right now where more people…
‘Great Freedom’: Film Traces Long Shadow of Anti-Gay Law in Germany
BERLIN — A turning point arrives for Viktor and Hans, the central characters in the new film “Great…
‘The Batman’ Review: Who’ll Stop the Wayne?
The darkness in “The Batman” is pervasive and literal. Gotham City in the week after Halloween, when this…
Gérard Depardieu, Friend of Putin, Denounces ‘Fratricidal War’
For the past decade, the French actor Gérard Depardieu has been one of the closest Western celebrities to…
Watch These 13 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in March
‘Interview With the Vampire’ (March 31)Anne Rice’s best-selling, long-running “Vampire Chronicles” finally made it to the silver screen…