Tag: Movies
‘Basic Instinct’ at 30: A Time Capsule That Can Still Offend
Curran brings her in for questioning, resulting in the film’s most famous (and most frequently parodied) sequence: an…
China’s Information Dark Age Could Be Russia’s Future
When Russia blocked Facebook and limited Twitter this month, many Chinese internet users were surprised. Wait a moment,…
Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe on ‘Lost City’
How did Brad Pitt get involved with “The Lost City”?TATUM Brad’s in this movie?BULLOCK Who?I know it’s an…
Jane Campion and the Perils of the Backhanded Compliment
Something about the way the director Jane Campion went overboard on Sunday to identify with, then insult, Venus…
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…