The breakout character was initially envisioned as a monster. But when the filmmakers saw it wasn’t working, they found…

David Marchese talks to the comedy legend about navigating the minefield of fame, “Family Feud” and changing Hollywood …

The actress stars in the new “Beverly Hills Cop” movie, but off-camera, she’s reading several books at once and streami…

Dr. Alex Arroyo, a director of pediatric medicine in Brooklyn, gets to live out his “Star Wars” dreams, practice jujits…

When Zara (Joey King) realizes that her mom (Nicole Kidman) is dating her boss (Zac Efron), she tries to split them up.…

“The Apprentice,” a dramatized origin story about Donald J. Trump, has faced fierce criticism from the former president…

The chills are more effective than the thrills in this prequel to the “A Quiet Place” franchise. from NYT > Movies…

This debut feature about a missing woman on an Oklahoma reservation is an imperfect but palpably emotional portrait of …

Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson outclass a humdrum script as two people who talk — and talk — in a New York City taxicab. …

It’s clear that Rita’s life in rural Argentina could use a bit of magic. But her willingness to bend the truth to achie…

Michael Moore’s hit documentary isn’t a prosecutor’s brief but a political and emotional appeal, rooted in the ways in …

The service is an art house answer to what’s missing on some of the more popular streamers. from NYT > Movies http…

Irene Taylor, director of the new documentary “I Am: Celine Dion,” talks about the decision to include a grueling scene…

To make “Horizon,” he put his own money on the line and left “Yellowstone,” the series that revived his career — all wi…

The actor was playing a young Michael Jackson when Elton John spotted him. Three decades later, the new attention to hi…

Amid challenges in Hollywood, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences renewed its chief executive’s contract a …

The company’s latest internal memo about its corporate culture is more about how it expects employees to behave than wh…

In a three-decade career, he’s developed an impressive range without forgetting how to have fun. from NYT > Movies…

The actor and director is turning his attention to his ambitious film series about post-Civil War America. from NYT &…

This new documentary unearths footage from a World Cup event that even veteran players didn’t know about. It’s both exh…

The actor understood the range of human feeling, but he came of age when movies distrusted institutions, and that suspi…

Never anyone’s idea of a heartthrob, he had a chameleonlike ability to be endearing in one role, menacing in another an…

Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy star in a romanticized drama about a fictional motorcycle club in the 1960s. …

A new Netflix documentary explores what led to the release of Black Barbie in 1980, both celebrating her existence and …

Paul Lynde, Charles Nelson Reilly and Rip Taylor get a cursory mention in a new documentary about queer stand-up, but t…

“Elvis” and “Dune” established him as a chameleonic movie star. Now, with “The Bikeriders,” something closer to the rea…

The French star created characters who could be fantasies or enigmas, but they always intrigued, even when she was misc…

Participants at De Niro Con in Tribeca could talk like Travis Bickle, shadowbox like Jake LaMotta or get a tattoo like …

The visual effects supervisor, hurt in one of three recent accidents on Amazon film sets, has sued, but the company say…

Speculative science fiction, period drama and sly thrillers are among this month’s off-the-beaten-path recommendations …

“Merrily We Roll Along” is Radcliffe’s fifth show on Broadway, but the first for which he was even nominated for a Tony…

The sequel was expected to collect at least $145 million in the United States and Canada over the weekend, about 60 per…

“Firebrand” focuses on his sixth spouse as she tries to outlast the ailing king and his treacherous court. “I thought o…

In his decade at ABC, long the doormat network in prime time, he helped guide it toward the No. 1 spot. He later produc…

The director Kelsey Mann narrates a sequence from his film. from NYT > Movies https://ift.tt/uNqY37Z

A new documentary revisits the group of young actors that helped define the decade. Here are some of its most interesti…

In this documentary, Andrew McCarthy examines fame and disappointment as a member of the so-called Brat Pack of the 198…

Once labeled a “natural-born heavy,” he shined onscreen and especially onstage, securing a Tony nomination and winning …

The deal is the first time in half a century that a traditional Hollywood studio will own a movie theater chain. from…

Anxiety meets Joy in Pixar’s eager, predictably charming sequel to its innovative 2015 hit. Sadness is still around, to…

A graphic on the Peacock home screen seemed to induct the killer doll into the gay pantheon. His creator, however, says…

Blake Lively, Jude Law, Selma Blair and many more turned out for the Tribeca Film Festival’s annual artists dinner, ahe…

The ride was closed last year because of its connection to a racist film. Disney overhauled it to focus on Tiana, Disne…

Richard Linklater, the director of “Hit Man,” narrates a pivotal sequence from his film, starring Glen Powell and Adria…

When the museum first opened, it was criticized for omitting Hollywood’s Jewish pioneers. Now it is under fire for what…

Mr. Smith’s first wide-release film since he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars two years ago arrived to a hefty $56 mill…

At St. Ann’s Warehouse, a collaboration between a Danish director and a South African troupe that questions the tropes …

The actress, who stars with Glen Powell, said that with the contract-killer movie, her ideas were finally valued in a w…

The actress is taking on serious roles, trying to overcome self-doubt and sharing more about her personal life — but sh…

She just finished playing Flannery O’Connor and released a new album. Next up: “Inside Out 2” and a new season of “Stra…

She bore a startling resemblance to Elizabeth II. In “The Naked Gun” and other movies, and in comedy sketches on TV, sh…

The romantic shenanigans are the stuff of Hollywood, but the film’s fake contract killer is based on a real man profile…

Dakota Johnson stars in an expansive friendship comedy about coming out in your 30s and finding yourself. from NYT &g…

As she settles into her final act, Diane von Furstenberg looks back on a life of love, sex and money. “I will laugh whe…

The festival favors abundance, which can make it easy for cinema fans (and critics) to miss the loveliest trees for the…

Saleka and Ishana Night Shyamalan are collaborating with their father, M. Night Shyamalan, on the thrillers “The Watche…

In their latest buddy cop movie, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are still speeding through Miami. The franchise has rar…

She first made her mark in the all-star 1944 movie “Hollywood Canteen” before finding acclaim on the musical stage. Mov…

She made only two films, but her “Araya,” a rumination on the daily rituals of salt-mine laborers, became an enduring w…

The director Bruce David Klein’s documentary, premiering at the Tribeca Festival, includes old footage found in Minnell…

The comedy group The Whitest Kids U’ Know completed the project dealing with the loss of one of its founding members, T…

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