The stand-up comic, whose special has gone viral, takes issue with how some South Asians like Hari Kondabolu portray their experience in the United States.
Category: Film
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Russian Filmmakers and Other Artists Face Boycotts Over Ukraine
A Russian moviemaker with Ukrainian roots and relatives in Kyiv denounced the war. The Glasgow Film Festival dropped his film anyway.
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Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks feature a ruthless wendigo, a cloistered bloodsucker, a bayou demon, wily jungle spirits and a grinning fiend named Rotcreep.
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Alan Ladd Jr., Hitmaking Film Executive, Dies at 84
When other studios didn’t want it, he took on the project that became “Star Wars.” He later guided “Chariots of Fire,” “Young Frankenstein” and numerous other movies.
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‘The Batman’ Opens With Blockbuster Ticket Sales
The movie took in nearly $250 million worldwide. In some domestic theaters, it was about $1 more for standard “Batman” tickets than for other movies.
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Matt Reeves Explains the Ending of ‘The Batman’
The film’s director and co-writer talks about the tumultuous conclusion and its chilling parallels to the real world. Read this after you’ve seen the movie.
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Mary Badham, Who Starred in ‘Mockingbird’ Film, Joins Broadway Tour
Six decades after she played Scout in the film version of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Mary Badham takes on the role of a neighbor in the play’s national tour.
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Pixar’s ‘Turning Red’ Helps Break a Glass Ceiling
Domee Shi is the first woman filmmaker with sole directing credit on a Pixar feature.
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Daniel Radcliffe to Star in Off Broadway ‘Merrily’ Revival
A new production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along” is to be staged late this year by the nonprofit New York Theater Workshop in the East Village.
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‘Calendar Girl’ Review: A Portrait of an Angel of Fashion
This documentary follows Ruth Finley to shows and tributes as she reluctantly brings her decades-long career to a close.
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Taylor Tomlinson: A Comic With the Confidence of a Star
On her new Netflix special, “Look at You,” she demonstrates tight joke writing, carefully honed act-outs and a ruthless appetite for laughs.
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At the Oscar Nominees Luncheon: Glamour, Griping and Gluten-Free Meals
At the annual event for nominees and their guests, everyone was happy to be meeting face to face, but the plan to pretape several awards on Oscar night was a sore subject.