A retelling of Ang Lee’s classic of queer cinema comes at the same farcical situation in a new way.
Category: Movies
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‘Sinners’ Review: Ryan Coogler’s Southern Horror Fantasia
The director goes boldly out there in his fifth feature, a genre-defying, mind-bending shoot-em-up that stars Michael B. Jordan as twins.
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‘The Shrouds’ Review: For Cronenberg, Grief Is an Obsession
The director’s latest stars Vincent Cassel as an entrepreneur who mourns the death of his wife by inventing technology that surveils her entombed body.
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‘Queens of Drama’ Review: A Half-Century Feud
Alexis Langlois’s musical romance is an unruly story of a love-hate relationship between two ambitious musicians.
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‘The President’s Wife’ Review: Would Madame Get Your Vote?
Catherine Deneuve plays the former French first lady Bernadette Chirac in this puckish, highly fictionalized biopic with a pop-feminist edge.
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‘The Legend of Ochi’ Review: The Great, Familiar Adventure
A 1980s throwback movie about a teenager who sets out on a journey with a mysterious being.
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‘Invention’ Review: Patent Pensive
In this strange experimental feature from Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez, a grieving daughter investigates the mysterious gadget her father left behind.
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Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler and a Dozen Years of Collaborations
The star and the director of “Sinners” have risen in parallel since first working together over a decade ago. In a joint interview, they explain their connection.
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‘The Voyeurs,’ ‘Cyrano’ and More Streaming Gems
Exciting new riffs on 1990s genre movies are among the highlights of this month’s recommendations on your subscription streaming services.
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Joan Chen: Exacting Artist, Cool Mom
The acclaimed actress and filmmaker is having a career renaissance playing dynamic mother roles in indie films, including in the new version of “The Wedding Banquet.”
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Marvin Levy, Oscar-Winning Publicist to Spielberg, Dies at 96
For 42 years, Mr. Levy strategized behind the scenes to promote Steven Spielberg’s movies and ensure that the director was seen as Hollywood’s de facto head of state.
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Alex Garland Pairs With a Veteran to Engage in Realistic ‘Warfare’
The filmmaker directed his latest picture with Ray Mendoza, a U.S. Navy veteran of the Iraq War. They wanted to depict, with a sense of urgency, war as it is really experienced.