Adaptations of films will be a factor at the Tonys this year. Surprisingly the best of these shows are not always the most faithful.
Category: Movies
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Albert S. Ruddy, 94, Dies; Producer Won an Oscar for ‘The Godfather’
A creator of the sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” he went on to win a second Academy Award for “Million Dollar Baby,” the boxing film starring Hilary Swank and Clint Eastwood.
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‘The Dead Don’t Hurt’ Review: A Foursquare Western From Viggo Mortensen
Mortensen gives his film a nested, at times unnecessarily complicated structure, but with performances this good, it’s hard to mind much.
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‘Young Woman and the Sea’ Review: Fighting Sexism and Rough Waters
Daisy Ridley plays Gertrude Ederle, who persuades her father to pay for swim lessons, and then goes on to be a pioneer.
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‘The Young Wife’ Review: A Spiraling Bride
A beleaguered bride spirals on her wedding day in Tayarisha Poe’s stylish but overly familiar comedy-drama.
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Jessica Lange Portrays a Fading First Lady of the American Theater
Jessica Lange is ideally cast as a grande dame of the theater who is facing a reckoning in this well-crafted melodrama by Michael Cristofer.
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‘In a Violent Nature’ Review: Killing Them Softly
Chris Nash’s ultraviolent horror movie is an unexpectedly serene, almost dreamlike meditation on a murderous psyche.
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‘Ezra’ Review: This Father Doesn’t Know Best
This drama centers on a boy with autism and his divorced dad, with a cast featuring Robert De Niro, Rose Byrne, Whoopi Goldberg and Bobby Cannavale.
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‘Backspot’ Review: Queer Cheer-Squad Drama
This queer high school movie, starring Devery Jacobs and Evan Rachel Wood, channels an after-school special without the coming-out trauma.
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‘Handling the Undead’ Review: When the Dead Don’t Die
A zombie movie is wrapped in a gentle tale of mourning and love.
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Which Cannes Films Might Become Oscar Contenders?
Films backed by the studio Neon have won Cannes and gone on to Oscar nominations regularly in the last few years. That’s one reason to keep an eye on “Anora.”