The movie prize season kicks off with honors for the A24 drama and for the star of “The Unknown Country” (who’s better known for “Killers of the Flower Moon”).
Category: Movies
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Charles Melton, ‘May December’ Breakout Star, Is Transformed
The ex-“Riverdale” star transformed himself for Todd Haynes’s new drama. As an actor, he’s caught between wanting to be seen and wanting to disappear.
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Can a Rom-Com Make Sense in Dark Times? Yes, When It’s From This Master.
Aki Kaurismaki’s “Fallen Leaves” is both magical and despairing, born of what the Finnish auteur’s stars say is an unusual shooting approach.
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Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
A rom-com in space, a coming-of-age quest and a high-tech birthing plan are among the films worth checking out this month.
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‘Terms of Endearment’ at 40 and How It Helped One Writer
A writer remembers bonding with her mother over the film’s unusual mix of sorrow and laughter, a blend that helped immeasurably through painful loss.
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‘Terms of Endearment’ at 40 and How It Helped One Writer
A writer remembers bonding with her mother over the film’s unusual mix of sorrow and laughter, a blend that helped immeasurably through painful loss.
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Suzanne Shepherd, Actress Known for Playing Mothers, Dies at 89
After establishing herself as a teacher, she started a prolific screen acting career in her 50s that included roles in “Goodfellas” and “The Sopranos.”
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‘Frybread Face and Me’ Review: Reservation Summer
An 11-year-old boy from San Diego goes to live with his Navajo grandmother and spends time with his cousin.
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Joss Ackland, Busy, Versatile Actor on Stage and Screen, Dies at 95
He was a villain in “Lethal Weapon 2,” C.S. Lewis on TV in “Shadowlands” and Falstaff onstage in “Henry IV” — and had a cameo in a Pet Shop Boys video.
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‘Napoleon’ Review: A Lumpy, Grumpy Little Man
Joaquin Phoenix is oddly mesmerizing as the French emperor in Ridley Scott’s historical epic charting his rise and ruin.
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Napoleon Didn’t Really Shoot Cannons at Egypt’s Pyramids
But scholars say that a trailer for Ridley Scott’s new film draws attention to the French emperor’s complex and lasting legacy on the study of Egypt’s cultural heritage.
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‘Monster’ Review: Uncovering a Mother-Son Japanese Mystery
This drama from Hirokazu Kore-eda traces a series of events from the perspectives of a single mother, her preteen son and his fifth-grade teacher.