Stanley Kubrick’s called his first feature, which is getting a new run at Metrograph, “boring and pretentious.” Instead, it is a revelation.
Category: Movies
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Disney, Challenged Elsewhere, Plans to Spend $60 Billion on Parks and Cruises
Amid uncertainty for the company’s film and TV divisions, the investment over the next decade doubles the outlay in the last 10 years.
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The Girlies Know: ‘Oppenheimer’ Was Actually About Us
Yes, it’s a film about a famous middle-aged scientist. But it also captures the primal dissonance of being a young woman.
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Hollywood Strikes Send a Chill Through Britain’s Film Industry
Many U.S. studios’ blockbusters are filmed in Britain, so the walkouts by actors and screenwriters have caused thousands of U.K. film crews to lose work.
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Wasserman Buys Brillstein, Merging Sports and Entertainment
Casey Wasserman had long pledged to stay away from the traditional entertainment business, but he said a new media landscape changed his thinking.
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With Striking Actors Off-Limits, Directors Get Their Close-Ups
Since striking movie stars are not allowed to promote studio films, filmmakers unexpectedly, and in some cases uneasily, have the spotlight to themselves.
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How “Bottoms” Reinvents the Coming-of-Age Fight Scene
The hero vs. bully template made famous in the ’80s gets subverted in this indie comedy, as well as in Hulu’s “Miguel Wants to Fight.”
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The Rise of Tech, According to Sandra Bullock Movies
A completely correct theory, in which one of our greatest movie stars reveals humanity’s changing relationship to modernity.
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Streaming Horror: ‘Marry My Dead Body,’ ‘Good Boy’ and More
This month’s picks will take you on a global tour of terror, with tales of a Taiwanese gay ghost and a Norwegian canine whose owner is a dog’s worst friend.
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Actors Seeking Stability Turn to Directing at the Toronto Festival
Movies directed by actors were prominent at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Could the reasons they’re striking also underlie the career move?
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The Many Mustaches of Kenneth Branagh’s Hercule Poirot
In “A Haunting in Venice,” the facial hair is practically a character, and it evolves as needed, thanks to the designer who considers it “a friend.”