His first feature, “El Super,” was critically acclaimed. He continued to examine culture and exile in “Crossover Dreams,” “El Cantante” and “Piñero.”
Category: Movies
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Michelle Yeoh Had Some Advice for the Cannes Jury
The best actress winner helped award the Palme d’Or in 2002 to “The Pianist,” but she found the process intense: “Whew! It was a little too emotional.”
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‘Flux Gourmet,’ ‘The Meddler’ and More Streaming Picks
This month’s offbeat selections on the subscription streamers include familial comedy, religious drama, tales of sin and redemption, and a strange foodie-meets-performance artist comedy.
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The Campy Masculine Pleasures of Gerard Butler and ‘Kandahar’
The action-flick Everyman limps nobly on in “Kandahar.”
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How Scorsese, DiCaprio, and De Niro Made ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
In this true-life crime tale, they focused not on the investigators but on the evildoers, and made the Osage woman played by Lily Gladstone central.
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Mike Cavanagh, New Leader of NBCUniversal, Steps Into the Spotlight
Mike Cavanagh, a veteran of the financial crisis, has just been given a leading part in the unending drama of Hollywood.
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Helmut Berger, Actor Known for His Work With Visconti, Dies at 78
He first made his mark in “The Damned” as a character one critic said personified “the outright perversion” of Nazism. He went on to have a long career, mostly in Europe.
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Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke and Joel Edgerton on Paul Schrader Films
Joel Edgerton, Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke explain how they worked with the writer-director, known for solitary characters grappling with sin and redemption.
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Premieres at Cannes
Martin Scorsese directed this harrowing and deeply American true-crime drama set in the 1920s. Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone star.
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‘The Zone of Interest,’ a Holocaust Drama, Debuts at Cannes
The disorienting drama from “Under the Skin” director Jonathan Glazer may be in the running for a major prize at the festival.
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Ben Kingsley Seeks Out the Performances That Transcend
The Oscar winner, now playing Salvador Dalí in “Dalíland,” talks about “Waiting for Godot,” D.H. Lawrence and the way Britten’s “War Requiem” helps him understand history.
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Jim Brown, Football Great and Civil Rights Champion, Dies at 87
After a Hall of Fame career in the N.F.L., he pursued social activism and Hollywood stardom, but his image was stained by accusations of abuse toward women.