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In ‘The Friend,’ A Great Dane and His Co-Star, Naomi Watts, Learn New Tricks

In “The Friend,” a huge dog and his new human, played by Naomi Watts, are in mourning. Both actress and canine had to learn new tricks for the film.

By Esther Zuckerman and Ariel Fisher

Actors and Actresses Batman (Fictional Character) Batman Returns (Movie) Deaths (Obituaries) Heat (Movie) Kilmer, Val Movies The Doors (Movie) Theater Thunderheart (Movie) Top Gun (Movie) Top Secret (Movie)

Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65

A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade.

By Bruce Weber

Etoile (TV Program) Government Cheese (TV Program) Movies Oklahoma City Bombing: One Day in America (Movie) Television The Bondsman (TV Program) Your Friends and Neighbors (TV Program)

Best Movies and Shows Streaming in April: ‘Étoile,’ ‘Hacks,’ ‘The Last of Us’ and More

“Étoile,” “Government Cheese” and an Oklahoma City bombing documentary arrive, and “Hacks” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” return.

By Noel Murray

Books and Literature Colleges and Universities Deaths (Obituaries) Feminist Film Theory Film Studies Movies Pornography University of California, Berkeley Williams, Linda (1946-2025) Women's Rights

Linda Williams, Who Introduced Pornography to Academia, Dies at 78

One of the first to write seriously about a fraught subject, she also played a major role in developing the field of film studies and feminist film theory.

By Joanne Kaufman