Category: Movies

Alexander Skarsgard Is Latest Hollywood Star to Find the Beauty in the Beastly

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Alexander Skarsgard, Demi Moore and Jacob Elordi have all made themselves into monsters for a role. Why can’t Hollywood’s most beautiful stars get enough of the grotesque?
Mattel Chief Named Co-C.E.O. of Combined Paramount and Warner Bros.

The New York Times – Business:
Ynon Kreiz, who will work alongside David Ellison at the merged company, helped turn Barbie into a blockbuster movie.
‘You Can See Everything,’ if You Could Only Secure a Ticket

The New York Times – Movies:
The buzziest screening at the New York Film Festival is a three-hour documentary in which Nathan Fielder questions Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced Theranos founder.
‘NAZA’ Review: Intimate Interviews About War’s Human Costs

The New York Times – Movies:
The haunting documentary, by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, interviews anonymous Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers as they recount their military actions in Gaza.
Google Wants Hollywood to Stop Being So Afraid of Technology

The New York Times – Business:
100 Zeros, a collaboration between Google and Range Media Partners, aims to give the tech giant a foothold in movies, TV and emerging forms of entertainment.
Three Great Documentaries to Stream

The New York Times – Movies:
This month’s picks feature an unfinished opera, an excavation of Chilean history and teen environmental sleuths.
20 Years Later, Sofia Coppola’s ‘Marie Antoinette’ Is Back at Versailles

The New York Times – Movies:
Once criticized for its modern soundtrack and pastel aesthetics, the director’s portrait of royal ennui is now being honored in the chateau where it was filmed.
‘Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!’ Review: Ballroom, Not Strictly

The New York Times – Movies:
A Japanese widow looks for consolation in ballroom dance in a sweet but uneven drama.
‘Showgirls’: The Gratuitous, Surreal Bomb That Was Maybe Brilliant

The New York Times – Movies:
The reception to Paul Verhoeven’s lurid 1995 melodrama starring Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan and Gina Gershon was humiliating, but it’s since become a thought-provoking camp favorite.
Watch Rinko Kikuchi Dance in ‘Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!’

The New York Times – Movies:
Kikuchi and the film’s director, Josef Kubota Wladyka, break down five key dance sequences from the film.
Kyle MacLachlan: David Lynch’s Singular Weirdo Is Secretly a Normie

The New York Times – Movies:
The actor still hasn’t come to grips with the loss of David Lynch. He talks about that, his hesitation about taking a role in “Sex and the City” and his new memoir.
Memoirs From Michael Douglas, Sylvester Stallone and Other Tough Guys

The New York Times – Movies:
Michael Douglas and Sylvester Stallone are among the tough (and tough-ish) guys getting personal in memoirs this fall.