‘Port Authority’ Film Review: Searching for Family in New York’s LGBT Ball Scene
Cannes 2019: Danielle Lessovitz’s debut feature is a rough but vital film for the age of “Pose” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
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‘Pain and Glory’ Film Review: Antonio Banderas Plays Pedro Almodóvar – Sort Of
Cannes 2019: Almodóvar’s gentle memory piece replaces the youthful provocation of his early films with mature reflection
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‘Sorry We Missed You’ Film Review: Once Again, Ken Loach Sings the Working Class Blues
Cannes 2019: Loach’s new film could make him the first director to win three Palme d’Or awards, but he struggles to find anything fresh to say in his usual arena
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‘Bacurau’ Film Review: Bloody Brazilian Fever Dream Has More Than Gore on Its Mind
Cannes 2019: Directors Kleber Mendonca Filho and Juliano Dornelles have so much fun with the genre trappings that it sometimes obscures their points about exploitation and community
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How Antonio Banderas Learned to Relax and Play His Old Friend (and Director) Pedro Almodóvar
TheWrap Cannes magazine: “I don’t know how many times people have worked performing a character that not only exists but is directing you,” says Banderas of his eighth movie with Almodóvar, “Pain and Glory”
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‘Bull’ Film Review: Annie Silverstein Finds Signs of Life in Numb Characters
Cannes Film Festival 2019: Actors Amber Havard and Rob Morgan make us feel for characters who themselves don’t want to feel
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Cannes Market Preview 2019: What Are Buyers Looking for This Year?
TheWrap Cannes magazine: “In Cannes, there is a thriving but very selective market for movies that are, I would say, the indie version of events,” Neon’s Jeff Deutchman says
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Bruce Springsteen ‘Begs for Votes’ at Netflix Emmy Event
In a conversation with Martin Scorsese, Springsteen also reveals that he’s written material for a new E Street Band album
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‘The Young and the Restless’ Leads Daytime Creative Arts Emmys
CBS was the leading network, followed by Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and PBS
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Elle Fanning, Yorgos Lanthimos, Pawel Pawlikowski Get Jury Duty at Cannes
Alice Rohrwacher, Robin Campillo and Kelly Reichardt are among the other jurors who will join president Alejandro G. Inarritu
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‘Apocalypse Now Final Cut’ Film Review: Francis Ford Coppola’s New Version Might Be the Best One Yet
Tribeca Film Festival 2019: “You can’t make art without risk any more than you can make babies without sex,” Coppola tells Steven Soderbergh following the screening of his new cut of the 1979 classic
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‘Blow the Man Down’ Review: Film Noir Gets a Female Spin With Margo Martindale, June Squibb
Tribeca Film Festival 2019: In a fresh twist on a time-honored genre, AARP-aged women hold all the cards in Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy’s twisted tale
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‘Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice’ Review: Rock Doc Starts and Ends With the Music
Tribeca Film Festival 2019: Directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman use Ronstadt’s voice to tell her story, but that voice speaks loudest when she’s singing
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‘The Apollo’ Launches Tribeca Film Festival With a Look at a Theater, a Community – and Politics
Festival co-founder Robert De Niro said the audience to see the documentary about Harlem’s famed theater was “making a statement that we reject” Donald Trump’s policies
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‘JT LeRoy’ Film Review: Literary Hoax Makes for a Frustrating Film
Fact-based film threatens to be overshadowed by the controversy surrounding Asia Argento, who’s depicted (under a different name) in Justin Kelly’s drama starring Laura Dern and Kristin Stewart
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Directors’ Fortnight Announces Lineup, 16 Directors to Make Cannes Debut
The sidebar’s lineup also includes new work from Rebecca Zlotowski, Lav Diaz and Bertrand Bonello
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Cannes Critics’ Week Section Includes Jesse Eisenberg Sci-Fi Drama ‘Vivarium’
The main competition lineup will consist of films from seven different countries, including Morocco, France, Iceland, Ireland, Algeria and Costa Rica
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‘Rafiki’ Film Review: African Gay Romance Breaks New Ground
The first Kenyan film to ever screen at the festival is perhaps more notable for what it represents than what it is
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Heavyweight Cannes Lineup Ties Record for Female Directors in Competition
Four female filmmakers are represented in the main competition, along with such past Cannes directors as Pedro Almodovar, Ken Loach, Xavier Dolan, the Dardenne brothers and Terrence Malick
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‘Teen Spirit’ Film Review: Elle Fanning Sings – Boy, Does She Sing – in Indie Musical
Toronto Film Festival 2018: The goodhearted film about stardom in the “American Idol” era marks the directorial debut of Max Minghella
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Bruce Springsteen’s Unused ‘Harry Potter’ Song Finally Finds a Home in New Movie
“I’ll Stand by You Always,” which was originally recorded and offered to the “Potter” filmmakers in 2001, will get its first official release in the upcoming Gurinder Chadha movie “Blinded by the Light”
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‘Sunset’ Film Review: ‘Son of Saul’ Director Keeps His Characters, and Audience, Off Balance
Director Laszlo Nemes’ period drama is his first film since the Oscar-winning “Son of Saul”
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Golden Globes Set 2020 Date for Earliest Ceremony Ever
With the Oscars already set for its earliest-ever show on Feb. 9, the Globes are well positioned in an increasingly constricted awards season
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‘Gloria Bell’ Film Review: Julianne Moore Shines Quietly in Remake of Chilean Drama
Oscar-winning director Sebastian Lelio (“A Fantastic Woman”) makes an English-language version of his exceptional 2013 Chilean film
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‘Three Faces’ Film Review: Once Again, Jafar Panahi Is Modest But Profound
The Iranian director is officially forbidden from making films for 20 years, but “Three Faces” is the latest exceptional work he’s made in the face of that ban
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‘Leaving Neverland’ Brings Explosive Michael Jackson Accusations to Light
Dan Reed’s four-hour film focuses on two men and their families telling their stories in depth
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‘Greta’ Film Review: Neil Jordan’s Psycho Stalker Flick Is Bloody Good Fun
Chloe Grace Moretz and Isabelle Huppert star in Jordan’s riff on horror-movie cliches
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‘Apollo 11’ Film Review: You Know How It Comes Out, But It’s Still a Hell of a Ride
Sundance 2019: Todd Douglas Miller’s documentary uses original footage of the moon mission that sometimes seems too vivid and too visceral to have come from the vaults
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Oscars: ‘Green Book’ Win Gives an Old-Fashioned Ending to a Diverse, Forward-Looking Show
The Academy voted for the most diverse slate of winners ever, but it turned to a crowdpleaser rather than a groundbreaker for the big award
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35 Landmark Oscar Wins (and Losses) That Could Happen This Year
“Roma” could set records for a foreign-language film, and “Black Panther” could do the same with African-American winners
