Columns
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‘Love & Mercy’ Review: Paul Dano and John Cusack Play Brian Wilson in Crowd-Pleasing Biopic
Elizabeth Banks and Paul Giamatti co-star in this double-portrait of the genius behind the Beach Boys
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Women Make Waves This Summer From the White House to the Box Office (Guest Blog)
Guest contributor Aviva Kempner imagines the possibilities when the power of women reverberates through culture
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‘Testament of Youth’ Review: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington Headline a Passionate Pacifist Drama
Vikander (“Ex Machina”) shines in a swooning romance that gives way to a passionate portrait of an activist as a young woman
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‘Results’ Review: Cobie Smulders, Guy Pearce Lampoon Gym Culture
Despite spot-on observations about modern alienation, the turn from satire to rom-com doesn’t quite work in Andrew Bujalski’s latest
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Periscope Piles Up 380 Years’ Worth of Broadcasts in Just 8 Weeks
As live-streaming app gains mainstream popularity, will binge broadcasters find time to watch traditional TV?
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‘Aloft’ Review: Jennifer Connelly and Cillian Murphy Leave Us Cold in a Numbing Drama
“Adrift” is a more fitting title for this unmoored and glacially paced star vehicle, which prizes exasperating inscrutability over effective storytelling
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Will Periscope and Other Live-Streaming Apps Kill the Cable TV Star?
Cable programmers have one more thing to worry about: the rise of a new crop of live-broadcasting stars on apps like Periscope and Meerkat
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Spotify’s New Push Into Video Content Reveals a Case of Netflix Envy
In the race to build successful (and lucrative) subscription businesses, video rules over audio content
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‘Tomorrowland’ Review: George Clooney’s Dystopian Drama, Like Disneyland, Is Exhausting Fun
Clooney and Britt Robertson star in the film that mimics a roller coaster ride by making us wait far too long for too little payoff
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‘I’ll See You in My Dreams’ Review: Blythe Danner Radiates Warmth and Wisdom in Lovely Drama
Danner and co-star Martin Starr make for wonderful companions — and company — in an honest but never depressing film about old age
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Verizon’s AOL Acquisition Sheds Light on ‘Over-The-Top’ Plan
As Verizon seeks to hang onto its TV viewers, the AOL deal allows the telcom giant to tap into advertising tech know-how
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‘Skinny Bundles?’ Big Media Preps for America’s Changing Cable Diet
The pressure is on pay-TV as viewing alternatives grow. Companies like Disney and Fox are still in cable’s corner, but they’re hedging their bets
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‘Saint Laurent’ Review: France’s Academy Submission Is Disappointing Oscar Bait
The second of two Yves Saint Laurent biopics — the one made without the approval of the designer’s estate — winds up being the more generic and less insightful one
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‘Hot Pursuit’ Review: Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara’s Comedy Is Adam Sandler-Bad
Joyless and perfunctory, this road-trip buddy comedy apparently replaced all its jokes with screaming
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Why Hollywood Shouldn’t Use Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight To Indict Periscope
Piracy looms, but Periscope users are part of an active community, while pay-per-view events are largely “lean back” experiences