Betty Boop has arrived on Broadway, nearly a century after she first boop-oop-a-dooped her way onto the big screen. “Boop! The Musical,” like the “Barbie” and “Elf” films that preceded it, imagines...
Read moreHey, this is Jared Hess, director of “A Minecraft Movie.” OK, in this scene, our main character is Jack Black. Jason Momoa and Sebastian Hanson are on a dangerous detour in Steve’s...
Read moreEvery month, Netflix adds movies and TV shows to its library. Here are our picks for some of April’s most promising new titles for U.S. subscribers. (Note: Streaming services occasionally change schedules...
Read more‘Dead Talents Society’Stream it on Netflix.The Taiwanese director John Hsu’s rollicking horror-comedy raked in awards, raves and strong box-office numbers last year for very good reason. Set in a world where ghosts...
Read moreIn “Anatomy of a Scene,” we ask directors to reveal the secrets that go into making key scenes in their movies. See new episodes in the series on Fridays. You can also...
Read moreSo dumb it’s sorta fun.‘A Minecraft Movie’Jack Black and Jason Momoa star as gamers who find a portal into a virtual world made of blocks in this wacky video-game adaptation directed by...
Read moreBased on Judith Viorst’s beloved children’s book “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” this new iteration of the tale centers on Alexander Garcia (the adorable Thom Nemer from...
Read moreA documentary subject like the comic Andy Kaufman, who died in 1984, has got to be both a dream and a nightmare for a filmmaker. Archival footage is usually used to suggest...
Read moreFor “When Fall Is Coming,” the French filmmaker François Ozon has cooked up a little mystery and an enigmatic heroine. A sleek, modestly scaled entertainment about families, secrets and obligations, it features...
Read moreThe ideal way to watch “The Luckiest Man in America,” a dramatization of a real-life game show incident, is to go in cold — to see these events unfold as TV viewers...
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