If the aftermath of the pandemic saw a number of horror movies about the miseries of maternity, another subgenre is making a comeback: the pregnancy comedy. Like “Babes” before it, Tyler Spindel’s...
Read moreThe lush, green, gorgeous scenery of rural Ireland is on generous display in “Bring Them Down,” a drama written and directed by Christopher Andrews. Nevertheless, if you choose to subject yourself to...
Read moreBut for most of its running time, “Armand,” which Tondel also wrote, feels more like a realist drama, the kind in which a school stands in for the whole of society, much...
Read moreLast August, when I first met and interviewed the “Emilia Pérez” star Karla Sofía Gascón, she told me that she was not the type of person to back down from a conflict.“I’m...
Read more“Help” is a word that the vocal coach Eric Vetro uses often to describe his contributions to the careers of celebrities. This season alone, he’s helped several actors with the musical demands...
Read moreWhen Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel was 9 years old, he became aware that his grandfather was a world-famous director: the Swedish master Ingmar Bergman.Filled with pride, he boasted about it to his substitute...
Read moreEvery month, streaming services add movies and TV shows to their libraries. Here are our picks for some of February’s most promising new titles. (Note: Streaming services occasionally change schedules without giving...
Read moreEvery month, streaming services add movies and TV shows to their libraries. Here are our picks for some of February’s most promising new titles. (Note: Streaming services occasionally change schedules without giving...
Read moreThe comedy “Atropia,” starring Alia Shawkat as an Iraqi-American actress cast in the role of an insurgent at a military role-playing facility, won the top prize in the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S....
Read moreKarla Sofía Gascón, the star of the movie musical “Emilia Pérez” and the first openly transgender actor to be nominated for an Academy Award, apologized on Thursday after social media posts she...
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