Across outrageous, often scatological comedies like “Bridesmaids,” “Spy” and “A Simple Favor,” the director Paul Feig, 62, has cemented his unlikely cinematic reputation as a girl’s guy.“I hate to say ‘strong female...
Read moreFlorence Pugh’s antiheroine saves the day.‘Thunderbolts*’A band of miscreants led by Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) embarks on a mission to save the world in this antihero action flick directed by Jake Schreier.From...
Read moreChildren might recognize pangolins from fictional films like the 2016 adaptation of Disney’s “The Jungle Book,” but these mammals, also known as scaly anteaters, have been roaming the earth for 85 million...
Read moreEverybody thinks they know their favorite musicians or bands inside and out: what the lyrics mean, when their style changed, which fabled event made or broke their careers. Filmmakers have always been...
Read moreRyan Coogler narrates a musical sequence from “Sinners,” in which the past and future of Black music is conjured.
Read moreThe comedian and actor Russell Brand was scheduled on Friday to appear before a London court on multiple charges of sexual assault, including two counts of rape.His appearance at Westminster Magistrates Court...
Read moreIt’s impossible to watch “Rust,” a period western steeped in death, without thinking about the catastrophe that occurred on set while it was being filmed in New Mexico on Oct. 21, 2021....
Read moreEvery month, streaming services add movies and TV shows to their libraries. Here are our picks for some of May’s most promising new titles. (Note: Streaming services occasionally change schedules without giving...
Read moreTwo midlife losers reckon with past mistakes on a despairing and oddly haunting trip into the woods and out of their heads.
Read moreThe sort of movie in which a story’s inherent power is enough to oil otherwise creaky biopic machinery, “Words of War” dramatizes the life of Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist who became...
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