New this week: Dinosaurs, Def Leppard and 'The Responder'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include a new album from Def Leppard, a five-part Apple+ series on dinosaurs and a documentary about the late composer Stephen Sondheim and his musical โCompany.โ.
Zelenskyy opens Cannes Film Festival, links war and cinema
After a canceled 2020 edition and a scaled back gathering last year, the Cannes Film Festival kicked off Tuesday which what organizers hope will be a fully resuscitated French Riviera spectacular.
'Titane' actor Vincent Lindon to lead Cannes jury
A year after starring in the Cannes Film Festival Palme dโOr winner โTitane,โ the French actor Vincent Lindon will preside over the jury that will decide the top prize at this yearโs festival.
'Death on the Nile' tops a quiet box office weekend
Hollywoodโs Super Bowl weekend largely fizzled with the muted debut of Kenneth Branaghโs long-delayed Agatha Christie whodunit, โDeath on the Nile,โ a tepid reception for the Jennifer Lopez romantic-comedy โMarry Meโ and modest box-office bumps for Oscar nominees.
Life in chapters in 'The Worst Person in the World'
Last fall, film director Joachim Trier and the actors Renata Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie gathered at a restaurant in midtown New York to talk about why it is that people seem to keep crying during their movie.
โSummer of Soul,โ โDrive My Carโ make Oscars shortlist
Documentaries about Julia Child, โBlack Woodstock,โ the pandemic and The Velvet Underground and acclaimed international films like Japanโs โDrive My Car,โ Iranโs โA Heroโ and Norwayโs โThe Worst Person in the Worldโ just got a little closer to scoring Oscar nominations.
New York film critics name 'Drive My Car' best film of 2021
The New York Film Critics Circle on Friday named โDrive My Car,โ Ryusuke Hamaguchiโs three-hour emotional epic and Haruki Murakamiโs short story adaptation, the best film of the year.
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Toronto Film Festival to open with โDear Evan Hansenโ
The adaptation of the Broadway hit and Tony-winner โDear Evan Hansen,โ Edgar Wrightโs โ60s London themed โLast Night in Soho,โ and โThe Eyes of Tammy Fayeโ are just a few of the major films coming to the Toronto International Film Festival this September.