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December 13, 2016
La La Land opens with a show-stopping number in which the stars don’t even participate. This takes place—where else—amidst a…
December 5, 2016
Previously known for his 2012 film No and 2015 film The Club, Pablo Larraín has sprung into the limelight this…
November 17, 2016
Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey speaks with MovieMaker about lensing writer-director Tom Ford's lurid psychodrama, Nocturnal Animals.
October 19, 2016
Natalie Portman, who in real life neither looks nor sounds at all like Jacqueline Kennedy, completely transforms herself in Pablo…
September 2, 2016
The title of Elizabeth Wood’s White Girl, alludes to Leah, a college student on a New York coming-of-age adventure, played…
August 31, 2016
It’s just plain fun to watch Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander fall in love in Derek Cianfrance’s new film The…
May 3, 2016
A Bigger Splash, which reteams Tilda Swinton with Luca Guadagnino (I Am Love), features a brilliant opening flashback of Swinton…
November 19, 2015
In Shelter, Paul Bettany pushes his wife, Jennifer Connelly, into dark places as a grief-stricken heroin addict.
October 28, 2015
James Vanderbilt makes his directorial debut with Truth, based on Mapes’ book, Truth: The Press, the President, and the Privilege…
September 3, 2015
Paul Weitz talks about Grandma and what inspired him to be a feminist moviemaker.
August 28, 2015
Lily Tomlin and Patricia Clarkson star in Grandma and Learning to Drive respectively, which have both done decent box-office success…
July 1, 2015
Amy, the beautifully detailed and heartbreaking documentary about singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, who died four years ago at age 27 of…
May 14, 2015
Felix Thompson makes his impressive feature film debut with King Jack, a coming-of-age tale about a complex kid with a…
March 17, 2015
Acclaimed classical pianist, Seymour Bernstein, is the subject of Ethan Hawke’s documentary directing debut, Seymour: An Introduction.
March 4, 2015
The Oscar-nominated Argentine film, Wild Tales, is an anthology of six bizarre stories written and directed by Damián Szifrón.
February 13, 2015
The Last Five Years, by director Richard LaGravenese, opens this Valentine’s Day weekend in theaters and VOD, to compete with…
January 19, 2015
Oprah Winfrey participated at the Manhattan press conference Sunday, December 14, 2014, at the Mandarin Oriental New York, to promote…