Those of us who first understood Shakerism not as a religious movement but as a mail-order furniture company " like a particularly elegant, artisanal version of Ikea " have much to learn fro…
When "Outer Banks" creator Jonas Pate had an open casting call for a band to appear in the third season of the Netflix series, The Runarounds auditioned for him. The group earned the gig, an…
Filmmakers Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet got candid about the challenges of independent cinema while at the Venice Film Festival with their sweeping musical drama "The Testament of Ann Lee.…
Ally Brooke, Normani, Dinah Jane and Lauren Jauregui of Fifth Harmony delivered the surprise of a lifetime for fans attending Jonas Brothers' tour stop in Texas on Sunday night. The girl gro…
Tony Leung Chiu-wai's first European film ever, "Silent Friend," is about to premiere in Venice. But he already wants to reunite with director Ildikó Enyedi. "I would like to work with Il…
Cate Blanchett's newest movie, "Father Mother Sister Brother" from indie auteur Jim Jarmusch, delighted Venice on Sunday with a five-minute ovation. Blanchett, who plays a pair of sisters wi…
Of all the panels and Q&As happening during this year's Telluride Film Festival, probably the most anticipated one featured a visit from rock royalty in the form of an unbilled (but not …
At "Saturday Night Live," there's drama before you get to the comedy. Every year at about this time, credulous observers of the venerable late-night NBC showcase get flustered by a series of…
"The Wizard of the Kremlin," a political thriller starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin and Paul Dano as his right-hand Vadim Baranov, earned a 10-minute standing ovation at this year's Venice…
The last time Amanda Seyfried was at the Venice Film Festival with a film it was in 2017 for "First Reformed," playing a parishioner in modern day New York. For her latest trip to the Lido, …
Jim Jarmusch has added his voice to the growing backlash against Mubi after the arthouse distributor took on an investor with close ties to the Israeli military earlier this year. Mubi co-pr…
Jude Law had no qualms about portraying the ruthless Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Olivier Assayas' political thriller "The Wizard of the Kremlin," which premieres on Sunday at Venice Fil…
The spark between two soon-to-be lovers ignites inside a Latin nightclub in New York City, as the pair dance with clumsy playfulness to the Spanish romantic ballad "Un Velero Llamado Liberta…
Gastón Solnicki's buzzy new film "The Souffleur," starring Willem Dafoe and world premiering in Venice Horizons, has found a home in Italy. Magnify has sold the film to Revolver & Mad…
Dustin Hoffman and Leo Woodall make quite the pair in "Tuner." Hoffman's character, veteran piano technician Harry Horowitz, is losing his hearing, while his people-shy apprentice (played by…
Becoming a meme doesn't guarantee you make it into the final cut. Jeremy Strong fans will learn this the hard way come October 24, when "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere" hits theaters. …
Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" injected some life into Venice, earning a rapturous 13-minute standing ovation, the longest of the festival so far. Oscar Isaac, who plays the titular mad…
Let's not bury the lede: "After the Hunt" gives Julia Roberts her best film role in at least 20 years. That's both a big statement " two decades is a long time by any standard, an eternity i…
William Shakespeare left no instructions as to the right way future dramatists should tell "Hamlet." We have only the text, which reveals fresh insights each time someone new recites it. Wit…
More than once, incensed characters accuse the mad doctor of being the true "monster" in Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" " not to be confused with Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," even tho…
Ed, in "Late Fame," goes on a journey " into his past, but really into the question of whether who he was and what he was can still exist in the present.
For Kent Jones and Samy Burch, nearly everything about making their new Venice-premiering drama, "Late Fame," was kismet. The two had never met before discussing the film " an adaptation of …
By some perverse coincidence, this year at the Telluride Film Festival, there were three movies about William Shakespeare's "Hamlet," but it's the one spelled with the "N" that confronts the…
It's alive! It's at the Venice Film Festival! But it's not a cautionary tale about artificial intelligence. Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein," starring Jacob Elordi and Oscar Isaac, follow…
In his autobiography, Keith Richards described "As Tears Go By," a disarmingly simple ballad that he and Mick Jagger composed under duress, as "a terrible piece of tripe." You can see why, g…