Martin Scorsese: 'Cinema is gone'
Wednesday, 4 January 2017, 15:34
Last update: about 9 years ago
Martin Scorsese's Manhattan office, in a midtown building a few blocks northwest of the cordoned-off Trump Tower, may be the most concentrated bastion of reverence for cinema on the face of the...
With acclaim raining down, Casey Affleck tries to enjoy it
Saturday, 24 December 2016, 13:31
Last update: about 9 years ago
After spending the night shooting the most devastating scene in "Manchester by the Sea" - a scene in which, Casey Affleck's character, clutching a bag of groceries, stands before a tragedy that haunts...
Will Smith channeled personal grief for his latest role
Friday, 23 December 2016, 13:30
Last update: about 9 years ago
Will Smith had already begun researching his role for "Collateral Beauty" when he learned that his father was terminally ill. Smith said at the film's world premiere in New York on Monday that he...
'Man Down' waits too long to deliver worthy message
Thursday, 22 December 2016, 13:29
Last update: about 9 years ago
"Man Down" carries a poignant message about American veterans' mental health needs, but you may give up on the movie before it gets there. Nothing is clear until the film's final moments, which...
In 'Jackie,' a fractured Kennedy fable
Wednesday, 21 December 2016, 13:29
Last update: about 9 years ago
History, lately run amok, is ordered with such tidy, forceful finesse by Natalie Portman's Jacqueline Kennedy in in the piercing "Jackie." Summoning a journalist to Hyannis Port in 1963, not long...
Ebullient 'La La Land' is something to sing about
Tuesday, 20 December 2016, 13:21
Last update: about 9 years ago
On Broadway, of course, we've got the "Hamilton" phenomenon, making the stage musical feel more vital and relevant than it has in years. And we have popular live TV revivals like "Grease" and...
Set sail with the spirited, familiar 'Moana'
Saturday, 10 December 2016, 14:51
Last update: about 9 years ago
Stop me if this sounds familiar: A Disney animation film about a bright and spirited young woman who feels stifled by outmoded expectations and dreams of exploring beyond the confines of her home....
Miles Teller comes back swinging in 'Bleed for This'
Friday, 9 December 2016, 14:50
Last update: about 9 years ago
He's been going at breakneck speed with a series of ups and downs that many actors won't see in a decade. In just two years he went from breakout revelation of "The Spectacular Now" to the star of an...
Julie Dash's landmark 'Daughters of the Dust' is reborn
Thursday, 8 December 2016, 14:50
Last update: about 9 years ago
When it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, its director of photography, Arthur Jafa, won best cinematography. In 2004, it was added to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry....
Is high-frame rate the next failed Hollywood gimmick?
Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 14:49
Last update: about 9 years ago
That was when theaters, alarmed by the rise of television and newly freed from the ownership of Hollywood studios, trotted out a wave of gimmicks to freshen up the moviegoing experience. Ballyhooed...