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The 38th Tokyo International Film Festival has tapped “Climbing for Life,” Sakamoto Junji’s biographical drama about legendary mountaineer Tabei Junko, as its opening night selection. The…
Wagner Moura is no stranger to intense roles, but his latest performance in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent” may be the one that defines his career, at least to U.S. audiences.…
Even Donna Langley admits that the “Fast and Furious” crew never should have ventured into zero gravity. “I’m sorry that we sent them into space,” Langley said of the decision to include a…
A film editor friend of mine makes the same complaint every time I see him: “No one makes movies about the way people live now.” It’s not incorrect. The “slice of life” genre doesn’t…
“Conjuring: The Last Rites” has resurrected the box office, collecting a sensational $83 million in its first weekend of release. That’s a new opening weekend record for Warner Bros. and…
Robert De Niro is known for his many breathtaking performances, often under the directorial eye of the great Martin Scorsese. Including mesmeric turns in the likes of The Godfather: Part…
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for The Paper and was conducted before the Season 2 renewal news. Summary In an interview with Collider, Greg Daniels and Michael Koman…
A movie about Tourette’s syndrome called “I Swear” usually elicits a small chuckle and “good title” from someone hearing about the film, which premieres in Toronto. And that’s the reaction…
MGM+’s “Godfather of Harlem,” Paramount+’s “PD True” and Netflix’s “American Murder: Gabby Petito” were among the winners on Saturday at the 4th annual Clue Awards. The event, hosted by…
“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” is an enticingly clever and droll, nearly pitch-perfect piece of murder-mystery fun — a whodunit that lives up to the expectations set six years…
Guillermo del Toro isn’t the only celebrated international filmmaker who managed to realize a decades-long passion project this year. Where Del Toro had “Frankenstein,” Agnieszka Holland…
Getting robbed at gunpoint can be a traumatizing thing, though “Roofman” subject Jeffrey Manchester’s victims describe him as unusually conscientious. Breaking into McDonald’s restaurants…
Six years ago, the inimitable Werner Herzog made “Family Romance, LLC,” an odd pseudo-documentary about a Japanese service that specialized in hiring actors to play a loved one, colleague…
What's more romantic than a promise to stay together for eternity? For humans, this is just a vow, but for vampires, it's a pretty distinct reality. More often than not, vampires are…
“Can I get an ‘Amen?’” Rian Johnson bellowed while welcoming a packed house to the world premiere of his third “Knives Out” installment “Wake Up Dead Man” on Saturday night at the Toronto…
Merritt Wever has won the Emmy for guest actress in drama for AppleTV+s “Severance.” This season, her character is revealed as Outie Dylan’s wife, Gretchen. She visits her husband’s innie…
Action movies have long been dominated by franchises, sequels, and familiar IPs, like John Wick, Fast & Furiousand Jason Bourne.But every so often, a film comes along that breaks the mold…
What are the greatest TV horror movies? Perhaps it's the IT miniseries, which could be watched as one long feature. A beloved contender is the 1992 British mockumentary Ghostwatch. Using…
Emmy week begins in earnest Saturday as the TV Academy hosts the first of two ceremonies celebrating the Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The first…
A ticking bomb in the heart of London sets the stage for “Fuze,” a taut new British crime thriller from director David Mackenzie. The film, which premiered at the Toronto International…
Brendan Fraser is making the rounds to promote his new film, the theatrically-bound “Rental Family,” which is set to be released by Searchlight Pictures on Nov. 21. During an interview at…
Brendan Fraser returns to the Toronto International Film Festival with “Rental Family,” a tender new drama co-written and directed by Japanese filmmaker Hikari that explores unconventional…
Would comedy be the same without the 1972 Toronto production of “Godspell“? So many of the performers who turned “SCTV” and “Saturday Night Live” into cultural phenomenons in the ’70s and…
Please Don’t Destroy isn’t going anywhere. The “Saturday Night Live” comedy trio, comprised of Ben Marshall, Martin Herlihy and John Higgins, reunited Friday night in Portland for the…
