David Sims
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Annapurna What to Expect at This Year’s Toronto International Film Festival
The start of TIFF, alongside events in Venice and Telluride, signals the beginning of Oscar season, with movies like First Man, If Beale Street Could Talk, A Star Is Born, and Widows on the horizon.
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Annapurna How to Make a Western Movie With No Heroes
The French director Jacques Audiard discusses adapting Patrick deWitt’s novel The Sisters Brothers into a darkly funny film starring John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix.
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Greg Preston / Dark Horse Comics Remembering the Woman Who Changed Marvel Comics
Marie Severin, the trailblazing comic-book artist who drew some of pop culture’s most iconic characters, died Thursday at the age of 89.
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Focus Features The Little Stranger Is a Different Kind of Haunted-House Movie
Lenny Abrahamson’s adaptation of Sarah Waters’s novel stars Domhnall Gleeson as a doctor who gets wrapped up with a decaying aristocratic family in postwar Britain.
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MGM Operation Finale Grapples With the Banality of Evil
Chris Weitz’s new film stars Oscar Isaac as one of the agents who captured the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann (played by Ben Kingsley) and transported him to stand trial in Israel.
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Raymond Hagans / MediaPunch / IPX Ethan Hawke Reckons With Poptimism in Hollywood
The actor gave a fascinating interview on the film industry that included a dismissive remark about the superhero genre. But his broader frustrations are perhaps less controversial.
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MGM James Bond’s Murky Future
A planned 25th film about the British secret agent, starring Daniel Craig, is stuck in limbo. But beyond the production issues are deeper problems that come with constantly rebooting the character.
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Sony / Screen Gems Searching Is a Fiendishly Clever Online Thriller
John Cho stars as a father looking for his missing daughter in a drama that plays out entirely on computer screens.
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Warner Bros. Hollywood Can’t Ignore the Success of Crazy Rich Asians
The film has passed $50 million within its first nine days of release, already sparking talk of a sequel. But producers should look beyond one potential new franchise.
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Magnolia Pictures Support the Girls Is Breezy, Bracing, and Brilliant
Andrew Bujalski’s clever and funny new film follows a day in the life of the staff at a Hooters-like restaurant.
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Richard Shotwell / Invision / AP How Netflix Snagged Black-ish Creator Kenya Barris
The showrunner recently departed ABC for the streaming network, joining the ranks of Ryan Murphy and Shonda Rhimes in the process.
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Warner Bros. Crazy Rich Asians Is a Breath of Fresh Air
Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the best-selling novel is both a step forward for Hollywood and a throwback to the classic high-society comedy.
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Oscilloscope Madeline’s Madeline Is a Bold, Jittery Film About the Creative Process
Josephine Decker’s new experimental work is centered on an exceptional performance from the total unknown Helena Howard.
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Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP The Oscars’ Terrible Idea
Adding a “popular film” category and cutting technical awards to squeeze the ceremony into a three-hour time slot will only dilute the Academy’s brand.
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Focus Features With BlacKkKlansman, Spike Lee Sounds the Alarm About America’s Past and Present
The director’s newest film follows a policeman who successfully infiltrated the KKK in the 1970s, but the story it tells is also very much about the U.S. today.
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Darron Cummings / AP How MoviePass Has Changed Ticket Buying
The company announced a new, more restrictive plan for subscribers after its stock spiraled, but it has already left a lasting mark on theater chains.
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Disney Christopher Robin Is as Deeply Weird as It Is Charming
Disney’s new take on the Winnie the Pooh property is a gentle, melancholic reminder that we should all relax once in a while.
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Sm / Kobal / REX / Shutterstock / ... The Value of the ‘Female Gaze’ in Film
A fantastic new retrospective series at Lincoln Center examines the work of women cinematographers, who are woefully underrepresented in the medium.
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FilmRise The Miseducation of Cameron Post Is a Graceful Coming-of-Age Tale
Desiree Akhavan’s Sundance-winning film follows a young gay woman, played by Chloë Grace Moretz, who is sent to conversion therapy.
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HBO Can HBO Give Deadwood a Proper Ending?
The network has green-lit a feature-length finale for the show it canceled 12 years earlier.
