Sundance: The director, returning to indie filmmaking after a string of “Fast & Furious” movies, wrings an overwrought Hollywood spectacle from the story of a boy caught in the grip of a radical missionary agenda.
Handel, Bach, Haydn and Brahms: Angela Hewitt (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 23.1.2025. (CSa) Handel – Suite No.2 in F, HWV 427; Chaconne in G, HWV 435 (1733) JS Bach – French Suite No.6 in E, BWV 817 Haydn – Piano Sonata in E flat,...
A new 4K UHD edition of the Denzel Washington-Russell Crowe sci-fi thriller reveals that director Brett Leonard and writer Eric Bernt were WAY ahead of their time.
Wicked: Part One was filled with Easter eggs foreshadowing the events of The Wizard of Oz, including some characters that will eventually join Dorothy.
The museum’s move followed a similar one last week by the National Gallery, as museums try to comply with an executive order that called diversity programs “illegal and immoral.”
Heightened Scutiny is a new film premiering at Sundance looking at the troubling rise in anti-trans legislation and the mainstream media outlets who have helped stoke the fire A new documentary at the Sundance film festival delves into...
Sundance: Cristina Costantini's documentary explores the enormous tensions of Ride's life and work, but struggles to answer most of its most pressing questions.
French President Emmanuel Macron laid out an ambitious plan for a "reimagined, restored and expanded" Louvre. An art critic says Macron is aiming for another success after restoration of Notre Dame.
When Family Guy set its sights on the works of Stephen King for a parody episode, the show actually looked to the film adaptations instead of King's books.
President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to alleviate crowds at the Paris museum and to charge higher fees for visitors from outside the European Union.
NEW YORK – In an evocative program of Romantic songs and choruses titled "My Dream," 40-year-old countertenor-turned-conductor Raphaël Pichon led the Orchestra of St. Luke's, soprano Ying Fang, and baritone Christian Gerhaher. The post...
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J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules tell IndieWire about finding financial and creative satisfaction creating 'premium pulp' like their new unclassifiable audience pleaser.
Sundance: Some artists are too interesting to sell out, as British filmmaker Charlie Shackleton discovered for himself when his formulaic Zodiac killer doc went off the rails.
This is one of those better late than never things. We knew that the trailer for Carl Fry and Maxwell Nalevansky's cringe comedy, Rats! had come out a few days ago but somehow we failed to follow through on sharing it with...
Sundance film festival: Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner are participants in an odd exercise in a debut feature that never figures out what it should be There can be a cavernous distance between the discovery of a topic worthy of expansion...
Sundance film festival: Real-life husband and wife Dave Franco and Alison Brie play a couple put to the ultimate test in a slickly and sickly made thriller We all know couples like Tim and Millie. Never an I, always a we. Never an...
Some see anime as being entrenched in fantasy and sci-fi, but the medium spans genres, even delivering brutal tearjerkers. Here are the saddest anime movies.
Much can be learned by close reading poetry, which is well written, that has withstood the test of time. By reading bad poetry, however, the critic can analyze the multitude of things that can go wrong in verse. – 3 Quarks Daily
The third scene of Eureka Day depicts a board meeting at a private school in Berkeley (!) after a student gets mumps. The board does it town-hall style, with a running feed, shown upstage, of the insane comments the online attendees put...
Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay's 'Hysteria' is a gripping exploration of chaos, identity, and power, set against the backdrop of a film set unraveling in the aftermath of a provocative and divisive act. [ Read the whole post on...
Construction technology company ICON has completed the first house in its Wimberley Springs development outside of Austin , the first of multiple 3D-printed structures in the neighbourhood. Read more