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Donald Sutherland has died at 88. Sutherland's agents say he died in Miami on Thursday after a long illness. The Canadian actor's career stretched from “M.A.S.H” to “JFK” to “The...

Movie Review: Peace (and pieces) of mind ‘Inside Out 2’
Sequels have been a touchy subject when it comes to Pixar, but it’s hard to deny the natural premise of “Inside Out 2.” It’s been nine years since “Inside Out,”...

‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ boosts Will Smith’s comeback and the box office with $56 million opening
NEW YORK — “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” the fourth installment in the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence action comedy series, opened with an estimated $56 million in theaters over the weekend, handing Hollywood...

Trump film ‘The Apprentice’ made noise in Cannes, but it still lacks a US distributor
NEW YORK — Two weeks after its much-anticipated premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, a film about Donald Trump in the 1980s is still seeking distribution in the United States.In Cannes, “The...

Review: Will Smith is back in ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die,’ with Martin Lawrence riding shotgun
“Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” the fourth installment in the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence action-comedy series, is about a fight to redeem a tarnished legacy.No, not that one. The reputation of...

Review: ‘Robot Dreams’ is more profound than it has any right to be
It’s one of those strange but immutable truths of the movies that a song like Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September” can play in roughly a thousand films before a movie...

“Anora” de Sean Baker gana la Palma de Oro, el principal premio del Festival de Cine de Cannes
“Anora” de Sean Baker, una cómica pero devastadora odisea de Brooklyn sobre una trabajadora sexual que se casa con el hijo de un acaudalado oligarca ruso, ganó el principal premio...

Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ wins Palme d’Or, the Cannes Film Festival’s top honor
Sean Baker's “Anora,” a comic but devastating Brooklyn odyssey about a sex worker who marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, won the Cannes Film Festival's top award, the...

With a new War Rig and a fleet of motorbikes, ‘Furiosa’ restarts the motorized mayhem of ‘Mad Max’
NEW YORK — When it was time to start making “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” production designer Colin Gibson went to a garage in Australia to find some old friends.It had been...

Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran to debut his film in Cannes. ‘I have many more stories to tell,’ he says
Mohammad Rasoulof was facing eight years in prison — and likely more considering the uncompromising nature of his latest film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” — when he decided...

From ‘Anora’ to ‘The Substance,’ tales of beauty and its price galvanize Cannes
CANNES, — “Beauty is like war,” says Gary Oldman, in character, in Paolo Sorrentino’s “Parthenope.” “It opens doors.”“Parthenope,” in which Oldman plays the author John Cheever, premiered Tuesday in Cannes. It's...

“The Apprentice”, sobre un joven Donald Trump, se estrena en Cannes
CANNES, Francia — Mientras el juicio de Donald Trump entra en su sexta semana en Nueva York, una historia sobre el origen del expresidente se estrenó el lunes en el Festival de...

Director de “The Apprentice” se ofrece a proyectar filme para Trump
CANNES, Francia — La campaña de reelección de Donald Trump calificó “The Apprentice”, una película sobre la vida del expresidente de Estados Unidos en la década de 1980, de “pura ficción” y...

Studio Ghibli recibe Palma de Oro honorifica en Cannes
CANNES, Francia — Studio Ghibli, la fábrica japonesa de anime de maravillas surrealistas y ecológicas que durante 39 años ha cautivado a los cinéfilos con cuentos de Totoros, medusas mágicas y castillos...

Trump campaign calls ‘The Apprentice’ ‘blatantly false,’ director offers to screen it for him
CANNES, — Donald Trump’s reelection campaign called “The Apprentice,” a film about the former U.S. president in the 1980s, “pure fiction” and vowed legal action following its premiere at the Cannes...

El musical trans mexicano “Emilia Perez” ilumina Cannes
CANNES, Francia — En su bosquejo, la comentada película de Jacques Audiard en el Festival de Cine de Cannes, “Emilia Pérez”, no parecería una buena idea para un filme.Tras su estreno el...

Studio Ghibli takes a bow at Cannes with an honorary Palme d’Or
CANNES, — Studio Ghibli, the Japanese anime factory of surreal ecological wonders that has for 39 years spirited away moviegoers with tales of Totoros, magical jellyfish and floating castles, was celebrated...

Kevin Costner presenta su saga del oeste “Horizon” en Cannes
CANNES, Francia — Un mes antes de que Kevin Costner estrene en los cines la primera entrega de su western de varios capítulos “Horizon: An American Saga”, el actor y director acudió...

El duo imparable de Emma Stone y Yorgos Lanthimos vuelve a Cannes
CANNES, Francia — Antes de comenzar una entrevista, Emma Stone y Yorgos Lanthimos dan una serie de respuestas prefabricadas.“Tenemos una gran relación”, comienza Lanthimos. “Nos encanta trabajar juntos”, añade Stone. “Fue genial...

‘The Apprentice,’ about a young Donald Trump, premieres in Cannes
CANNES, — While Donald Trump's hush money trial entered its sixth week in New York, an origin story for the Republican presidential candidate premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday,...

El material del que estan hechos los suenos de Coppola: El director charla sobre “Megalopolis”
CANNES, Francia — De las muchas citas y eslóganes que resuenan en la película “Megalopolis” de Francis Ford Coppola, llena de ideas, sincera y descaradamente optimista, una que resuena particularmente en el...

En Cannes, Francis Ford Coppola habla de la politica de EEUU
Se ha prestado mucha atención a los 120 millones de dólares de su propia fortuna que Francis Ford Coppola aportó para hacer la épica futurista “Megalópolis”, pero el propio director...

The unstoppable duo of Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos
CANNES, — Before a journalist has even lobbed a question, Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos spit out a string of overlapping answers.“We have a great relationship,” begins Lanthimos. ‘“We just love...

The gonzo trans Mexican drug lord musical ‘Emilia Perez’ lights up Cannes
CANNES, — On paper, Jacques Audiard's buzzed-about Cannes Film Festival entry “Emilia Perez” would not seem anything like a good idea for a movie. The film, which premiered Saturday in Cannes,...

Q&A: Kevin Costner on unveiling his Western saga ‘Horizon’ at Cannes
CANNES, — A month before Kevin Costner puts the first installment of his multi-chapter Western “Horizon: An American Saga” into theaters, the actor-director came to the Cannes Film Festival to unveil...

The stuff that Coppola’s dreams are made of: The director on building ‘Megalopolis’
CANNES, — Of the many quotations and slogans that flitter through Francis Ford Coppola’s idea-stuffed, open-hearted, unabashedly optimistic “Megalopolis,” one that particularly resonates with the director is: “When we leap into...

Paul Schrader felt death closing in, so he made a movie about it
CANNES, — After a string of hospitalizations for long COVID, Paul Schrader had a realization.“If I’m going to make a film about death,” Schrader told himself, “I’d better hurry up.”The health...

In Cannes, Francis Ford Coppola talks Trump, self-financing ‘Megalopolis’ and why he has no regrets
CANNES, — Much attention has been paid to the $120 million of his own fortune that Francis Ford Coppola put up to make the futuristic epic “Megalopolis,” but the director himself...

Francis Ford Coppola estrena “Megalopolis” en Cannes y genera criticas mixtas
CANNES, Francia — Francis Ford Coppola estrenó el jueves su obra autofinanciada “Megalopolis” en el Festival de Cine de Cannes, un proyecto apasionante, tremendamente ambicioso, que el director de 85 años ha...

Todas las miradas estan puestas en Coppola en Cannes, otra vez
CANNES, Francia — Francis Ford Coppola estrenará en el Festival de Cine de Cannes una película en la que lo ha arriesgado todo, una que llega empañada por rumores de turbulencias en...

Francis Ford Coppola debuts ‘Megalopolis’ in Cannes, and the reviews are in
CANNES, — Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday premiered his self-financed opus “Megalopolis” at the Cannes Film Festival, unveiling a wildly ambitious ion project the 85-year-old director has been pondering for decades.Reviews...

All eyes are on Coppola in Cannes. Sound familiar?
CANNES, — Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival a film on which he has risked everything, one that's arriving clouded by rumors of production turmoil....

#MeToo struggled to find traction in . Then Judith Godreche came forward
CANNES, — Before Judith Godrèche kickstarted a #MeToo wave in the French industry, she was one of the first prominent actors to go on the record against Harvey Weinstein. Godrèche was...

“Mad Max” ha vivido en la cabeza de George Miller por 45 anos
CANNES, Francia — Apenas George Miller se ha dado cuenta de cuán influyente fue su educación médica para el mundo de “Mad Max”.Miller fue brevemente doctor antes de encontrar el cine. Su...

‘Mad Max’ has lived in George Miller’s head for 45 years. He’s not done dreaming yet
CANNES, — Only recently has George Miller realized just how influential his medical education was to the world of “Mad Max.”Miller was briefly a doctor before finding filmmaking and his twin...

El perro Messi llega a Cannes
CANNES, Francia — El primer astro en desfilar por la alfombra roja de la 77a edición del Festival de Cine de Cannes llegó en cuatro patas.Messi, el perro de la película “Anatomie...

CANNES DIARY: Behind the scenes of the 2024 film festival
CANNES, — Welcome to Cannes. The annual film festival is always a spectacle, but 2024's edition may be the most combustible in years. The 77th Cannes red carpet unfurls against a...

How Cannes works, from the standing ovations to the juries to the Palm Dog
CANNES, — The Cannes Film Festival is hallowed ground in cinema but understanding its unique landscape can be confounding.The Côte d’Azur festival, which kicked off Tuesday, is a 10-day ballet of...

Messi the dog comes to Cannes for an encore
CANNES, — The first star to arrive on the red carpet at the 77th Cannes Film Festival came on four legs.Messi, the dog from the film “Anatomy of a Fall,” walked...

Cannes arranca con el jurado de Greta Gerwig y la Palma de Oro para Meryl Streep
CANNES, Francia — El Festival de Cine de Cannes comenzó el martes con la presentación del jurado presidido por Greta Gerwig y la entrega de una Palma de Oro honorífica para Meryl...

Cannes kicks off with a Palme d’Or for Meryl Streep and a post-‘Barbie’ fete of Greta Gerwig
CANNES, — Beneath intermittent rainy skies, the Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday with the presentation of an honorary Palme d'Or for Meryl Streep and the unveiling of Greta Gerwig’s jury, as...

Iranian filmmaker flees to Europe after prison sentence ahead of his Cannes premiere
CANNES, — After being sentenced to eight years in prison, the award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof says he's fled to Europe shortly ahead of the Cannes Film Festival premiere of his...

A combustible Cannes is set to unfurl with ‘Furiosa,’ ‘Megalopolis’ and a #MeToo reckoning
The Cannes Film Festival rarely es without cacophony but this year’s edition may be more raucous and uneasy than any edition in recent memory.When the red carpet is rolled out...

Movie Review: A radiant teenage road trip in ‘Gasoline Rainbow’
In sibling directors Bill and Turner Ross ’ latest, “Gasoline Rainbow,” five Oregon teens just out of high school make their meandering way some 500 miles to reach the coast...

‘The Fall Guy’ decepciona al recaudar 28,5 millones de dolares
NUEVA YORK — “The Fall Guy”, la película de comedia y acción sobre los dobles que reemplazan a los actores para hacer hazañas peligrosas en Hollywood, se estrenó este fin de semana,...

‘The Fall Guy’ gives Hollywood a muted summer kickoff with a $28.5M opening
NEW YORK — “The Fall Guy,” the Ryan Gosling-led, action-comedy ode to stunt performers, opened below expectations with $28.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, providing a lukewarm start to a summer...

Review: Nature and human nature mingle in the beguiling ‘Evil Does Not Exist’
The films of Ryusuke Hamaguchi unspool with elegant everyday ease and yet anything can happen.Lives take sudden detours. Seemingly minor characters become primary ones. People are brought together by mysterious...

Movie Review: In ‘The Idea of You,’ a boy band is center stage but Anne Hathaway steals the show
In the warmly charming rom-com “The Idea of You," Anne Hathaway plays a 40-year-old divorcee and Silver Lake art gallery owner who, after taking her teenage daughter to Coachella, becomes...

Tras una vida para lograrla, Jane Schoenbrun estrena “I Saw the TV Glow”
NUEVA YORK — La cineasta Jane Schoenbrun camina por un sendero en el cementerio Green-wood en Brooklyn, buscando el estanque junto al que se sentó mientras trabajaba en el guion de la...

‘I Saw the TV Glow’ is one of 2024’s buzziest films. It took Jane Schoenbrun a lifetime to make it
NEW YORK — The filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun is walking down a path in Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, looking for the pond they sat beside while working on the script to the film“I...

How to be a ‘Fall Guy’: Stunt performers on their rough-and-tumble life
NEW YORK — There are two things to keep in mind while being burned alive for a movie scene.The first, says stunt performer Ben Jenkin, is not to breathe in a flame....

Zendaya, Josh O’Connor y Mike Faist entra en un candente triangulo amoroso en “Challengers”
NUEVA YORK — ¿Qué tan sexy puede ser un torneo clasificatorio de tenis en New Rochelle, Nueva York? Cuando el drama en la cancha involucra a Zendaya, Josh O’Connor y Mike Faist,...

Jerry Seinfeld’s commitment to the bit
NEW YORK — Jerry Seinfeld has been responsible for more movies than you think. Yes, he co-wrote and lent his voice to 2007's “Bee Movie." But before that, “Seinfeld” — where going...

Review: ‘The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has ed’ announces an exciting new voice
In writer-director-star Joanna Arnow’s “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has ed,” Ann (Arnow), a 30-something New Yorker, lies naked in bed with an older man, Allen (Scott...

Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist on the steamy love triangle of ‘Challengers’
NEW YORK — How sexy can a qualifying tennis tournament in New Rochelle, New York, be? When the on-court drama involves Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, the answer turns out to...

“Civil War” gana otra batalla en los cines de Norteamerica
NUEVA YORK — “Civil War”, la siniestra distopía estadounidense de Alex Garland, fue la película más taquillera en los cines de Estados Unidos y Canadá en su segunda semana de estreno, según...

‘Civil War’ continues box-office campaign at No. 1
NEW YORK — “Civil War,” Alex Garland’s ominous American dystopia, remained the top film in theaters in its second week of release, according to studio estimates Sunday.The A24 election-year gamble, the indie...

Critic’s Notebook: ‘Civil War’ and the elusiveness of the of-the-moment movie
NEW YORK — The movies are good at resurrecting the past and imagining the future, but pinning down the present can be tricky. Movies take a long time to make. Once you’ve...

Resena: “Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” amplifica historia de la Guerra Mundial
La más reciente película de Guy Ritchie, “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare”, está sustentada en la historia real, pero amplifica una operación de la Segunda Guerra Mundial con suficientes nazis...

Movie Review: ‘Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ amps up a true-tale WWII heist
The latest Guy Ritchie flick “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” has a spine of true story to it, even if it does all it can to amplify a long-declassified World...

Eleanor Coppola, matriarch of a filmmaking family, dies at 87
Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now,” and who raised a family of...

Cannes sets lineup with Lanthimos, Coppola and Trump film ‘The Apprentice’
New films from Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrea Arnold and Francis Ford Coppola, as well as a portrait of 1980s Donald Trump, will compete for the Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes...

Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ to premiere at Cannes
NEW YORK — Nearly half a century after Francis Ford Coppola won the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, he will return to the French Riviera festival to premiere his self-financed epic “Megalopolis.”The...

‘Civil War’ might be the year’s most explosive movie. Alex Garland thinks it’s just reporting
NEW YORK — Alex Garland’s films have vividly conjured a virus-caused pandemic (2002's “28 Days Later”), an uncontrollable artificial intelligence (2014’s “Ex Machina”) and, in his latest, “Civil War,” a near-future America...

Kevin Costner’s Western epic ‘Horizon, An American Saga’ will premiere at Cannes
Kevin Costner's multi-episode epic “Horizon, An American Saga” will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next month, festival organizers announced Monday. The first chapter of “Horizon" will debut at the...

“Godzilla x Kong” mantiene el dominio en los cines de EEUU
NUEVA YORK — “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” superó fácilmente a un par de rivales para mantenerse en el primer lugar de los cines de Estados Unidos y Canadá por segunda...

‘Godzilla x Kong’ maintains box-office dominion in second weekend
NEW YORK — “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” easily swatted away a pair of challengers to hold on to the top spot at the box office for the second week in...

Resena: Dev Patel debuta con fuerza como director con “Monkey Man”
Dev Patel, el niño entrañable, serio y escuálido de “Slumdog Millionaire” (“Quisiera ser millonario”) se ha convertido en un protagonista singularmente intenso y sensible. Es una transformación que, para cualquiera...

Movie Review: Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’ is a political allegory bathed in blood
Has there been a more satisfying actor to watch mature on screen in recent years than Dev Patel? The endearingly earnest, scrawny kid of “Slumdog Millionaire” has steadily grown into...

As Roe v. Wade fell, teenage girls formed a mock government in ‘Girls State’
NEW YORK — In the summer of 2022, days before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, some 500 high school girls gathered in Missouri for a weeklong mock government camp in...

Movie Review: ‘Godzilla x Kong’ has scales and scale but not much else
As the old saying goes, there are two kinds of people on this Earth: Those who like their movies with a giant evil ape swinging a vertebrae like a lasso...

Olivia Colman y Jessie Buckley hablan sobre las alegrias del lenguaje soez y la amistad
NUEVA YORK — Olivia Colman y Jessie Buckley interpretan a mujeres unidas por cartas en la nueva película “Wicked Little Letters” ("Pequeñas cartas indiscretas"), pero su medio de comunicación preferido es WhatsApp....

Movie Review: Alice Rohrwacher’s tombaroli tale ‘La Chimera’ is pure magic
When we talk about “movie magic,” the first thing that comes to mind is often something like the bikes achieving liftoff in “E.T.” But it applies no less to Alice...

Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley on the joys of foul language and friendship
NEW YORK — Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley play women brought together by letters in the new film “Wicked Little Letters” but their preferred means of communication is WhatsApp. With their husbands,...

Steve Martin esta consciente de la ironia de su vida
NUEVA YORK — Steve Martin se ha maravillado por mucho tiempo de las múltiples facetas de su vida. Está su juventud como artista de Disneyland, rodeado de vodevil y magos. Una década...

The irony of Steve Martin’s life isn’t lost on him
NEW YORK — Steve Martin has long marveled at the many phases of his life. There’s his youth as a Disneyland performer, surrounded by vaudeville performers and magicians. A decade as a...

Los Globos de Oro logran acuerdo de 5 anos con CBS y Paramount+
NUEVA YORK — Los Globos de Oro y CBS llegaron a un acuerdo de cinco años para transmitir la entrega anual de premios por televisión y en streaming en vivo por Paramount+,...

Golden Globes land 5-year deal to air on CBS, stream on Paramount+
NEW YORK — The Golden Globes and CBS have reached a five-year deal to broadcast the annual award show and stream it live on Paramount+, it was announced Monday. The new agreement,...

“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” domina la taquilla en EEUU
NUEVA YORK — “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” fue la película más taquillera en Estados Unidos este fin de semana al recaudar 45,2 millones de dólares, según estimados de estudios difundidos el domingo, dándole...

‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ is No. 1 with $45.2M, Sydney Sweeney’s ‘Immaculate’ lands in fourth
NEW YORK — Ghost busting is still a good business.“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” collected $45.2 million in ticket sales over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, handing Sony Pictures the studio’s first...

Resena: “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” cumple a secas
Cuarenta años después de “Ghostbusters” (“Los Cazafantasmas”) y después de varias secuelas que no estuvieron a la altura de la original de 1984, comenzando con “Ghostbusters II” (“Los Cazafantasmas II”)...

‘Furiosa,’ the follow-up to ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ will premiere at Cannes Film Festival
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” George Miller's eagerly awaited follow-up to “Mad Max: Fury Road, ” will make its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May. “Furiosa,” a...

Movie Review: ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ clears a low bar
Forty years after “Ghostbusters” and following a string of sequels that never measured up to the 1984 original — beginning all the way back with 1989’s “Ghostbusters II” — it’s...

‘Civil War,’ an election-year provocation, premieres at SXSW film festival
AUSTIN, Texas — “Civil War,” Alex Garland’s election-year provocation, debuted Thursday at the SXSW Film and TV Festival, unveiling a violent vision of a near-future America at war with itself.“Civil War,” reportedly...

‘The Fall Guy,’ a love letter to stunt performers, premieres at SXSW
AUSTIN, Texas — Coming nearly straight from the Oscars with a truck full of Kenergy, Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt rolled into the South By Southwest Film and TV Festival to premiere...

Emma Stone won, but Lily Gladstone didn’t lose
LOS ANGELES — The Academy Awards were full of sure-things, long-awaited anointments and easy predictions. The “Oppenheimer” romp. Ryan Gosling’s Ken stealing the show. That put even more focus on the category...

“Kung Fu Panda 4” se estrena con el puesto numero 1; le sigue “Dune: Part Two”
LOS ÁNGELES — LOS ÁNGELES (AP) — Mientras Universal Pictures se preparaba para una gran noche en los Premios de la Academia con “Oppenheimer”, el estudio también celebró el debut y el...

“Oppenheimer” gana el Oscar a mejor pelicula, Emma Stone es la mejor actriz
LOS ÁNGELES — LOS ÁNGELES (AP) — “Oppenheimer”, una solemne película biográfica de tres horas que se convirtió en una improbable sensación de taquilla y recaudó miles de millones de dólares, fue...

‘Kung Fu Panda 4’ opens No. 1, while ‘Dune: Part Two’ stays strong
LOS ANGELES — As Universal Pictures prepared for a big night at the Academy Awards with “Oppenheimer,” the studio also celebrated the No. 1 debut of “Kung Fu Panda 4,” which collected...

‘Oppenheimer’ crowned best picture at an Academy Awards shadowed by war
LOS ANGELES — “Oppenheimer,” a solemn three-hour biopic that became an unlikely billion-dollar box-office sensation, was crowned best picture at a 96th Academy Awards that doubled as a coronation for Christopher Nolan.After...

Quien ganara en los Oscar? La lista completa de predicciones de AP
Previo a los Premios de la Academia del domingo, los críticos de cine de The Associated Press Jake Coyle y Lindsey Bahr ofrecen una lista completa de predicciones.A continuación, la...

Who will win at the Oscars? See full predictions from AP’s film writers
Ahead of Sunday's Academy Awards, Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr are offering their complete list of predictions. Coyle and Bahr offered their thoughts on the actors...

Who will win at this year’s Oscars? Critics make their picks
Ahead of the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, Associated Press film writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share some of their predictions.Best PictureNominees: “American Fiction”; “Anatomy of a Fall”;...

And the Oscar goes to … a movie most people have seen
NEW YORK — The Oscars are poised to do something on Sunday that they haven’t done in a very long time: Hand its top award to a blockbuster.After years of favoring smaller...

Movie Review: ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ is peak Kristen Stewart
Muscles ripple, veins pop and electronic music throbs in “Love Lies Bleeding,” a heaving, hyper-sexy neo-noir drenched in sweat, blood and bug guts.If that last one seems a touch less...

Best cameo? Best hat? Ahead of the Oscars, AP hands out its own awards
The Academy Awards honor many things in movies but not some of the most important. Ahead of Sunday’s Oscars, AP Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle make selections for...

Q&A: Jimmy Kimmel is hosting the Oscars again. This time, it’s an election year
NEW YORK — Through one of the most tumultuous periods in Oscar history, through flub and slap, Jimmy Kimmel has emerged as the steadying hand and abiding face of the Academy Awards.When...

Movie Review: The colossal melancholy of Ceylan’s ‘About Dry Grasses’
Nuri Bilge Ceylan makes long films, by movie standards, but short ones by Russian literature standards.There may be no filmmaker more consciously working in a novelistic tradition. The Turkish director...

Quien ganara en los Oscar? Los criticos de cine de AP comparten sus predicciones
Previo a la 96a entrega de los Premios de la Academia el 10 de marzo, los críticos de cine de The Associated Press Jake Coyle y Lindsey Bahr comparten sus...

What will win at the Oscars? AP’s film writers set their predictions
Ahead of the 96th Academy Awards on March 10, Associated Press Film Writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions. BEST PICTURENominees: “American Fiction”; “Anatomy of a Fall”; “Barbie”;...