Jake Coyle

We may be living in the golden age of older filmmakers. This year’s Oscars are evidence

February 28, 2024 at 8:02 p.m.

NEW YORK — When Hayao Miyazaki was contemplating whether he would come out of retirement in 2016, he put together a curiously self-critical proposal.“There’s nothing more pathetic than telling the world you’ll...

“Oppenheimer” y Lily Gladstone ganan en los SAG

February 24, 2024 at 9:13 p.m.

“Oppenheimer” continuó abriéndose paso en la temporada de premios de Hollywood el sábado, al ganar el premio mayor, a mejor elenco, además de cosechar estatuillas para Cillian Murphy y Robert...

‘Oppenheimer,’ Lily Gladstone win at 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards

February 25, 2024 at 6:27 p.m.

“Oppenheimer” continued to steamroll through Hollywood’s awards season on Saturday, winning the top prize, for outstanding cast, along with awards for Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., at the 30th...

Dentro de las casas reales de Jack Fisk para la ficcion del cine

February 23, 2024 at 9:32 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — El legendario diseñador de producción Jack Fisk ha recorrido muchos caminos en su vida. Va en pequeñas carreteras en busca de locaciones de rodaje y laderas en las cuales...

Inside the enduring movie homes of Jack Fisk, production design legend

February 23, 2024 at 2:22 p.m.

NEW YORK — Jack Fisk, the legendary production designer, has been down a lot of roads in his life. He goes looking down back roads for movie locations and hillsides on which...

‘Dune: Part Two’ sustains the dystopian dream of ‘Part One’

February 23, 2024 at 7:47 p.m.

Three firm thumps into the Arrakis sand is all you need to summon a sandworm in Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two.” It’s almost as easy as hailing a cab or...

Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke give sexploitation cinema a queer spin in ‘Drive-Away Dolls’

February 23, 2024 at 4:45 a.m.

NEW YORK — Scripts of all kinds sit in the drawers of Ethan Coen’s home, some to be returned to, some forever abandoned. When writing with his brother Joel over many years,...

Los Beatles tendran cuatro peliculas biograficas dirigidas por Sam Mendes

February 20, 2024 at 6:44 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Los Beatles tendrán cada uno una película biográfica que pondrá a los Fabulosos Cuatro en el centro de atención bajo la dirección de Sam Mendes.Por primera vez, los Beatles,...

Beatles to get a Fab Four of biopics, with a movie each for Paul, John, George and Ringo

February 20, 2024 at 9:05 p.m.

NEW YORK — The Beatles are getting the big-screen biopic treatment in not just one film, but a Fab Four of movies that will give each band member their own spotlight —...

“Bob Marley: One Love” domina la taquilla en EEUU

February 18, 2024 at 7:12 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — La película biográfica “Bob Marley: One Love” dominó la taquilla estadounidense al estrenarse este fin de semana recaudando 27,7 millones de dólares.Entretanto, “Madame Web” tuvo un mal estreno, en...

‘Bob Marley: One Love’ stirs up $27.7M weekend, ‘Madame Web’ flops

February 18, 2024 at 6:37 p.m.

NEW YORK — Paramount Pictures’ Bob Marley biopic “Bob Marley: One Love” outperformed expectations to debut at No. 1 at the box office with a $27.7 million opening weekend, while Sony’s “Madame...

Resena: “Bob Marley: One Love” no termina de enamorar

February 16, 2024 at 8:46 p.m.

Bob Marley nació en 1945, hijo de una madre de 18 años y un hombre blanco mucho mayor que no quería tener nada que ver con su hijo. Como niño...

Godzilla, Oscar newbie, stomps into the Academy Awards

February 15, 2024 at 7:15 p.m.

NEW YORK — Godzilla has been to Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, San Francisco, Boston, Moscow, London and Hawaii. But before now, he’s never been to the Oscars.When the Academy Awards roll around...

Sean Wang llega a los Oscar con sus abuelas por un corto sobre su familia

February 14, 2024 at 11:44 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Las dos abuelas de Sean Wang viven juntas. Leen juntas el periódico. Bailan juntas. Duermen en la misma cama y se quejan de los pedos de la otra. La...

Sean Wang made a home movie. Now, he and his grandmothers are going to the Oscars

February 15, 2024 at 12:27 p.m.

NEW YORK — Sean Wang’s two grandmothers live together. They read the newspaper together. They dance together. They sleep in the same bed and complain about each other’s farts. The older of...

Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he’s finally getting his due

February 9, 2024 at 3:09 p.m.

NEW YORK — Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within walking distance, and, as a boy, he’d often go...

‘One Love’ doesn’t serve reggae icon’s legacy well

February 8, 2024 at 10:42 p.m.

Bob Marley was born in 1945, the son of an 18-year-old mother and a much older White man who had nothing to do with his son. As a boy raised...

Catering to the food movie, ‘The Taste of Things’ serves up a mouthwatering feast

February 7, 2024 at 11:00 p.m.

NEW YORK — Think of food and movies and your mind could quickly whip up a five-course meal. Maybe a few hard-boiled eggs, to start, from “Cool Hand Luke.” A side order...

Movie Review: Wim Wenders’ ‘Perfect Days’ is sublime

February 5, 2024 at 3:04 p.m.

Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” is set among the crowded skyscrapers of Tokyo and the quiet urban parks that Hirayama (Kôji Yakusho) traverses daily in his job cleaning public toilets. But...

“Argylle” debuta en taquilla con resenas mixtas y recaudando $18 millones

February 4, 2024 at 6:57 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — “Argylle”, la película de espías que costó 200 millones de dólares y tiene un elenco de estrellas, debutó recaudando apenas 18 millones en la taquilla este fin de semana,...

‘Argylle,’ with checkered reviews, flops with $18M for the big-budget Apple release

February 4, 2024 at 10:11 p.m.

NEW YORK — Apple has had its first box office flop. “Argylle,” the $200-million star-studded spy thriller from Apple Studios, debuted with $18 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday....

Movie Review: ‘Argylle’ won’t blow your socks off

February 1, 2024 at 1:52 a.m.

A checkered mesh of mysteries have accompanied the release of Matthew Vaughn’s “Argylle.” There is the promoted one: Who is the “real” Agent Argylle? Then there’s all the (baseless) conjecture...

“In the Summers”, “Porcelain War” y “Sujo” triunfan en Sundance

January 26, 2024 at 8:37 p.m.

“In the Summers”, un conmovedor drama protagonizado por el músico puertorriqueño Residente sobre la complicada relación de un padre adicto y sus hijas, se llevó el Gran Premio del Jurado...

‘In the Summers’ and ‘Porcelain War’ win top prizes at Sundance Film Festival

January 26, 2024 at 7:01 p.m.

“In the Summers,” an affecting, years-spanning drama about a complicated parent-children relationship, nabbed the Grand Jury prize at the 40th Sundance Film Festival, while the top honor for documentary went...

Movie Review: ‘Totem’ is a masterful child’s-eye view of family and death

January 25, 2024 at 8:10 p.m.

For a film about death, Lila Avilés’ “Tótem” is extraordinarily lived in.Avilés’ camera roams through the festive, cluttered gathering of an extended family as they prepare for a birthday celebration...

‘Barbie’ Oscars snubs prompt a backlash, even from Ken (and Hillary)

January 24, 2024 at 9:32 p.m.

NEW YORK — “Barbie” was the biggest hit of 2023, the highest-grossing movie ever directed by a woman and a bona fide cultural sensation that turned movie theaters pink and left a...

Christopher Nolan sobre el exito de “Oppenheimer” en los Oscar: “A veces te montas a una ola”

January 24, 2024 at 7:12 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Christopher Nolan todavía estaba durmiendo cuando su película, “Oppenheimer”, obtuvo 13 nominaciones a los Premios de la Academia el martes. Emma Thomas, la esposa y socia productora de Nolan,...

Cineastas de “20 Days in Mariupol” reciben noticia de nominacion a la par de bombardeos

January 24, 2024 at 5:42 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — “20 Days in Mariupol” (“20 días en Mariúpol”), la desgarradora crónica de Mstyslav Chernov sobre la ciudad ucraniana sitiada y los periodistas internacionales que permanecieron allí después de la...

Christopher Nolan on ‘Oppenheimer’ Oscar success: ‘Sometimes you catch a wave’

January 24, 2024 at 11:16 a.m.

NEW YORK — Christopher Nolan was still sleeping when his film, “Oppenheimer," landed a leading 13 Academy Awards nominations Tuesday. Emma Thomas, Nolan's wife and producing partner, roused him after a flurry...

Nominacion al Oscar para “20 Days in Mariupol” es la primera para The Associated Press en 178 anos

January 23, 2024 at 7:02 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — “20 Days in Mariupol” (“20 días en Mariúpol”), la desgarradora crónica de Mstyslav Chernov sobre la ciudad ucraniana sitiada y los periodistas internacionales que permanecieron allí después de la...

“Oppenheimer” de Christopher Nolan encabeza nominaciones al Oscar

January 23, 2024 at 4:12 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Después de un tumultuoso año cinematográfico empañado por huelgas y paros laborales, los Premios de la Academia otorgaron el martes una lluvia de nominaciones a la exitosa película biográfica...

Oscar nomination for ’20 Days in Mariupol,’ AP’s first, comes as bombs fall on filmmaker’s hometown

January 24, 2024 at 4:55 a.m.

NEW YORK — “20 Days in Mariupol,” Mstyslav Chernov’s harrowing chronicle of the besieged Ukrainian city and the international journalists who remained there after Russia's invasion, has been nominated for best documentary...

‘Oppenheimer’ dominates Oscar nominations, Gerwig ed over for best director

January 23, 2024 at 2:29 p.m.

NEW YORK — After a tumultuous movie year marked by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards showered nominations Tuesday on Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, “Oppenheimer,” which came away with a leading...

En “Origin” Ava DuVernay y Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor indagan el surgimiento del racismo

January 23, 2024 at 1:15 a.m.

NUEVA YORK — Ava DuVernay no dejaba de oír que tenía que leer “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” (“Casta: El origen de lo que nos divide”). Tenía el libro de Isabel...

“Mean Girls” se mantiene al tope de la taquilla en EEUU

January 21, 2024 at 6:32 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — “Mean Girls” se mantuvo al tope de la taquilla en Estados Unidos este fin de semana al recaudar 11,7 millones de dólares, según estimados de la industria difundidos el...

‘Mean Girls’ fetches $11.7M in second weekend to stay No. 1 at box office

January 21, 2024 at 6:57 p.m.

NEW YORK — On a quiet weekend in movie theaters, “Mean Girls” repeated atop the box office with $11.7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, while a handful of...

In ‘I.S.S.,’ war on Earth disrupts life aboard the International Space Station

January 18, 2024 at 9:21 p.m.

With war raging in Ukraine and U.S.-Russia relations below freezing, the Cold War movie may be alive, again, too. After decades when fears of mutual destruction and nuclear fallout filtered...

In ‘Origin,’ Ava DuVernay and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor seek the roots of racism

January 23, 2024 at 2:58 a.m.

NEW YORK — Ava DuVernay kept hearing she had to read “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.” She had Isabel Wilkerson’s book in galleys before it was published in 2020. Oprah Winfrey...

Daniel Day-Lewis breaks from retirement to fete Martin Scorsese at National Board of Review Awards

January 12, 2024 at 5:29 a.m.

NEW YORK — Daniel Day-Lewis took a break from retirement to present Martin Scorsese the award for best director at the National Board of Review Awards in midtown Manhattan on Thursday night....

7 years after Weinstein, commission finds cultural shift in Hollywood but less ability

January 11, 2024 at 7:23 p.m.

NEW YORK — A new survey of the entertainment industry finds that the culture of Hollywood has shifted in the years since the downfall of Harvey Weinstein and the launch of the...

In the bonkers ‘The Beekeeper,’ Jason Statham has more than a bee in his bonnet

January 11, 2024 at 9:42 p.m.

Secret agents and murderous assassins seem to lurk in increasingly mundane places. “The ant" with Ben Affleck? Or “The Tax Collector” with Shia LaBeouf? Or more recently, how about...

Directores nominan a Gerwig, Nolan y Scorsese

January 10, 2024 at 11:21 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Christopher Nolan, Greta Gerwig y Martin Scorsese fueron nominados por el Sindicato de Directores de Estados Unidos (DGA por sus siglas en inglés) para su máximo galardón.Las nominaciones del...

Directors Guild nominates Greta Gerwig, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese

January 10, 2024 at 8:21 p.m.

NEW YORK — Christopher Nolan, Greta Gerwig and Martin Scorsese have been nominated by the Directors Guild for its top award.The nominations to the 76th DGA Awards, which followed those by the...

Los SAG nominan a “Barbie” y “Oppenheimer”, desairan a DiCaprio

January 10, 2024 at 5:09 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — La 30ª edición de los Premios del Sindicato de Actores repartió el miércoles nominaciones para “Oppenheimer”, “Barbie” y “American Fiction”, mientras que desairó a Leonardo DiCaprio como mejor actor.Al...

SAG Awards nominate ‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ snub DiCaprio

January 10, 2024 at 4:13 p.m.

NEW YORK — The 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Wednesday heaped nominations on “Oppenheimer," “Barbie” and “American Fiction,” while snubbing Leonardo DiCaprio for best male actor. As they were at the...

Even Andrew Scott was startled by his vulnerability in ‘All of Us Strangers’

January 9, 2024 at 4:15 p.m.

NEW YORK — On a recent winter day in New York when the sun was shining, Andrew Scott rushed into a coffee shop between recording sessions for an series.“I’m scheduled tighter...

Golden Globes ratings rebound to 9.4 million viewers, up from 2023 telecast

January 8, 2024 at 9:40 p.m.

NEW YORK — Reviews have been poor for Sunday's 81st Golden Globes, but the telecast pulled in an average of 9.4 million viewers, up about 50% from last year, according to CBS.The...

“Oppenheimer” domina los Globos de Oro, “Poor Things” derrota a “Barbie” en comedia

January 8, 2024 at 5:01 a.m.

La épica estadounidense “Oppenheimer” de Christopher Nolan dominó la 81ª edición de los Globos de Oro, ganando el premio a mejor película dramática, mientras que “Poor Things” (“Pobres criaturas”) de...

‘Oppenheimer’ dominates Golden Globes, ‘Poor Things’ upsets ‘Barbie’ in comedy

January 8, 2024 at 5:48 p.m.

Christopher Nolan's blockbuster biopic “Oppenheimer” dominated the 81st Golden Globes, winning five awards including best drama, while Yorgos Lanthimos' Frankenstein riff “Poor Things” pulled off an upset victory over “Barbie”...

Anthony Hopkins shines in ‘Freud’s Last Session’

January 11, 2024 at 9:41 p.m.

“Freud's Last Session," starring Anthony Hopkins as Sigmund Freud, adds to a string of sterling late-chapter performances by the 86-year-old actor. He was the soul of “Armageddon Time,” the reason...

“Wonka” recupera el 1er lugar en taquilla y Hollywood rebasa los 9.000 mdd en entradas en 2023

January 1, 2024 at 10:32 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Hollywood cerró un 2023 de altibajos con “Wonka” recuperando el número 1 de la taquilla, fuertes ventas para “The Color Purple” y un total de 9.000 millones de dólares...

“Wonka” vuelve a encabezar la recaudacion; las ventas de 2023 llegan a 9 mil millones de dlls

January 1, 2024 at 8:51 a.m.

NUEVA YORK — Hollywood concluyó un 2023 de altibajos con “Wonka” de nuevo en el primer sitio en las taquillas, buena asistencia para “The Color Purple” y una venta total de boletos...

‘Wonka’ ends the year No. 1 at the box office, 2023 sales reach $9 billion in post-pandemic best

January 1, 2024 at 5:24 p.m.

NEW YORK — Hollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with “Wonka” regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong sales for “The Color Purple” and an overall $9 billion in...

Was 2023 a tipping point for movies? ‘Barbie’ success and Marvel struggles may signal a shift

December 27, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.

NEW YORK — Eight years ago, Steven Spielberg predicted that the superhero movie would one day go “the way of the Western.”Spielberg’s comments caused a widespread stir at the time. “Avengers: The...

Michael Mann still has another gear. At 80, he’s driving ‘Ferrari’

December 22, 2023 at 7:36 p.m.

NEW YORK — Michael Mann, who gave Crockett a white Ferrari on “Miami Vice,” pummeled cars with bullets in the shootout in “Heat” and set the thriller “Collateral” in a taxicab, has...

‘The Color Purple’ is a stirring big-screen musical powered by its spectacular cast

December 21, 2023 at 8:00 p.m.

Exuberant performances from a cast led by Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson and Danielle Brooks breathe life into Blitz Bazawule’s stirring “The Color Purple,” adapted from the Tony-winning Broadway production.Alice...

Holocaust past meets Amsterdam present in Steve McQueen’s ‘Occupied City’

December 21, 2023 at 2:19 p.m.

In Steve McQueen’s “Occupied City,” a young woman with an even voice narrates, with rigorous specificity, Nazi encounters and crimes throughout Amsterdam during World War II. The s go address...

Andrew Haigh on the collapsing times and unhealed wounds of his ghost story ‘All of Us Strangers’

December 20, 2023 at 7:44 p.m.

NEW YORK — Andrew Haigh began getting a sense of the knockout power of his new film, “All of Us Strangers,” a few days after it premiered at the Telluride Film Festival....

A helicopter father flies his duck family south in ‘Migration’

December 21, 2023 at 7:54 p.m.

Illumination, maker of “Despicable Me,” “Sing” and “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” has built its animation empire by mostly staying close to a child-like outlook. Illumination’s in-house mascots, the Minions,...

Marvel kicked out Jonathan Majors after his conviction. It’s thrown years of plans into disarray

December 19, 2023 at 3:46 p.m.

NEW YORK — Marvel had more riding on Jonathan Majors than perhaps any other actor. Now it's parting ways with him, and throwing years of plans for its cinematic universe in disarray.Marvel...

Jeffrey Wright, shape-shifter supreme, sees some of himself in ‘American Fiction’

February 22, 2024 at 10:22 p.m.

NEW YORK — Jeffrey Wright, who's up for an Oscar at the Academy Awards on March 10 for his lead performance in "American Fiction," has played Jean-Michel Basquiat, Martin Luther King Jr....

Marvel, Disney drop actor Jonathan Majors after he’s convicted of assaulting his former girlfriend

December 19, 2023 at 12:58 a.m.

NEW YORK — Jonathan Majors was convicted Monday of assaulting his former girlfriend after a trial that he hoped would vindicate him and restore his status as an emerging Hollywood star. It...

“Wonka” tiene fuerte estreno en taquilla, resalta actuacion de Timothee Chalamet

December 17, 2023 at 11:01 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — “Wonka” debutó recaudando 39 millones de dólares en los cines de Estados Unidos y Canadá este fin de semana, según estimados difundidos el domingo, lo que reveló el poder...

‘Wonka’ waltzes to $39 million opening, propelled by Chalamet’s starring role

December 17, 2023 at 7:45 p.m.

NEW YORK — “Wonka” debuted with $39 million in box office sales in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. That made it a strong start for...

Behind the sumptuous, monstrous craft of ‘Poor Things’

December 14, 2023 at 7:45 p.m.

NEW YORK — “Poor Things” is a Frankenstein-esque fantasia about a young woman (Emma Stone) reanimated by a demented surgeon (Willem Dafoe), but the behind-the-scenes work that went into crafting the movie’s...

Artista revelacion AP: Lily Gladstone esta cerca de hacer historia

December 13, 2023 at 5:08 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Lily Gladstone lleva el nombre de su bisabuela.La Lily mayor tenía muchas similitudes con el personaje de Gladstone en “Killers of the Flower Moon” (“Los asesinos de la luna”)...

Timothee Chalamet waltzes through the whimsical ‘Wonka,’ but Roald Dahl’s daring is missing

December 15, 2023 at 12:22 a.m.

The original 1971 “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” may have been a delicious dream, lined with trees of gumballs and fields of lollipops. But never has there been a...

AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Lily Gladstone is standing on the cusp of history

December 13, 2023 at 4:33 p.m.

NEW YORK — Lily Gladstone is named after her great-grandmother.The elder Lily bore many similarities to Gladstone’s character in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon," Mollie Burkhart. Both women, born 10...

Las mejores peliculas de 2023: “Oppenheimer”, “Barbie”, “May December”

December 12, 2023 at 10:42 p.m.

Las selecciones de los escritores de cine de The Associated Press Lindsey Bahr y Jake Coyle para las mejores películas de 2023:LINDSEY BAHR1. “Oppenheimer”Christopher Nolan ha realizado tantas películas importantes...

Taika Waititi sobre “Next Goal Wins” y su lucha por escapar de Hollywood

December 12, 2023 at 7:26 p.m.

TORONTO — Las películas deportivas suelen culminar, luego de conmovedores discursos en el vestidor, en una apuesta dramática por la gloria atlética. “Next Goal Wins” (“Gol gana”) de Taika Waititi trata de...

La temporada de premios se vuelve un Barbenheimer en los Globos de Oro

December 11, 2023 at 8:14 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Los primeros honores en la creciente temporada de premios de Hollywood han sido para películas como el tierno drama sobre relaciones de Celine Song “Past Lives” (“Vidas pasadas”), la...

The Golden Globe nominees are out. Let the awards season of Barbenheimer begin – Analysis

December 11, 2023 at 4:14 p.m.

NEW YORK — Early honors in Hollywood's unfurling awards season have gone to films like Celine Song's tender relationship drama “Past Lives," Jonathan Glazer's piercing Holocaust film “The Zone of Interest” and...

‘The Boy and the Heron’ domina la taquilla en EEUU

December 10, 2023 at 6:46 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — La película de anime “The Boy and the Heron”, del cineasta japonés Hayao Miyazaki, dominó la taquilla de Norteamérica este fin de semana recaudando 12,8 millones de dólares en...

Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’ is No. 1 at the box office, a first for the Japanese anime master

December 10, 2023 at 9:48 p.m.

NEW YORK — For the first time in Hayao Miyazaki's decades-spanning career, the 82-year-old Japanese anime master is No. 1 at the North American box office. Miyazaki's latest enchantment, “The Boy and...

Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ leaves many notes of Bernstein unplayed

December 7, 2023 at 8:09 p.m.

Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro,” a high-wire act of a biopic, leaps constantly between on stage and off, flying through Leonard Bernstein’s very public life as a conductor while diving into his...

Best movies of 2023: ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Fallen Leaves,’ ‘May December’

December 7, 2023 at 6:07 p.m.

The Associated Press’ Film Writers Lindsey Bahr and Jake Coyle's picks for the best movies of 2023:LINDSEY BAHR1. “Oppenheimer"Christopher Nolan has had so many major films in a relatively short...

Swan song or not, Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’ is a master surveying his empire

December 7, 2023 at 8:13 p.m.

When Hayao Miyazaki's “The Boy and the Heron" premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, the filmmaker Guillermo del Toro said in his introductory remarks: “We are privileged...

20 years after ‘Sideways,’ Paul Giamatti may finally land his first best actor Oscar nomination

December 4, 2023 at 10:25 p.m.

NEW YORK — When Paul Giamatti made “Sideways” with Alexander Payne, he stayed in a little house in the middle of a large vineyard. At the end of a day of shooting,...

Criticos de Nueva York eligen “Killers of the Flower Moon” como mejor pelicula de 2023

December 1, 2023 at 7:48 a.m.

NUEVA YORK — “Killers of the Flower Moon” (“Los asesinos de la luna”) de Martin Scorsese fue nombrada mejor película del año por el Círculo de Críticos de Cine de Nueva York.Es...

‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ named best film of 2023 by New York film critics

November 30, 2023 at 7:51 p.m.

NEW YORK — Martin Scorsese's “Killers of the Flower Moon” has been named the best film of the year by the New York Film Critics Circle. It's the third time that Scorsese...

‘Past Lives,’ Lily Gladstone win at Gotham Awards, while Robert De Niro says his speech was edited

November 28, 2023 at 5:01 a.m.

NEW YORK — Celine Song’s wistful romance “Past Lives” earned top honors at the Gotham Awards on Monday evening at an award-season kickoff where the night's biggest drama came in a political...

“Hunger Games” lidera los cines pese a estrenos de “Napoleon” y “Wish”

November 26, 2023 at 7:04 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Se esperaba que la cinta animada de Walt Disney Co. “Wish” dominara la taquilla de Estados Unidos y Canadá durante el fin de semana largo por el Día de...

‘Hunger Games’ feasts, ‘Napoleon’ conquers but ‘Wish’ doesn’t come true at Thanksgiving box office

November 26, 2023 at 9:35 p.m.

NEW YORK — The Walt Disney Co.’s “Wish” had been expected to rule the Thanksgiving weekend box office, but moviegoers instead feasted on leftovers, as “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds...

Review: Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ leaves many notes of Bernstein unplayed

November 21, 2023 at 11:37 p.m.

Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro,” a high-wire act of a biopic, leaps constantly between on stage and off, flying through Leonard Bernstein’s very public life as a conductor while diving into his...

Resena: En “Napoleon” de Ridley Scott el emperador no tiene ropa, pero si mucho ego

November 21, 2023 at 9:47 p.m.

Pese a ser una figura histórica célebre, Napoleón ha tenido apariciones fugaces en el cine desde la película muda de Abel Gance de 1927.Stanley Kubrick imaginaba una gran epopeya de...

Colman Domingo’s time is now

November 20, 2023 at 7:36 p.m.

NEW YORK — Colman Domingo has a commanding physical presence, an expressive face and soulful eyes. But his most limber and powerful tool is his voice.It can go low in a bone-rattling...

Golden Globes find new home at CBS after years of scandal

November 17, 2023 at 8:50 p.m.

NEW YORK — The Golden Globes have found a new broadcast home at CBS after the troubled awards show lost its longtime home at NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was...

Movie Review: ‘Fallen Leaves’ is deadpan nirvana

November 16, 2023 at 10:06 p.m.

In a movie year rife with grand, three-hour opuses from auteur filmmakers comes a slender 81-minute gem that outclasses them all. Aki Kaurismäki’s “Fallen Leaves,” short, sweet and utterly delightful,...

In ‘Napoleon,’ the emperor has no clothes but plenty of ego

November 22, 2023 at 2:10 a.m.

For such a famed historical figure, Napoleon has made only fleeting appearances in movies since Abel Gance’s 1927 silent film. Stanley Kubrick had grand designs for a Napoleon epic that...

Jimmy Kimmel to host the Oscars for the fourth time

November 15, 2023 at 10:54 p.m.

NEW YORK — Jimmy Kimmel is returning as host of the Academy Awards for the second straight year and fourth time overall, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday.ABC...

Taika Waititi on ‘Next Goal Wins’ and his quest to quit Hollywood

November 17, 2023 at 5:06 a.m.

TORONTO — Sports movies typically culminate, after stirring locker-room speeches, in a dramatic bid for athletic glory. Taika Waititi's “Next Goal Wins” concerns the quest of a historically bad national soccer team,...

Resena: Vuelven los Juegos del Hambre con bastante impulso

November 13, 2023 at 9:20 p.m.

Dos horas y 37 minutos es bastante tiempo para una “balada”, pero esa es la duración de “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” (“Los Juegos del Hambre:...

‘The Marvels’ decepciona en la taquilla

November 12, 2023 at 6:50 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Desde “Iron Man” en 2008 las películas Marvel han sido unas de las más populares en la historia del cine. Ahora, sin embargo, esa imagen de invencibilidad parece estar...

‘The Marvels’ melts down at the box office, marking a new low for the MCU

November 12, 2023 at 7:15 p.m.

NEW YORK — Since 2008’s “Iron Man,” the Marvel machine has been one of the most unstoppable forces in box-office history. Now, though, that aura of invincibility is showing signs of wear...

Hollywood’s strikes are over, but a painful industry-wide transition isn’t

November 10, 2023 at 2:52 p.m.

NEW YORK — Hollywood’s months of labor unrest are coming to an end, but the post-strike landscape that awaits actors and writers may be far from happily-ever-after.The film and television industry could...

Review: The Hunger Games return in ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,’ with the odds in its favor

November 13, 2023 at 5:17 a.m.

Two hours and 37 minutes is pretty long for a “ballad,” but you can’t call it “The Hunger Games: The Three-Cycle Opera of Songbirds and Snakes” now, can you?Concision was...

Nia DaCosta es pionera del Universo Marvel con “The Marvels”

November 7, 2023 at 10:21 p.m.

NUEVA YORK — Nia DaCosta, directora de “The Marvels”, tiene un diagnóstico para los problemas recientes de las películas de superhéroes. Básicamente, todo se reduce a, dice, “Más dinero, más problemas”.El éxito...

Alexander Payne on the inspirations of ‘The Holdovers’ and the movies that shaped him

November 7, 2023 at 8:57 p.m.

NEW YORK — There are rituals to an Alexander Payne movie. In post-production, he and his longtime editor, Kevin Tent, will gather collaborators for Tie Day Tuesday (women can wear a tie...

Nia DaCosta makes her mark on Marvel history with ‘The Marvels’

November 7, 2023 at 4:58 p.m.

NEW YORK — Nia DaCosta, director of the “The Marvels,” has a diagnosis for the recent struggles of superhero movies. It basically comes down to, she says, “Mo’ money, mo’ problems.”Success...

Movie Review: In David Fincher’s ‘The Killer,’ an assassin hides in plain sight

November 7, 2023 at 2:55 p.m.

It’s a noir staple to open with a bit of narration, but once the nameless hit-man protagonist of David Fincher’s “The Killer” starts gabbing, he doesn’t stop.As Fincher’s assassin (Michael...