Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe Crack the Yorgos Lanthimos Code
The stars of his newest film, “Kinds of Kindness” explain that when working with the director, the less you know, the better.
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What We Lose When ChatGPT Sounds Like Scarlett Johansson
OpenAI has good reason to aim for a bot voice à la the one in “Her.” But that film was about relationships. What does this real-world turn say about us?
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Are We in a New Golden Age for the Movie Soundtrack?
Between “Barbie,” “Across the Spider-Verse” and now “I Saw the TV Glow,” directors are making the case for the film album experience.
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When a Tale of Migration Is Not Just Fiction
When the director and crew of “Io Capitano” toured Senegal with their acclaimed movie, audiences responded with their life stories.
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Francis Ford Coppola Says He Has No Regrets About $120 Million ‘Megalopolis’
At a Cannes news conference that ignored recent allegations, the director said he was already writing his next film.
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Though the history-inflected “Furiosa” and “Megalopolis” were the hottest tickets, films by Andrea Arnold and Rungano Nyoni proved to be discoveries.
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Multiple films this year, including the new family comedy “IF,” explore the concept of imaginary friends on the big screen.
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Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
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CreditWarner Bros. Dabney Coleman, Actor Audiences Loved to Hate, Is Dead at 92
In movies like “9 to 5” and “Tootsie” and on TV shows like “Buffalo Bill,” he turned the portrayal of egomaniacal louts into a fine art.
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Cannes Meets Trump: ‘The Apprentice’ Sells a Controversial Origin Story
The film covers Donald J. Trump’s relationships with the fixer Roy Cohn and his first wife, Ivana, and tries to explain the future president, at least as a young man.
By Kyle Buchanan
Ivan F. Boesky, Rogue Trader in 1980s Wall Street Scandal, Dies at 87
An inspiration for the Gordon Gekko character in the movie “Wall Street,” he made a fortune from insider trading before his downfall brought a crashing end to a decade of greed.
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At Cannes, Lily Gladstone Scores a Familiar Seat
The juror found herself at the center of the Kering Women in Motion dinner, a year after she was a little-known guest for “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
By Kyle Buchanan
Judge to Rule Next Week on Whether to Dismiss Alec Baldwin Case
During a heated hearing, Mr. Baldwin’s lawyers claimed prosecutors had improperly presented evidence to the grand jury considering the fatal shooting on the set of “Rust.”
By Julia Jacobs
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include crypto terrorism, gaslighting, an undercover mission and more.
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Critic’s Notebook‘Taking Venice’: The Strange Story of the U.S. Government and a Painter
The documentary offers a glimpse of how the arts were treated very differently in midcentury America.
By Alissa Wilkinson
Critic’s Notebook‘Megalopolis’ Premieres at Cannes: First Reaction
Francis Ford Coppola’s first movie in more than a decade reveals a filmmaker not content to rest on his laurels.
By Manohla Dargis
Samm-Art Williams, Playwright, Producer and Actor, Dies at 78
He challenged racial barriers in Hollywood, was a producer of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and earned a Tony nomination for “Home,” a paean to his Southern roots.
By Alex Williams
Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’: What to Know
After its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, we can answer your many questions, though some details still puzzle us.
By Kyle Buchanan
‘The Strangers: Chapter 1’ Review: Crowded House
A reboot of the 2008 home invasion film “The Strangers” brings back masked assailants and brutal violence but leaves originality behind.
By Erik Piepenburg
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