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As theaters struggle, many independent cinemas in Los Angeles are finding their audience
Read full article: As theaters struggle, many independent cinemas in Los Angeles are finding their audienceIn a time when streaming and a pandemic have radically transformed cinema consumption over the past decade, a growing number of mostly younger people are contributing to a renaissance of the Los Angeles independent movie theater scene.
What to stream this week: Matt Damon on a heist, 'Dance Moms' jazz it up and J Balvin parties
Read full article: What to stream this week: Matt Damon on a heist, 'Dance Moms' jazz it up and J Balvin partiesThis week’s new streaming entertainment releases include the Boston-set caper “The Instigators” starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, Netflix premiering the final season of “The Umbrella Academy” and J Balvin has an album he likens to a house party.
How to be a 'Fall Guy': Stunt performers on their rough-and-tumble life
Read full article: How to be a 'Fall Guy': Stunt performers on their rough-and-tumble lifeSince the early days of Hollywood, stunt performers have fueled the mayhem of movies, playing a vital role in sustaining the illusion of countless car chases, bar fights and rooftop leaps.
Daniel Day-Lewis breaks from retirement to fete Martin Scorsese at National Board of Review Awards
Read full article: Daniel Day-Lewis breaks from retirement to fete Martin Scorsese at National Board of Review AwardsDaniel 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.
Vicky Krieps on the feminist Western 'The Dead Don't Hurt' and how she leaves behind past roles
Read full article: Vicky Krieps on the feminist Western 'The Dead Don't Hurt' and how she leaves behind past rolesVicky Krieps stars in Viggo Mortensen's feminist Western “The Dead Don’t Hurt” as a woman assaulted while her partner is away fighting for the Union army.
Turner Classic Movies looks to the future with help from Paul Thomas Anderson, Scorsese, Spielberg
Read full article: Turner Classic Movies looks to the future with help from Paul Thomas Anderson, Scorsese, SpielbergSteven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson are stepping up to help curate programming for Turner Classic Movies, amid a tumultuous week of layoffs and leadership changes that had fans worried about the future of the channel.
Philip Baker Hall, of 'Hard Eight,' 'Seinfeld,' dies at 90
Read full article: Philip Baker Hall, of 'Hard Eight,' 'Seinfeld,' dies at 90Philip Baker Hall, the prolific character actor of film and theater who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s early movies and who memorably hunted down a long-overdue library book in “Seinfeld,” has died.
Q&A: Richard Linklater on time, nostalgia & 'Apollo 10 1/2'
Read full article: Q&A: Richard Linklater on time, nostalgia & 'Apollo 10 1/2'Bike rides, kickball, Jiffy Pop, Jell-O and other well-remembered details crowd Richard Linklater’s “Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood,” an affectionate ode to his childhood growing up outside Houston in the late 1960s.
'Death on the Nile' tops a quiet box office weekend
Read full article: 'Death on the Nile' tops a quiet box office weekendHollywood’s Super Bowl weekend largely fizzled with the muted debut of Kenneth Branagh’s long-delayed Agatha Christie whodunit, “Death on the Nile,” a tepid reception for the Jennifer Lopez romantic-comedy “Marry Me” and modest box-office bumps for Oscar nominees.
‘Dune’ director out, KStew in and more Oscars surprises
Read full article: ‘Dune’ director out, KStew in and more Oscars surprisesThe 94th Oscar nominations were full of surprises in both satisfying and disappointing ways, but when there are only five nominees in most categories, it’s almost guaranteed that a few favorites will miss the cut.
‘Spider-Man’ surpasses $1B globally in second weekend
Read full article: ‘Spider-Man’ surpasses $1B globally in second weekendEven with some mighty competition from new Matrix and Sing movies and rising concerns over the omicron variant, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” stayed in the No. 1 spot, with $81.5 million according to studio estimates Sunday.
'Dune,' 'CODA,' 'West Side Story' make AFI's 2021 top 10
Read full article: 'Dune,' 'CODA,' 'West Side Story' make AFI's 2021 top 10The American Film Institute lined up behind many of the year’s end-of-year Oscar contenders, naming Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story,” Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” and Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up” among the year’s 10 best films.
New York film critics name 'Drive My Car' best film of 2021
Read full article: New York film critics name 'Drive My Car' best film of 2021The New York Film Critics Circle on Friday named “Drive My Car,” Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s three-hour emotional epic and Haruki Murakami’s short story adaptation, the best film of the year.
'Encanto,' 'House of Gucci' fuel Thanksgiving box office
Read full article: 'Encanto,' 'House of Gucci' fuel Thanksgiving box officeThanksgiving weekend moviegoing was still far from the feast it normally is, but Disney’s “Encanto” and the Lady Gaga-led “House of Gucci” both gave a lift to two genres that have been particularly battered by the pandemic: family movies and adult dramas.