Ten years after “13th,” Ava DuVernay is back with its companion piece. “14th” screened Friday at the New York Film Festival, and the conversation afterward wasn't really about the Fourteenth Amendment.
The guy behind "Oculus," "Midnight Mass" and "Hush" (still his best) used to do his own thing. Now? "Carrie" is streaming, "The Exorcist: Martyrs" has a trailer, and two more King adaptations are on the way.
It's been a rough week at the movies. "Other Mommy" is one of three bad films opening this week. The other two are Aaron Sorkin's sanctimonious ‘Social Reckoning,’ and Ben Affleck's baffling "Animals.”
This sucks. Brad Bird's “Ray Gunn” finally had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival tonight, and the reviews are in. The consensus? Mixed. Not a disaster, not a triumph.
This year’s 12th edition of the Scary Movies festival at Film at Lincoln Center premiered Ari Aster’s extended version of “Midsommar” this past Saturday.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just announced the films that qualified for the Animated Oscar this year. Five nominees will be selected.
The front-runners currently are: “Incredibles 2,” “Isle of Dogs,” “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” “Early Man,” “Smallfoot,” and “Mirai.”
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Brad Bird's 2004 classic "The Incredibles" can be deemed a groundbreaker for animation by now, right? Bird's tale of a family of superheroes that have to call it quits, due to all the collateral damage that comes in saving the world (just check the DCEU for proof), felt like a breath of fresh air and is one of the very best superhero movies of the modern era.
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Zobel broke out with "Compliance" (excellent) and "Z for Zachariah" (fine) before building an excellent prestige TV résumé: "The Leftovers," "Westworld," "Mare of Easttown," and most recently, "The Penguin."