8+ hour, 34+ min ago   (536+ words) VENICE – The guests were walking the closing red carpet on Saturday as the 83rd Venice Film Festival reaches its conclusion with the presentation of jury awards, including the Golden Lion for best film. There is no telling how the Maggie Gyllenhaal…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (656+ words) TORONTO, ONT – A line has been running through Siân Heder’s head lately: “What would Judy do?” Heder, the director of the best picture-winning “CODA,” was taking a moment to reflect a few hours before she premiered her new film, “Being…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (510+ words) Monster movies can take on all sorts of different flavors, from all-out mayhem to quieter ones where the monster can sometimes be the protagonist. The new South Korean film Hope splits the difference to a degree, delivering action-packed sequences while…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (394+ words) ABU SNAN – John Malkovich has canceled a planned performance in Israel after promoters circulated a quote attributed to the American actor that he said was completely false. The producer of the show acknowledged the mistake, citing “human error.” Israel has…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (631+ words) VENICE – A slew of high-profile films are debuting Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival, including Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary, a psychological thriller with Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, and a drama from Casey Affleck. “Ultimately he didn’t want to…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (768+ words) LOS ANGELES – Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman view “Practical Magic” very differently today than they did when they made it 28 years ago. Both films trace their roots to Alice Hoffman’s novels: “Practical Magic,” published in 1995, inspired the original film, while…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (664+ words) VENICE – Of all the roles Ellen Burstyn might have been offered in her 90s, that of Marilyn Monroe, who died at 36, seemed fairly unlikely. But then one day Maggie Gyllenhaal came to her apartment to talk about a wild idea: What…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (467+ words) This image released by Sony Pictures shows a scene from "Spider-Man: Brand New Day." (Sony Pictures via AP) NEW YORK – “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” remained the No. 1 movie in theaters over the weekend, becoming just the second film this decade…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (486+ words) “I was trying to mold the part to be the best part to play for somebody else, and then I got more and more attached to it,” Pattinson said Saturday at the Venice Film Festival, where the film had its…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (482+ words) “Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger,” is part concert film and part exploration of the contentious relationship between Noel and Liam Gallagher, whose long-held feud led to Oasis disbanding in 2009 in spectacularly theatrical fashion after a backstage altercation moments before…...