46+ min ago   (410+ words) If her epic, Oscar-shortlisted documentary “My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 — Last Air In Moscow” pulled off an astonishing feat, chronicling the last gasps of press freedom in Vladimir Putin’s Russia in real time, docmaker Julia Loktev somehow manages to raise the…...

46+ min ago   (474+ words) Ten editions in, Venice Immersive has plenty to celebrate — just don’t expect the new-media showcase to spend much time looking back. “We’re not planning any retrospectives,” Venice Immersive counselor Michel Reilhac says of this year’s landmark edition. “Instead, we want…...

2+ hour, 19+ min ago   (1101+ words) Based on a novella by Colm Tóibín, it’s a movie austere enough to risk alienating its audience, yet if you get onto its wavelength you stay right there, inside the movie’s world. ‘A Long Winter’ Review: Andrew Haigh’s Moody Drama,…...

4+ hour, 19+ min ago   (325+ words) Movies developed and financed outside of the major studios and streamers have a massive hill to climb. It happens that Topic Studios, one such independent shop, has made it all the way up the Rockies — with some of the year’s…...

4+ hour, 56+ min ago   (294+ words) Halloween Horror Nights opened Thursday at the theme park where screams of excitement turned to screams of fright. Guests rushed into the park to face this year’s collection of haunted houses, which included the Upside Down from Netflix’s “Stranger Things…...

5+ hour, 6+ min ago   (244+ words) Jordan Firstman is hoping to join an exclusive club: the Oscars. And he might have someone on his team that can help him do it. That’s the first awards story. The second may belong to one of his co-stars, Colleen…...

6+ hour, 51+ min ago   (318+ words) Paul Schrader looked visibly moved as his new film “The Basics of Philosophy,” about a professor confronted with his past sexual abuse, premiered out-of-competition at Venice to a moderate 4.5-minute ovation on Friday night. The crowd cheered “Bravi, Bravi!” as…...

7+ hour, 31+ min ago   (928+ words) Labor Day Weekend brings to a close the summer movie season, which became one of the biggest on record thanks to the mega-blockbusters “The Odyssey” and “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” But the season is just getting started on streaming platforms…...

7+ hour, 49+ min ago   (157+ words) “Wheel of Fortune” announcer Jim Thornton has been fired from the game show, Sony Pictures TV confirmed. “Following a thorough investigation, Jim Thornton’s employment with ‘Wheel of Fortune’ has been terminated, effective immediately,” the studio said in a statement. According…...

7+ hour, 51+ min ago   (389+ words) It was a dark and stormy night for “Spider-Noir.” The Prime Video/MGM+ series, starring Nicolas Cage in his first-ever regular TV role, has been canceled after eight episodes and won’t return for a Season 2. The news comes even as…...