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By the time Nicholas Winton died in 2015 at the ripe age of 106, the former London stockbroker and self-proclaimed "ordinary man" had been widely recognized for his extraordinary deeds — rescuing 669 Jewish children from the Nazis, saving them from certain death.
But for most of his life...
Throughout the billion-dollar "Barbie" film, an instrumental version of Billie Eilish's hit "What Was I Made For" weaves in and out, soundtracking the famous doll's existential crisis. In the final scene — no spoilers! — Eilish's crackling, saccharine falsetto is finally heard atop the familiar...
Muscles ripple, veins pop and electronic music throbs in "Love Lies Bleeding," a heaving, hyper-sexy neo-noir drenched in sweat, blood and bug guts.
If that last one seems a touch less expected, that moment, courtesy of a beetle-chomping Ed Harris, is far from the only off-the-wall...
Nuri Bilge Ceylan makes long films, by movie standards, but short ones by Russian literature standards.
There may be no filmmaker more consciously working in a novelistic tradition. The Turkish director counts reading "Crime and Punishment" as a formative experience. His Palme d'Or-...
Noora Niasari's delicately moving "Shayda" puts the viewer in the shoes of an Iranian woman in Australia living in a women's shelter with her 6-year-old daughter.
The violence happens before we enter the story, and yet actor Zar Amir Ebrahimi's face and body tells us everything we need to...
The hero of "Problemista" sees the world differently. He's an aspiring toy designer named Alejandro who thinks today's toys are too fun. He proposes a toy truck with a deflating tire to teach kids they're running out of time.
Alejandro is the creation of Julio Torres, who stars, directs...
Three firm thumps into the Arrakis sand is all you need to summon a sandworm in Denis Villeneuve's "Dune: Part Two." It's almost as easy as hailing a cab or calling for the check.
The big buggers can't resist the sound, which is a little like how I feel taking in all the vibrations of...
One cinematographer recently earned his third career Oscar and ASC Award nominations.
Another scored his second Academy Award nod and third ASC Award nom.
And our third DP became an Oscar nominee for the third time, and an ASC Award nominee for the fourth.
Here are insights...
It’s been an eventful Sundance Film Festival for directors Natalie Rae and Angela Patton as their Daughters earned major distinction with not only the Festival Favorite Award, voted on by event attendees, but also the Audience Award in the U.S. Documentary competition. Furthermore,...
With the Kansas City Chiefs prevailing in overtime over the San Francisco 49ers to claim their second consecutive Super Bowl championship, Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday (2/11) held viewer interest throughout--which is a good thing for advertisers who paid some $7 million for a :30 time slot on CBS...