In Edward Berger’s “Conclave,” the selection of the pope is no holy affair. Instead, it’s a petty, political campaign carried…
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Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out of retirement, seven years after his last movie, for a film directed by his son…
Plumes of pink smoke. Explosions of blue. Expectant parents laughing, screaming, fainting, shooting arrows or even guns. The new documentary…
Cate Blanchett has heard the line before. "I wrote this part for you" is a director-actor pickup line, she said.…
When the Cannes Film Festival audience stood to applaud James Gray's richly observed autobiographical drama "Armageddon Time," about the director's…
Among Belfast’s (Focus Features) seven Oscar nominations are three for writer-producer-director Kenneth Branagh–Best Director, Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.…
Paul Schrader knows he has a limited number of films left, so whatever he does from here on out is…
The set-up of Tom McCarthy's "Stillwater" sounds very Liam Neeson. Matt Damon stars as a tough, terse Oklahoma father who…
When the filmmaker Morgan Neville began making a documentary on Anthony Bourdain, the late chef and globe-trotting television host, one…
A documentary about the late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain is coming to theaters this summer. Directed by Academy Award winner…
The original principal cast of "Downton Abbey" are returning for a second film that will arrive in theaters December 22…
Costume designer Alexandra Byrne earlier this month garnered an Oscar nomination, the sixth of her career, for Emma (Focus Features)…
Robin Wright used to joke that her directorial debut had already been made. It was called "Blue Valentine," it starred…
Even progressively minded movies about abortion have usually focused on the morality of the decision. Eliza Hittman wanted to make…
Editor Wyatt Smith, ACE was finishing up director Rob Marshall’s Mary Poppins Returns when he got the chance to connect…
The "Downton Abbey " movie isn't exactly a movie. It's more like another season of the popular "Masterpiece Classic" show…
We don't find out our protagonist's name for quite some time in "The Mustang," the feature debut of French writer-director…
In 1979, a man named Ron Stallworth who was the first African-American police officer and detective in the Colorado Springs…
Three years after going off the air, "Downton Abbey" is coming back as a movie. Focus Features said Friday that…
Morgan Neville is a lauded filmmaker whose 20 Feet From Stardom won the Best Feature Documentary Oscar in 2014 and…
So accustomed are we to the downfall and disgrace of men that a marvelous sense of its absence propels the…
The title character of Jason Reitman's "Tully" descends not from the clouds, carried by an umbrella in the wind, but…
Focus Features has acquired worldwide rights to Boy Erased, the coming-of-age and coming-out drama from writer/director Joel Edgerton based on…
With some embarrassment, director/writer Jeff Nichols admits that he wasn’t at all familiar with the story of Mildred and Richard…
Virtual reality is creeping into our world. Once seen as a tool for alien-blasting gamers, movie studios, television producers and…
Tom Ford's second film has been acquired by Focus Features in the biggest sale yet at Cannes. Focus announced Sunday…