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No one goes to a Yorgos Lanthimos movie to see something quote-unquote “normal.” Discerning viewers flock to the Greek filmmaker’s parables about family dynamics and power struggles to marinate in his deadpan humor, his aloof and somewhat anthropological look at human behavior, and the sight of Emma Stone inevitably doing …

There are dozens upon dozens of books, biographies, film-by-film breakdowns, published interviews, recorded public appearances and moderated Q&As, behind-the-scenes clips, and overall tributes to Martin Scorsese. There is, it’s safe to say, nothing quite like Mr. Scorsese, Rebecca Miller’s five-hour docuseries on the filmmaker who’s given us Mean Streets, Taxi …

There have been odder page-to-stage, stage-to-screen, screen-to-song-and-dance-extravaganza case studies than Kiss of the Spider Woman, which began life as Argentine writer Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel about sex, fantasy, and betrayal in prison. Several theatrical productions were mounted before filmmaker Hector Babenco turned the story into an Oscar-winning film starring Raul …

“I’d like a Coke, with ice,” Paul Thomas Anderson says, addressing the waiter standing before his table. “And I’d like a Coke, with ice,” Leonardo DiCaprio echoes, emphasizing the words to the point that the renowned filmmaker sitting to his right immediately starts laughing as the server walks off. Anderson …

Ever since he was a little boy, Cameron Cade wanted to be the quarterback of the San Antonio Saviors. He remembers him and his dad watching the Super Bowl back in the day, when their star quarterback, Isiah White (Marlon Wayans), led the team to a last-minute victory before sustaining …

I nside a modest room on the northern side of the Chelsea Hotel, as the midday sun pours in through a window, with the noises of the bustling street several floors below bleeding through the walls, Daniel Day-Lewis is in deep concentration. Or rather, the 67-year-old actor appears to be …

Long before John Candy became a household name outside of Canada, the comedian would occasionally adopt a persona that his friends and colleagues dubbed “Johnny Toronto.” Unlike the often shy, overly genial guy who used to disappear into the background of Second City ensemble scenes, Johnny was brash, bold, a …

You haven’t heard of Oliver. Not yet, at least. You’d recognize the type, though. He’s a twentysomething British pop singer, blessed with a brooding handsomeness and a soulful, sad-boi sound — a little bit of the Weeknd, a whole lotta Zayn — that’s extremely Spotify-friendly. He’s famous enough to have …

When we last saw Hutch Mansell — family man, former government assassin, and the formidable antihero of the 2021 action movie Nobody — he’d burned down his house, taken out most of the Russian Mafia, and resettled in another suburb. The world’s deadliest middle-aged dad also took a mysterious phone …

The thing about puppies is, they start out all small and cute and oh-so-adorable. Look at their puppy paws, way too big for their itty-bitty widdle bodies! Listen to their playful woofs and yips, as they tumble around and trip over themselves! Feel how fuzzy their rolly-polly bellies are, as …