Tag: Movies
Documentary examines troubled past with Confederate statues
NEW YORK — Perplexed by America’s controversial relationship with Confederate monuments, “The Daily Show” correspondent CJ Hunt saw potential for what he thought would...
15 months later, Radio City reopens with Dave Chappelle
NEW YORK — Fifteen months after shuttering for the pandemic, New York's Radio City Music Hall reopened its doors Saturday for the Tribeca Festival...
‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ hits top mark at box office
LOS ANGELES — “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard” struck the top box office target.
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NSA to NSO: NY filmmakers explore circles of surveillance
BERLIN — American filmmaker Laura Poitras, known for her award-winning 2014 documentary on former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden and his revelations about the...
Review: Kevin Hart shows range in tearjerker ‘Fatherhood’
Kevin Hart can make us laugh and cry, it seems, even if the vehicle was practically engineered to bring on the waterworks. In “Fatherhood,”...
Review: In Pixar’s ‘Luca,’ young life as a stolen adventure
A brisk and bright sun-dappled fable of above-ground adventure and below-the-surface identity, Enrico Casarosa's “Luca” — a summery, shimmering fish-out-of-water fairy tale —...
California man gets prison for coercing women for sex films
SAN DIEGO — A producer for a now-defunct California porn website was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Monday for coercing or tricking...
Pixar’s ‘Luca’ invites you to summer in the Italian Riviera
When filmmaker Enrico Casarosa left Italy for New York more than two decades ago, all he wanted to do was assimilate. He wanted to...
New documentary tells Brian Wilson’s survival story
NEW YORK — The tragedies of Brian Wilson's life is a rock ‘n’ roll story well told.
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Candy Straight, who led push to get GOP women elected, dies
TRENTON, N.J. — Candace “Candy” Straight, an investment banker and film producer who worked for decades to help get women elected to office in...
