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Oscars recognize casting for the first time, offering a spotlight on a key job in the movie industry
NEW YORK -- Behind the Wizard of Oz in the two-part “Wicked” movies were people actually pulling the strings. They set the table for the hit double-punch movies long before the cameras ever rolled out: The casting directors, helped…
Movie Review: In 'Scarlet,' transplanting 'Hamlet' to an anime dreamworld
The Japanese writer-director Mamoru Hosoda has made some amazing films that take profound leaps into dreamlike worlds. Hosoda's “Mirai” (2018) is about a 4-year-old boy who's resentful of his newborn sister. But in his backyard…
'Good Luck': A gently absurd road movie about filmmaker's anxiety
Although he is now a successful scriptwriter whose credits include “ 100 Yen Love,” the 2014 boxing drama that inspired the 2024 Chinese megahit “ YOLO,” Shin Adachi struggled for years to find a foothold in the…
Excellent' action movie with Hollywood legend 'worth seeing' on TV tonight
Transport yourself back to the golden era of 1970s cinema this evening as ITV broadcasts a classic action flick from a beloved series featuring one of Hollywood's most legendary stars. Hitting cinemas in 1976, this American neo-noir thriller forms…
A movie buff in Jimbocho bets on independent cinema in a big way
Japan's independent cinemas ('mini-theaters' in the local parlance) are havens for fans of arthouse films, but many are facing precarious financial times. Factors like streaming services and the COVID-19 pandemic hit Japanese moviegoing hard: In…
What the Warner Bros. Sale Means for the Art of Movies
The film-industry panic sparked by the news of Netflix's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. has been immediate and intense, and in the days immediately after, it was hard to find anyone not named David Zaslav (the head of the studio's parent…
The worst movies of 2025
Good movies are released every year. There is almost always something playing in theaters worth turning over two hours to experience. But in our current era of sloppy franchise films, so-called elevated horror flicks, and dreadful irony infected…
The Best Movies of 2025
Seventeen-year-old Johanne (Ella Øverbye) discovers love vicariously, in the pages of a book, and when that overwhelming feeling toward another person strikes her for the first time, her instinct is to put it down in words. For a time, her…
Our 16 Favorite Holiday Genre Movies, Ranked
In most cases, a list of great holiday movies would be incomplete without classics such as A Christmas Story, Die Hard, or Home Alone. This isn't one of those cases. Those films, while certainly dramatic and excellent, are not quite genre movies.
Almost Famous,' 'Song Sung Blue' star Kate Hudson: 'A good music movie is hard to do
In the latest episode of The Envelope video podcast, Tonatiuh discusses the grassroots efforts he spearheaded to get “Kiss of the Spider Woman” in front of communities Hollywood may not always reach, and “Song Sung…
The Best Rappers In Movies Over The Years (2025)
As hip-hop continues to grow globally, we would be remiss to gloss over the power of the moving image in cementing the genre as a cultural phenomenon. Music videos were the first introduction to the ways hip-hop so beautifully tells stories.
'A movie diary': how Letterboxd became a film review haven for the algorithm-averse
I never thought I would use Letterboxd. The app's premise of logging reviews of every film you watch felt like counting steps, and I generally prefer to exercise my pretension the old fashioned way – such as getting a BFA or frequenting art…
Ella McCay review - James L Brooks returns with a sorry mess of a movie
Ella McCay, a new comedy drama written and directed by James L Brooks, feels like a relic, and not just because it's set, seemingly arbitrarily, in 2008. Broadly appealing, well cast, neither strictly comic nor melodramatic, concerning ordinary…
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34 Classic Christmas Movies to Watch This Holiday Season (Including 4 Versions of 'A Christmas Carol'!)
There's no better way to tap into the spirit of the season than streaming a classic Christmas movie. The best part is — whether jolly or Grinchian — there's a film for every vibe. In the mood for something traditional? Those are as…
Save the Theaters. Go On a Movie Date.
Last week, news of to acquire Warner Bros., followed by Paramount's swift move to outbid them, filled me with dread. Not only because any consolidation might limit the variety of film projects that hit the market, but also because these mergers…
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