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This is a film that is making no bones about the action and violence on display with Janmmejaya taking charge. He commands ...

Readers respond to a guest essay about the Paul Thomas Anderson movie “One Battle After Another” by the daughter of two Weatherman. Also: Will we be around to unearth a time capsule?

In the opening scene of the Oscar-nominated film The Secret Agent, a dead body lies in front of a gas station in the middle of nowhere. When the police arrive, they are not interested in the body, but ...

This Week Clustertrump.

Gagosian’s Beverly Hills outpost always kicks off Oscar weekend with a blockbuster art show and a star-studded dinner. This year, LA’s biggest collectors—plus rock stars and screen icons—came out to ...

Yes, there have political speeches given throughout the nearly 100 years of Oscars history, but as any list of 'controversial moments' will prove, they are consistently few and far between.

In 2003, the U.S. invasion of Iraq completely disrupted the Academy Awards, causing cancellations, revisions and catastrophic ...

Pope Leo XIV spoke about the responsibilities of political leaders who initiate wars during a speech to priests on Friday, suggesting they should examine their consciences and go to confession. The ...

With Oscar weekend upon us, here are the best movies that are about wrestling, without being directly about wrestling.

We all know about One Battle After Another, Hamnet and Sinners – but here are some Oscar-nominated films from this year that ...

Bi Gan’s vivid storytelling moves through the astral planes in Resurrection, reincarnating a rebel dreamer (Jackson Yee) across 100 years of Chinese history, experienced as six chapters each in a ...