Moonlight: How an Indie Filmmaker Made the Best Movie of 2016
Its a typical story, one that legions of independent filmmakers have experienced since the dawn of Sundance. You pore your energies into making your …
Watch Sufjan Stevens, St. Vincent Perform Mystery of Love at the Oscars
Sufjan Stevens enlisted the help of St. Vincent, Moses Sumney and the Punch Brothers Chris Thile for a haunting, intimate performance of his Oscar-no…
The Simpsons to Kill Off Major Character
Another Simpsons character will be joining Maude Flanders, Frank Grimey Grimes and Snowballs I through IV in the Springfield cemetery soon. The show…
It: Chapter 2 Is Pennywise But Pace Foolish
Is it weird to say that It: Chapter Two is almost as scary but not quite as grabby as Chapter One? Sorry, the truth hurts. The sequel to the 2017 ho…
James Franco: A Documentary Nears Completion
In addition to being seemingly everywhere all of the time, actor James Franco will now be the subject of a documentary. First-time director Lisa Vang…
Kiss, Members of Nirvana Appearing This Week on The Tonight Show
It looks like Jimmy Fallons Tonight Show is getting a jump on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame celebrations this week, with appearances from this years ind…
Matthew McConaugheys New Job: Communications Professor
Matthew McConaughey has landed a surprising new role as the actor has signed on as a faculty professor at the University of Texas at Austins Moody Co…
The Dinner Review: Sibling Rivalry Drama Is an All-Star Acting Masterclass
Oren Moverman doesnt make movies so much as set traps. His films as writer and director the military-vet drama The Messenger, the bad-cop character…
Jesse Eisenberg to Play Lex Luthor in Batman-Superman Film
First Mark Zuckerberg, now Lex Luthor? The Social Network star Jesse Eisenberg has been cast as Supermans arch-nemesis in the upcoming (and still-un…
Bill Hader Trades Stefon for Serious Drama in The Skeleton Twins
Bill Hader is at a Hollywood cafe, about to take his first bite of a molasses cookie, when he gets a text informing him that he was just a victim of …
Merlot at the Movies
Imagine youre watching a movie while nibbling on gourmet eats like prosciutto-wrapped breadsticks or fig and duck breast salad. Press a button on your armrest and a uniformed worker brings you a glas…
See Peter Jackson, Adam Savage Geek Out Over 2001 HAL Prop
In his latestTestedweb video, former Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage went to filmmaker Peter Jacksons home to see his vast collection ofworld-class …
Sundance 2015: Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie on Sleeping With Other People
In Leslye Headlands new romantic comedy Sleeping With Other People ,Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie star as sex-addicted friends attempting to keep th…
See Brittany Howard Explain D.C. Power Struggles in Vice Outtake
When filmmaker Adam McKay shot his Dick Cheney biopic, Vice , it originally included a surprise musical number that featured Alabama Shakes Brittany …
J.K. Rowling Drops Six New Harry Potter Stories Online
J.K. Rowling certainly made good on her Harry Potter Halloween promise. Lastweek, the author announced plansto publish an essay chronicling thebackst…
Gilda Radner Documentary to Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
Love, Gilda , anew documentary about Gilda Radner,the beloved comedian and an original Saturday Night Live c ast member, will premiere at the Tribeca…
Why Did Steven Spielbergs The BFG Flop?
I t turns out that the anything-goes murderfest The Purge: Election Year wasnot the grisliest bloodbath at the movies this past weekend. In accordanc…
Rose Byrne: Raunch-Coms Secret Weapon
Why is she here? Thatswhat director Nicholas Stoller remembers thinking when Rose Byrne came to audition for the part of a raunchy pop star in his 2…
Divergent
At the risk of alienating young-adult hearts, the faithful but dramatically flat film version of Divergent , from Veronica Roths 2011 bestseller, couldnt stir palpitations in shut-ins. Its that bland…
Tyrel Review: A Character Study, Racial Satire and Horror Movie All in One
Sebastin Silvas scathing, scorched-earth take on bro culture,code-switching and how best buddies double as bitter underminers kicks off with a mistak…
