Strong Performances Make 'Boy Erased' Indelible
Actor Joel Edgerton adapts for the screen a 2016 memoir about a teenager undergoing "gay conversion therapy;" he also directs and stars in this "intelligent message movie."
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A Guide To Netflix's Orson Welles Mini-Fest: A Long-Unfinished Film And A Documentary About It
Welles' abandoned Hollywood satire The Other Side of the Wind hits Netflix and select theaters alongside the new making-of documentary They'll Love Me When I'm Dead; the two films inform each other.
Survey Suggests 'Manels' — All-Male Panels — Are Still The Norm
Men outnumbered women 2 to 1 as private event speakers over the last five years, a survey by event software company Bizzabo found.
No Bed Of Roses, No Pleasure Cruise: 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
A fearless performance from Rami Malek and rock-solid rock anthems can't lift this listless musical biopic out of the sea of clichés in which it treads water.
Orson Welles' Long Anticipated 'Other Side Of The Wind' Is Finally Finished
Critic David Edelstein says the story behind the The Other Side Of The Wind — how Welles made it and what happened to it after his death in 1985 — is more fun than the completed film itself.
'Punks Not Dead,' And Neither Is This Intrepid Granny
David Barnett and Martin Simmonds' comic about a troubled teen haunted by the ghost of Sid Vicious really gets going when it introduces centenarian (but immortal) ghost-buster Dorothy Culpepper.
On #MeToo, Americans More Divided By Party Than Gender
One year after the #MeToo movement took off, new NPR-Ipsos polls show the nation deeply divided on the issue of sexual assault and harassment. The fissures run more along party lines than gender.
Is The Supreme Court The 'Most Dangerous Branch' Of Government?
Author David A. Kaplan warns that the court is becoming increasingly polarized — and influential: "Why should nine unelected, unaccountable judges dictate so much policy in the country?"
Louis Cha, Who Wrote Beloved Chinese Martial Arts Novels As Jin Yong, Dies
He's been called China's Tolkien, its Martin, its Rowling — all in one. With his adventure stories rooted in ancient China, Louis Cha gave life to decades' worth of martial arts films.
Muslims Are Having A Hollywood Moment
More and more sitcoms and dramas on TV and online feature Muslim characters and storylines. That is due, in part, to a new crop of Muslim writers, comedians and actors creating the shows themselves.