Movies

Tom Cruise is back as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in Top Gun: Maverick.

Arts

'Top Gun: Maverick' is ridiculous. It's also ridiculously entertaining

5:00am May 23, 2022

by Justin Chang

Tom Cruise was in his early 20s when he first played the cocky young Navy pilot with the need for speed. Now, 36 years later, he's back — and Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is as insubordinate as ever.

This undated photo provided by Trapp Family Lodge shows Rosmarie Trapp.

Rosmarie Trapp, whose family inspired 'The Sound of Music,' dies at age 93

6:53pm May 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

Rosmarie was the first daughter of Austrian naval Capt. Georg von Trapp and Maria von Trapp, and a younger half-sibling to the older von Trapp children portrayed on stage and in the movie.

In 'A New Era,' Dame Maggie Smith remains the best reason to watch 'Downton Abbey'

5:17pm May 20, 2022

by Bob Mondello

Maggie Smith's dowager countess acquires a villa in the South of France, so the Downton household goes on a field trip in Downton Abbey: A New Era.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks via video during the opening of the Cannes film festival on Tuesday.

Arts

Zelenskyy urges Cannes filmmakers not to be silent

5:21pm May 17, 2022

by Elizabeth Blair

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave an impassioned speech via video at the Cannes film festival. He asked them to emulate Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator in which he mocked Hitler.

Downton Abbey is back, but this time the family is going on the road to France.

Arts

The new Downton Abbey film is here, and its creator says misery isn't compulsory

5:00am May 17, 2022

After six seasons and one movie spin-off, fans of the Crawley family have questions about the newest upcoming film; Show creator Julian Fellowes has answers.

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Julian Fellowes of 'Downton Abbey' says misery isn't 'compulsory' in entertainment

4:40pm May 13, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Downton Abbey executive producer Julian Fellowes about the latest chapter in the Crawley family's story, Downton Abbey: A New Era.

Netflix has changed its corporate culture memo to warn employees that it will include content with viewpoints they may find harmful.

Arts

Netflix alters corporate culture memo to stress the importance of artistic freedom

1:29pm May 13, 2022

by Andrew Limbong

In a substantive edit to Netflix's public-facing statement on work culture, the company states that employees might have to work on titles they "perceive to be harmful."

Jessica (Tilda Swinton) consults an engineer (Juan Pablo Urrego) in an effort to understand the mysterious sound she's hearing in Memoria.

Arts

'Memoria' is a marvelously strange sonic detective story

1:06pm May 13, 2022

by Justin Chang

Tilda Swinton plays a botanist who is haunted by a mysterious sound in an intriguing new film. Reviewer Justin Chang says Memoria's climax will leave your jaw on the floor.

Arts

Actor Fred Ward dies. He had the right stuff in movies from 'Tremors' to 'The Player'

10:44am May 13, 2022

by Neda Ulaby

Ward died on Sunday at age 79.

Sofia Kappel is Bella Cherry in Pleasure.

Arts

'Pleasure': A young woman's matter-of-fact pursuit of porn stardom

5:01am May 13, 2022

by Aisha Harris

Ninja Thyberg's film about an aspiring porn star challenges conventional wisdom around sex work and women's agency.