Movies

Íngrid Olderöck was an officer of the Carabineros, the Chilean police, during the country's dictatorship.

The Oscar-nominated short 'Bestia' highlights an exciting time for Chilean animation

5:43pm March 26, 2022

by Miranda Mazariegos

For the second time in history, Chile is a contender for a short film animation Oscar. This nomination is the latest milestone in what has been a gripping time for the country's animation industry.

Workers prepare the red carpet area on Friday ahead of the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre.

Arts

How to watch the Oscars on Sunday night

12:30pm March 26, 2022

by Fi O'Reilly

The ceremony starts at 8 p.m. ET.

This could be the 1st Oscars in which a streaming service's film wins Best Picture

4:43pm March 25, 2022

by Bob Mondello

Here's a look at what Sunday's Oscars telecast will tell us about the state of the film industry mid-pandemic and the films we'll be seeing in the future.

The Muslim Women On-Screen Test is a new way to evaluate portrayals of Muslim women on-screen and address harmful stereotypes in media.

Arts

A new test looks at the way Muslim women are portrayed onscreen

4:43pm March 25, 2022

The few Muslim women in American television shows or movies tend to be portrayed in contexts of oppression. A new test seeks assess the onscreen representation of Muslim women.

A villager brings a yak into the classroom so the new teacher will understand how important the animals are to the village of nomadic yak herders. Yak dung is important too — used to warm homes.

Education

A yak, a ticked-off teacher, an Oscar nomination for Bhutan: We interview the director

2:56pm March 25, 2022

by Kamala Thiagarajan

The movie is Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, up for best international feature. It's about an urban teacher who's ticked off about being sent to work in a remote village with no electricity.

Michelle Yeoh stars as a woman who suddenly develops the power to leap between parallel universes in the action-adventure-fantasy Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Arts

There's a multiverse of roads not taken in 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'

1:49pm March 25, 2022

by Justin Chang

Michelle Yeoh stars as a Chinese American immigrant who suddenly develops the power to leap between parallel universes in this moving and often exasperating movie.

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Demi Singleton and Saniyya Sidney with Will Smith in King Richard.

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'King Richard' is a quintessential Will Smith movie, 30 years in the making

5:00am March 25, 2022

by Aisha Harris

For more than three decades the actor has cultivated a specific type of on-screen personality, from The Fresh Prince to King Richard.

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'The Lost City' is silly, sexy, movie-star fun

5:00am March 25, 2022

by Linda Holmes

The Lost City is mostly a chance to watch Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum be charming and silly together. That turns out to be a pretty good deal.

Review: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' is as encouraging as it is on-point

5:05pm March 24, 2022

by Bob Mondello

A Chinese-American businesswoman travels the multiverse in the comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once by the filmmaking duo Daniels, made up of Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.

People of color were responsible for the majority of opening-weekend domestic ticket sales for big Hollywood hits such as Spider-Man: No Way Home enjoyed.

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People of color helped Hollywood through another pandemic year, a new study says

3:34pm March 24, 2022

by Andrew Limbong

According to the Hollywood Diversity Report from UCLA, films with casts that were less than 11% minority did worse at the box office than their more diverse counterparts.