Movies

Claire Coffee stars as a mother who starts vomiting up toys in Bridget Moloney's short film Blocks.

Arts

Don't Sell The Shorts Short: 3 Directors Tell Us About Their Sundance Debuts

10:35am January 29, 2020

by Clare Schneider

There are more than 70 shorts showing at The Sundance Film Festival this year. "It's a stamp of approval, but it's also this incredible community you get welcomed into," says director Bridget Moloney.

Julia Garner stars as a young college graduate who grows increasingly uncomfortable working for a New York-based movie mogul in The Assistant.

Arts

'The Assistant' Helps Explain How Predatory Behavior Stays Hidden

1:59pm January 28, 2020

by Justin Chang

A young woman grows increasingly uncomfortable working for a movie mogul reminiscent of Harvey Weinstein. The drama explores how easy it is for powerful people to exploit absolute authority.

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National

Key Witness Miriam Haley Testifies Harvey Weinstein Raped Her

10:58am January 28, 2020

by Rose Friedman

Miriam Haley is the second accuser to take the stand against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein in Manhattan. He is charged with five counts of rape and sexual assault against two women in New York.

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GoFundMe: Trio Will Watch 'Cats' For Charitable Donations

6:59am January 28, 2020

Three New Yorkers want to help people with AIDS by raising $15,000 for the nonprofit HousingWorks. If they get enough donations, they promise to watch the box-office bomb Cats for 24 hours straight.

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What Happened During The First Weekend Of The Sundance Film Festival

4:11pm January 27, 2020

by Mallory Yu

Sundance is known as the largest independent film festival in the country. This year, there haven't been many big sales after the first weekend — but that doesn't mean there aren't notable projects.

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Actress Annabella Sciorra described in detail the alleged assault by Harvey Weinstein during his trial on Thursday.

Actress Annabella Sciorra Testifies That Harvey Weinstein Raped Her

10:24pm January 23, 2020

She is the first of six women expected to testify at his trial that Weinstein raped or sexually assaulted them. "I said, 'No, no,' but there was not much I could do at that point," Sciorra said.

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Rosalind (Michelle Dockery) and Mickey (Matthew McConaughey) in The Gentlemen.

Arts

A Drug Kingpin Worries Over His Imminent Regicide In 'The Gentlemen'

6:25pm January 23, 2020

by Chris Klimek

Guy Ritchie returns to the genre he made his bones on, and the film's "rigorous and largely circular" plot is fun; more fun than McConaughey's undercooked performance, anyway.

Actress Annabella Sciorra Testifies That Harvey Weinstein Raped Her

5:19pm January 23, 2020

by Rose Friedman

Actress Annabella Sciorra took the stand today in the criminal sex crimes trial of Harvey Weinstein. She testified that the movie mogul raped her in the winter of 1993-94.

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An alien force adjusts reality's tint for Nathan Gardner (Nicolas Cage) and family in Color Out Of Space.

Arts

No Love, Little Craft In Pulpy Body-Horror Flick 'Color Out Of Space'

5:00pm January 23, 2020

by Mark Jenkins

In this loose, grisly adaptation of an H.P. Lovecraft story, a family undergoes a series of mutations while Nicolas Cage gets increasingly unhinged; the result is "a gory mess."

The story of a man (Mackenson Bijou) who was brought back from the dead casts a long shadow into the present in Zombi Child.

Arts

'Zombi Child': When The Real Horror Is Colonialism

5:00pm January 23, 2020

by Andrew Lapin

Writer-director Bertrand Bonello uses the tale of a Haitian zombie to explore intergenerational racial trauma in this quiet, moody film.