Movies

Director Nick Broomfield documents the love story between musician Leonard Cohen and his lover, Marianne Ihlen, in Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love.

In Documentary 'Marianne & Leonard: Words Of Love,' Free Love Comes At A Cost

10:48am July 05, 2019

by Ella Taylor

This "moving, sympathetic but ultimately frustrating tribute" to Marianne Ihlen inadvertently reveals the male gaze's narrow focus by defining this complicated woman as Cohen's passive muse.

Loss, grief and emotional neglect all play a role in Midsommar â a haunting thriller about an American couple attending a mysterious festival in the Swedish countryside.

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'Midsommar' Shines: A Solstice Nightmare Unfolds In Broad Daylight

1:43pm July 03, 2019

by Justin Chang

An American couple attends a mysterious festival in the Swedish countryside in Ari Aster's new thriller. The haunting, hypnotic film will slowly seep into your nervous system.

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Spider-Man Faces The Usual Villains, An Unusually Tricky Storyline In 'Far From Home'

4:45pm July 01, 2019

by Bob Mondello

Marvel's Spider-Man: Far From Home finds Peter Parker on vacation in London when a new super-guy shows up: Mysterio, played by Jake Gyllenhaal.

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Actor Sean Connery poses as James Bond next to his Aston Martin DB5 in a scene from the United Artists release 'Goldfinger' in 1964.

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'Every Guy Wants To Be James Bond.' But Would They Pay $545 For His Onesie?

2:40pm June 30, 2019

by Josh Axelrod

Forgoing his signature tux for a baby-blue terrycloth swimsuit, Sean Connery's Goldfinger onesie became one of Bond's classic outfits. And now fans can buy the item for themselves.

Douriean Fletcher made everything from earrings to armor for the 2018 film Black Panther. Fletcher spent time studying in South Africa, and learned that, for some, "what you wear is telling somebody who you are — whether it's the region you're from, the

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The Goal Is To Feel Strong, Says 'Black Panther' Jewelry Designer

8:19am June 30, 2019

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Douriean Fletcher made the powerful adornments worn in the 2018 film Black Panther. She's happy to see people "taking chances" with their jewelry — breaking away from the "dainty pair of hoops."

In Yesterday, directed by Danny Boyle, Himesh Patel plays Jack Malik — the only person on Earth who remembers the existence (and the music) of The Beatles.

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Danny Boyle On 'Yesterday,' A Magical Realism Mystery Tour Of Beatles Songs

9:20pm June 28, 2019

by Audie Cornish

The director's newest film stars Himesh Patel as a struggling musician who wakes up to find he's the only person across the universe who remembers the Fab Four.

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'Ophelia' Sees The World Differently Than Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet

5:57pm June 28, 2019

by Bob Mondello

Claire McCarthy's new film Ophelia takes the Bard's advice to "hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature," and finds a fresh angle on the story Shakespeare called Hamlet.

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'Maiden': Groundbreaking 1989 Sailing Race For All-Female Crew

6:44am June 28, 2019

by Kenneth Turan

A new documentary tells the story of the first all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World sailing race in 1989. The crew was led by a 24-year-old and the boat was called Maiden.

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Get thee to a nunnery! And a tighter script! Daisy Ridley stars in this retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet.

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'Ophelia' Drowns ... In Meaninglessness

5:00pm June 27, 2019

by Scott Tobias

Based on a YA novel told from Ophelia's perspective, Claire McCarthy's film is by turns too glib and too reverent with the source material, hopelessly blurring its point of view.

Not everything is what it seems in The Plagiarists, a lo-fi indie drama directed by Peter Parlow.

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'The Plagiarists' Ponders Authenticity, Inauthentically

5:00pm June 27, 2019

by Mark Jenkins

Shot on vintage, lo-fi video cameras, this talky, didactic film finds a bickering couple beginning to question themselves once they start to question a tale told by an older black man.