Movies

Jessica Chastain plays a single mother who connects with a man with early-onset dementia (Peter Sarsgaard) in Memory.

Arts

Two strangers grapple with hazy 'Memory' in this unsettling film

1:45pm January 12, 2024

by Justin Chang

Peter Sarsgaard is a man with early-onset dementia and Jessica Chastain is a single mother with a traumatic past in a film about two people who come into each other's lives at just the right time.

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Arts

After 2 nominations, Angela Bassett wins an honorary Oscar

6:24am January 11, 2024

by Ayana Archie

Bassett was nominated in 1993 for her portrayal as singer Tina Turner in What's Love Got to Do With It, and in 2022 for Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Paul Giamatti stars as Paul Hunham in Alexander Payne's new film, The Holdovers.

Arts

Paul Giamatti's own high school years came in handy in 'The Holdovers'

1:31pm January 10, 2024

by Sam Briger

Giamatti says his latest movie, filmed at various prep schools in Massachusetts and directed by Alexander Payne, triggered memories of the time he spent as a day student at a private school.

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Sterling K. Brown, shown here in January 2020, stars in the new film American Fiction.

Arts

Sterling K. Brown recommends taking it 'moment to moment,' on screen and in life

2:17pm January 08, 2024

by Terry Gross

Brown won an Emmy for his portrayal of Christopher Darden in The People v. O.J. Simpson, and another for his role in This is Us. He now appears in the film American Fiction.

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81st Golden Globes: 'Oppenheimer' dominates, 'Poor Things' upsets 'Barbie'

5:07am January 08, 2024

This year's Golden Globes were handed out in the first major broadcast of the Hollywood awards season since actors' and writers' strikes were settled.

This image released by CBS shows Emma Stone accepting the award for best female actor in a motion picture for her role in "Poor Things" during the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.

Arts

'Oppenheimer' dominates Golden Globes as 'Poor Things' upsets 'Barbie' in comedy

11:24pm January 07, 2024

by The Associated Press

If awards season has been building toward a second match-up of Barbenheimer, this round went to Oppenheimer. It also won best director, best drama actor, best supporting actor and for best score.

Music & Culture

Movie soundtracks are bringing a fresh set of ears to old classics

8:10am January 07, 2024

"Murder on the Dancefloor," a 2001 hit song in the U.K., is just the latest old track to be introduced to a new generation of listeners after being used at a pivotal moment on screen.

South Korea is reckoning with the death of beloved 'Parasite' actor Lee Sun-kyun

8:10am January 07, 2024

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to syndicated columnist Jae-Ha Kim about the scandal that led to the death of beloved South Korean actor Lee Sun-Kyun. Note: This conversation has mentions of self-harm.

Arts

Remembrance done right: How TCM has perfected the 'in memoriam' montage

7:00am January 06, 2024

by Aisha Harris

TCM Remembers is an annual tribute to the film industry's dearly departed. Somehow, these videos manage to strike just the right balance between sentimentality, fond remembrance and aesthetics.

World News

British actress Glynis Johns, who played Mrs. Banks in 'Mary Poppins,' is dead at 100

4:57pm January 05, 2024

by Bob Mondello

British actress Glynis Johns has died at the age of 100. Best known as the suffragist mom in Mary Poppins, she brought wit and charm to stage and film characters for more than six decades.