Movies

A college professor (Stanley Tucci) develops an erotic fascination with a talented writing student (Addison Timlin) in Submission.

Arts

In The Caustic 'Submission,' Stanley Tucci Is Small-Man-On-Campus

5:00pm March 01, 2018

by Ella Taylor

Based on the Francine Prose novel Blue Angel, this tale of a writing professor's affair with a precocious student is bound to "usefully ruffle feathers" by refusing to take sides.

An electron microscope image shows popcorn magnified 250 times

Science

The Oscar For Best Snack Goes To ... Popcorn, The 6,000-Year-Old Aztec Gold

3:05pm March 01, 2018

by Adam Cole

Zoom in and behold the science secrets behind popcorn's airy crunch — and learn about the snack's ancient origin — in this bite-sized video.

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Arts

Spy Thriller 'Red Sparrow' Is A Long Slog With Minimal Suspense

2:09pm March 01, 2018

by David Edelstein

Jennifer Lawrence is unconvincing as the star of the Bolshoi Ballet in the espionage thriller Red Sparrow. Critic David Edelstein says the film features "one bad note after another."

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Economy

The Business Case For Better Representation On Screen

2:05pm March 01, 2018

"Wonder Woman" and "Black Panther" were hits. Is Hollywood listening?

(L-R) James Ivory, Agnes Varda, and Christopher Plummer are all nominated for this year's Academy Awards.

Arts

The Oscar Elders: 3 Octogenarians Make Academy Award History

6:01am March 01, 2018

by Neda Ulaby

For James Ivory, Christopher Plummer and Agnes Varda, their late 80s are proving fruitful. They're now the three oldest people ever nominated for an Oscar.

Rachel Morrison, seen here on set for Mudbound, had her big breakthrough with Fruitvale Station in 2013.

Arts

'I Can't Believe I Am The First,' Says Oscar-Nominated Female Cinematographer

9:18pm February 28, 2018

by Neda Ulaby

You may know her from such films as Black Panther, where she was director of photography. Now, Rachel Morrison is the first woman ever nominated for an Academy Award in cinematography, for her work on Mudbound.

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Barbra Streisand plays with her dog Samantha near her son, Jason Gould (left), and husband, James Brolin, in Paris in 2007. Samantha died last year, but Streisand now has clones of the dog.

Send In The Clones: Barbra Streisand Reveals Fluffy Canine Copies

1:14pm February 28, 2018

by Scott Neuman

In an interview with Variety magazine, the legendary singer/filmmaker dropped a bombshell: Two of her three coton de tulears are clones of a favorite canine who died last year.

Indian Bollywood actor Sridevi gestures during a news conference at the Karanataka Gold Festval in Bangalore, in 2006.

India Pays Final Respects To Bollywood Superstar Sridevi

7:16am February 28, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Tamil Nadu-born Sridevi Kapoor was considered one of India's first female film superstars, with a career spanning five decades. She died over the weekend at age 54.

In the 1910s and '20s, actress Mary Pickford was known as "Blondielocks" for her golden, sausage-like curls.

Arts

How Movie Darling Mary Pickford Became The Most Powerful Woman In Hollywood

5:30pm February 27, 2018

by Susan Stamberg

The producer, studio head and Oscar-winning actress would have been the envy of today's industry women. How did she get all that power a century ago? It started with her popularity as a star.

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In Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? director Travis Wilkerson dissects an act of racial violence in his family's past — and the systemic racism that endures today.

Arts

'Did You Wonder Who Fired The Gun?': Filmmaker's Searing Indictment Of His Ancestor — And Himself

5:00pm February 27, 2018

by Scott Tobias

Director Travis Wilkerson's great-grandfather killed an unarmed black man in 1946 Alabama and got away with it. With self-lacerating fury, the film posits racial violence as a kind of erasure.