Movies

John (Jack Reynor) must work for a petty criminal to pay for his mother's rehab program in the new film Glassland.

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A Family Fixer Struggles To Stay Afloat In 'Glassland'

5:00pm February 11, 2016

by Ella Taylor

Irish writer-director Gerard Barrett gets fine performances from Jack Reynor and Toni Collette in this story of a young man who bears the burden of caring for his alcoholic mother.

Zhang Yi and Zhao Tao in Mountains May Depart.

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A Glimpse Into The Future In 'Mountains May Depart'

5:00pm February 11, 2016

by Mark Jenkins

Chinese writer-director Jia Zhangke follows his characters from 1999 all the way forward to 2025, where a sun-bleached tomorrowland threatens alienation from tradition.

Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby play two people with bipolar disorder who fall in love in Touched With Fire.

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'Touched With Fire' Is Dedicated To Great Art, But Isn't Great Art

5:00pm February 11, 2016

by Andrew Lapin

The drama stars Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby as artists hospitalized with bipolar disorder and struggles in its exploration of the link, if one exists, between their work and their illness.

Three months ago, producer Ross Putman started tracking descriptions of female characters from scripts he read. On Tuesday, he shared them with the world on his Twitter account, "Fem Script Intros."

Meet The Guy Calling Out Hollywood For How It Describes Women

4:48pm February 11, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Three months ago, producer Ross Putman started tracking descriptions of female characters from scripts he read. On Tuesday, he shared them with the world on his Twitter account, "Fem Script Intros."

Chris O'Donnell battles desperate bridal wannabes in The Bachelor. (It's not romantic.)

Arts

Five Unromantic Comedies For Valentine's Day Non-Inspiration

2:18pm February 11, 2016

by Linda Holmes

We take a look as February 14 approaches at some of the less romantic movies you could add to your schedule.

Actor Robert Shaw, who played the shark hunter Quint in Jaws, takes a break from lunch. Or rather, from being lunch.

Arts

From Junkyard To Museum: The Journey Of A 'Jaws' Shark

7:35pm February 10, 2016

by Cory Turner

From terrifying man-eater to fish-out-of-water, a sole surviving full-scale model of the 1975 Jaws shark is on its way to a museum.

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Jay and Mark Duplass are the co-creators of the HBO series Togetherness, which begins its second season later this month.

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Duplass Brothers On Filmmaking, Siblings And Parenting's 'Fugue State'

4:37pm February 10, 2016

The brothers' latest project, Togetherness, is about four people in their late 30s who live in Los Angeles. Mark Duplass describes it as a "deeply personal television show."

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'Baskets' Takes Zach Galifianakis From French Clown School To The Rodeo Ring

1:39pm February 10, 2016

The comic, who plays a rodeo clown in his new FX comedy series, says he is "not creeped out by clowns." Galifianakis is also the creator of the Emmy Award-winning web comedy series Between Two Ferns.

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Furiosa (played by Charlize Theron, front right) fights to liberate the wives of a tyrannical warlord in Mad Max: Fury Road.

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'Mad Max' Director George Miller: The Audience Tells You 'What Your Film Is'

3:25pm February 08, 2016

Miller, who directed the first Mad Max film in 1979, says it will be a few years before he has any idea as to whether Mad Max: Fury Road "endures in some way."

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Jacir Eid plays the title character in Theed. Director Naji Abu Nowar says, "You put him in front of a camera and he just lit up the screen."

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'Theeb' Looks At Middle East History Through The Eyes Of A Bedouin Boy

6:51pm February 05, 2016

by NPR Staff

The Oscar-nominated film is set in 1916 Saudi Arabia, a pivotal time in the region. Director Naji Abu Nowar says he wanted to explore "how strange and surreal it must have been" for the Bedouins.

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