'Ad Astra' Soars
Distance — both interplanetary and emotional — is the subject of James Gray's "stirring sci-fi epic" that stars Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones.
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'Loro': Sorrentino's Portrait Of Berlusconi As A Once-Powerful Lion In Winter
This "stylish but overloaded satire is less sober narrative than drunken tone poem — a buzzing, throbbing attempt to simulate" what it was like inside the mogul-turned-prime-minister's circle.
Documentary 'Where's My Roy Cohn?' Suggests He's Closer Than You Think
Matt Tyrnaeur's documentary posits that Cohn, a notoriously ruthless and amoral political operative, set the ground rules by which today's politics play out.
'There Isn't Just One Type Of Black,' Says Comedian Nicole Byer
The rising comedy star and host of the Emmy-nominated baking competition Nailed It! has gone to therapy weekly, escaped grief onstage and taught herself to do her own makeup for television.
Remembering Tony Winner Phyllis Newman
Tony Award winner Phyllis Newman died Sunday at age 86. She won the award for her role in 1962's Subways Are For Sleeping. She also appeared on TV, as an actress and quiz show panelist.
MoviePass Has Officially Shut Down, And We Don't Know If There Will Be A Sequel
The service announced Friday that it would be suspending service for an undefined amount of time.
Why Everyone Is Talking About Influencer Caroline Calloway
NPR's Noel King talks to Anne Helen Petersen, senior culture writer at Buzzfeed, about the rise and fall of Instagram star Caroline Calloway, and why the story has resonated so much.
Clever Caper Comedy 'Hustlers' Makes It Rain
Jennifer Lopez leads a troupe of strippers who bilk rich Wall Street clients out of huge amounts of money in a "boisterous, entertaining and self-aware" film based on a true story.
The Intense, Moody 'Monos': Teen Guerrillas, In The Mist
In this fierce, elliptical, episodic drama, a team of children somewhere in the Latin American jungle are tasked with guarding an American hostage.
Her Own Toy Story: How A 6-Year-Old Girl's Letter Launched 'Plastic Army Women'
A handwritten letter to BMC Toys sent by a 6-year-old girl from Arkansas wondering where the female toy solders are prompted soul-searching and eventually a new contingent of Plastic Army Women.