Tag: Movies
Anne Beatts, groundbreaking comedy writer, dead at 74
NEW YORK — Anne Beatts, a groundbreaking comedy writer who was on the original staff of “Saturday Night Live” and later created the cult...
Will the Oscars be a `who cares’ moment as ratings dive?
NEW YORK — George Bradley used to love watching the Academy Awards. The 28-year-old Brit now living in San Diego would stay up late...
Review: YA sci-fi thriller ‘Voyagers’ doesn’t quite take off
The most surprising thing about “ Voyagers,” a sci-fi thriller about a group of young adults who have been tasked with travelling to and...
Review: In ‘Moffie,’ brutal intolerance in ’80s South Africa
The main character of Oliver Hermanus’ shattering “Moffie," set in 1981 South Africa, is a handsome, white 18-year-old. In the country's system of apartheid,...
SAG Awards to honor best performances — with some distance
LOS ANGELES — Several Oscar hopefuls will reunite at Sunday’s Screen Actor Guild Awards, albeit in the same virtual, socially-distanced way that most gatherings...
Vast archives at JFK Library help bring ‘Hemingway’ to life
BOSTON — A new Ken Burns documentary on Ernest Hemingway — powered by vast but little-known archives kept at the John F. Kennedy Presidential...
Historic Houston movie theater closes due to pandemic
HOUSTON — A historic Houston theater that director Richard Linklater called his “film school” and that for decades was the place to catch hard-to-find...
Arthur Kopit, three-time Tony-nominated playwright, dies
NEW YORK — Arthur Kopit, a three time Tony Award-nominated playwright and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist known for fusing disparate genres, absurdism and a...
With King Kong, a little swagger returns to the box office
NEW YORK — Once again, mayhem and mass destruction is back at the box office. It’s almost like old times.
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