The ex-?Riverdale? star transformed himself for Todd Haynes?s new drama. As an actor, he?s caught between wanting to be seen and wanting to disappear.

The star skipped the red carpet and slipped into the celebrity-filled screening on Saturday night. But the movie pulls back the curtain ? a little.

Aki Kaurismaki?s ?Fallen Leaves? is both magical and despairing, born of what the Finnish auteur?s stars say is an unusual shooting approach.

The anime master is a creature of habit who talks every day with his longtime producer, and keeps it more hands off with his regular composer.

Real guns or replicas? Blank fire or special effects? The killing of a cinematographer on a film set has some in the industry rethinking their approach to firearms.

After she was finally hired by the studio, Fawn Veerasunthorn worked her way up the ranks, and has applied that lesson of perseverance to her new film.

French critics considered Ridley Scott?s new biopic lazy, pointless, boring, migraine-inducing, too short and historically inaccurate. And that?s just to start.

A writer remembers bonding with her mother over the film?s unusual mix of sorrow and laughter, a blend that helped immeasurably through painful loss.

As director and star, Bradley Cooper delivers an intimate portrait of the composer and his many private and public selves.

Speaking on a podcast this week, the director said Paul McCartney and Elton John will appear in the film, among other real musical stars.

The movie prize season kicks off with honors for the A24 drama and for the star of ?The Unknown Country? (who?s better known for ?Killers of the Flower Moon?).

A rom-com in space, a coming-of-age quest and a high-tech birthing plan are among the films worth checking out this month.

After establishing herself as a teacher, she started a prolific screen acting career in her 50s that included roles in ?Goodfellas? and ?The Sopranos.?

In Anna Hints?s bewitching documentary, Estonian smoke saunas beget a sweaty purification process ? one that?s revealed to be more than skin deep.

Sarvnik Kaur?s breathtaking documentary about Indigenous fishermen in Mumbai brings to life an ecosystem wrecked by corporate greed and climate change.

An 11-year-old boy from San Diego goes to live with his Navajo grandmother and spends time with his cousin.

He was a villain in ?Lethal Weapon 2,? C.S. Lewis on TV in ?Shadowlands? and Falstaff onstage in ?Henry IV? ? and had a cameo in a Pet Shop Boys video.

Joaquin Phoenix is oddly mesmerizing as the French emperor in Ridley Scott?s historical epic charting his rise and ruin.

For his 44th documentary, Frederick Wiseman journeys to the French countryside to examine the workings of a family-owned, Michelin-starred restaurant.

But scholars say that a trailer for Ridley Scott?s new film draws attention to the French emperor?s complex and lasting legacy on the study of Egypt?s cultural heritage.

This drama from Hirokazu Kore-eda traces a series of events from the perspectives of a single mother, her preteen son and his fifth-grade teacher.

A biographical look at the Philadelphia rapper Tierra Whack takes a hard left turn.

The director Bradley Cooper discusses a one-shot scene involving an argument between conductor Leonard Bernstein (played by Cooper) and his wife (Carey Mulligan).

The director Bradley Cooper narrates a sequence from the film in which he stars alongside Carey Mulligan.

More and more of the cozy Christmas movies on Hallmark and Lifetime are set on the continent. But onscreen, it?s a Europe doused in holiday magic.

The best-selling album turned veteran Cuban musicians into global stars and inspired a documentary almost 30 years ago. Now it?s an Off Broadway musical.

Adam Sandler plays a gruff old lizard who dishes out advice to fifth graders in this animated comedy.

Celebrating Disney?s 100th anniversary, the animated musical starring Ariana DeBose and Chris Pine, is a reminder of the studio?s vaunted past.

Melissa McCarthy grants unlimited magical requests in this holiday fantasy film.

The anime filmmaker returns at 82 with the enigmatic tale of a boy growing up amid war and fear, much as the director did.

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