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JAKE COYLE

JAKE COYLE

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Arts|Entertainment

Female protagonists reach parity with men in top-grossing films of 2024

For the first time in recent history, the percentage of top-grossing films featuring female protagonists equaled the percentage of films with male protagonists, according to a pair of annual studies released Tuesday

Female protagonists reach parity with men in top-grossing films of 2024
Arts|Entertainment

‘Dog Man’ bests ‘Heart Eyes,’ ‘Love Hurts’ at box office

On a quiet winter weekend at the box office, DreamWorks Animation’s “Dog Man” chased its own tail, repeating as the top movie in theaters

‘Dog Man’ bests ‘Heart Eyes,’ ‘Love Hurts’ at box office
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

'Anora' wins at Producers and Directors Guild Awards

Did a wide-open Oscar race just get a frontrunner

'Anora' wins at Producers and Directors Guild Awards
Arts|Entertainment

'Dog Man' bites off $36 million, taking No. 1 at box office

DreamWorks Animation's “Dog Man” fetched $36 million in ticket sales at the weekend box office, making it the biggest debut yet in 2025

'Dog Man' bites off $36 million, taking No. 1 at box office
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Explaining the curious case of 'Emilia Pérez,' the woebegone Oscar frontrunner

Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” is an Oscar contender unlike any other

Explaining the curious case of 'Emilia Pérez,' the woebegone Oscar frontrunner
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment|Political|US

Mel Gibson’s ‘Flight Risk’ is No. 1 at box office, ‘The Brutalist’ expands

Critics lambasted it and audiences didn’t grade it much better

Mel Gibson’s ‘Flight Risk’ is No. 1 at box office, ‘The Brutalist’ expands
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

'The Brutalist' doesn't work without Guy Pearce

Over the years, Guy Pearce has been good in most all things

'The Brutalist' doesn't work without Guy Pearce
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

'Emilia Pérez' tops Oscar nominations with 13, 'Wicked' and 'The Brutalist' land 10 apiece

As fresh fires raced across the Los Angeles region, an embattled movie industry has lined up behind the Netflix narco-musical about transgender identity “Emilia Pérez” in Oscar nominations Thursday

'Emilia Pérez' tops Oscar nominations with 13, 'Wicked' and 'The Brutalist' land 10 apiece
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Seth Rogen's 'The Studio' to open SXSW

The SXSW Film & TV Festival will kick off on March 7 with the world premiere of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s “The Studio,” the Apple TV+ comedy series starring Rogen as a fictional Hollywood studio head

Seth Rogen's 'The Studio' to open SXSW
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment

Steven Soderbergh: 'I'm the cockroach of this industry. I can survive any version of it'

Steven Soderbergh isn’t just the director and cinematographer of his latest film

Steven Soderbergh: 'I'm the cockroach of this industry. I can survive any version of it'
Arts|Entertainment

On movie screens in Toronto, home is a battleground

As the Toronto International Film Festival winds down after a week of wall-to-wall premieres, there has been no more fraught turf than the land that families try to eke out a life on, amid geopolitical storms knocking on the front door

On movie screens in Toronto, home is a battleground
Arts|Entertainment|News|Opinion

'American Fiction' wins People's Choice award at Toronto Film Festival

Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction,” a biting satire starring Jeffrey Wright as a disillusioned academic, has won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, a much-watched bellwether in the Oscar race

'American Fiction' wins People's Choice award at Toronto Film Festival
Business|Entertainment

'Nun 2' narrowly edges 'A Haunting in Venice' over quiet weekend in movie theaters

“The Nun 2” and “A Haunting in Venice” virtually tied for the No. 1 spot in U.S. and Canadian theaters over the weekend, with a slight edge carrying the horror sequel over the Hercule Poirot mystery

'Nun 2' narrowly edges 'A Haunting in Venice' over quiet weekend in movie theaters
Arts|Business|Entertainment|Lifestyle

Richard Linklater's movie 'Hit Man,' with Glen Powell, sells to Netflix for $20M

The Toronto International Film Festival may be over but it’s biggest sale has just gone through

Richard Linklater's movie 'Hit Man,' with Glen Powell, sells to Netflix for $20M
Arts|Entertainment

Talking Heads on the once-in-a-lifetime 'Stop Making Sense'

For nearly four decades, the Talking Heads documentary “Stop Making Sense” has exerted an inexorable pull on all who encounter the frenetic fever of arguably the finest concert film ever made

Talking Heads on the once-in-a-lifetime 'Stop Making Sense'
Arts|Entertainment

Film academy gifts a replacement of Hattie McDaniel's historic Oscar to Howard University

Hattie McDaniel’s best supporting actress Oscar in 1939 for “Gone With the Wind” is one of the most important moments in Academy Award history

Film academy gifts a replacement of Hattie McDaniel's historic Oscar to Howard University
Business|Entertainment|Lifestyle|News|Technology

In Hollywood writers' battle against AI, humans win (for now)

After a 148-day strike, Hollywood screenwriters secured significant guardrails against the use of artificial intelligence in one of the first major labor battles over generative AI in the workplace

In Hollywood writers' battle against AI, humans win (for now)
Entertainment

At the New York Film Festival, a sluggish fall movie season seeks a higher gear

Momentum has lately been hard to come by at the movies

At the New York Film Festival, a sluggish fall movie season seeks a higher gear
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment|Videos

Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour is over. But it's coming to movie theaters soon

A documentary chronicling Beyoncé‘s just-concluded 39-city Renaissance World Tour will premiere in North American theaters Dec. 1, AMC Theaters announced Monday

Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour is over. But it's coming to movie theaters soon
Entertainment

With an audacious title and Bowen Yang playing God, ‘Dicks: The Musical’ dares to be gonzo

You don’t expect to see a movie named “Dicks: The Musical” on the marquee and neither did its makers

With an audacious title and Bowen Yang playing God, ‘Dicks: The Musical’ dares to be gonzo
Celebrity|Entertainment

'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour' will be a blockbuster — and might shake up the movie business

Movie theaters are readying for an onslaught like they’ve never seen before beginning Friday when “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” debuts

'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour' will be a blockbuster — and might shake up the movie business
Arts|Entertainment|Europe

Sandra Hüller's burdens of proof, in 'Anatomy of a Fall' and 'Zone of Interest'

Since Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival where it won the Palme d’Or, Sandra Hüller has been dogged by a question: Did she do it

Sandra Hüller's burdens of proof, in 'Anatomy of a Fall' and 'Zone of Interest'
Arts|Entertainment

Raoul Peck's 'Silver Dollar Road' chronicles a Black family's battle to hold onto their land

Raoul Peck's “Silver Dollar Road” chronicles the story of the Reels family in North Carolina

Raoul Peck's 'Silver Dollar Road' chronicles a Black family's battle to hold onto their land
Arts|Entertainment|Lifestyle

Martin Scorsese is still curious — and still awed by the possibilities of cinema

“Killers of the Flower Moon” is an audacious big swing by Martin Scorsese to continue his kind of ambitious, personal filmmaking on the largest scale at a time when such grand, big-screen statements are increasingly a rarity

Martin Scorsese is still curious — and still awed by the possibilities of cinema
Arts|Entertainment|Europe|News

Q&A: Errol Morris on his John le Carré documentary 'The Pigeon Tunnel'

John le Carré, whose birth name was David Cornwell, died in 2020

Q&A: Errol Morris on his John le Carré documentary 'The Pigeon Tunnel'

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