‘The Clan’ is a gripping thriller about a Argentine crime family
Swift, confident, and exceptionally nasty, this Argentine film bears roughly the same relationship to the Martin Scorsese of “Goodfellas” that Brian De Palma does to, well, all of Hitchcock. Restless...
View Article‘The Queen’ director turns his attention to lying Lance Armstrong
How does one go from idealistic athlete to doping cheat? In my mind, it’s a dramatic, soul-shattering moment — but “The Program,” adapted from a book by Irish journalist David Walsh, envisions just how...
View ArticleMoving ‘Fireworks Wednesday’ depicts a troubled marriage
Director Asghar Farhadi’s early film, made in Iran in 2006, is another tale of class divisions, fractured families and lies that spider outward like cracks in a windshield. The title refers to the...
View Article‘Preppie Connection’ is a tired teen retread
For a working-class boy on scholarship at an elite private school, fitting in can be a challenge. In “The Preppie Connection,” Toby finds the answers lie in studying GQ magazine, kitting himself out in...
View ArticleWorthless new ‘Divergent’ chapter is a slog set at an airport
Just when Donald Trump has turned the walled city of future Chicago from “Divergent” into an accidental political metaphor, Shailene Woodley’s Chosen One of this interminable young-adult saga packs up...
View ArticleMarcia Clark doesn’t want to talk about her romance with Christopher Darden
FX’s miniseries “The People v. O.J. Simpson” has kept fairly true to the historical facts of the famous trial, but the one thing viewers really want to know is, did prosecutors Marcia Clark and...
View ArticleReboots, remakes, spinoffs — Here’s what Hollywood means by these BS terms
Has sequel become a dirty word in Hollywood? Sure seems that way, as producers, directors and studios bend over backwards to frame follow-up films in more, well, “creative” ways. After all, a sequel...
View ArticleThe sheriff from ‘Deadwood’ is a country rocker off-Broadway
Timothy Olyphant hadn’t done theater in 20 years when the script for “Hold On to Me Darling” landed on his desk. “Right off the bat I knew it was both crazy-funny and serious as a heart attack,” he...
View Article‘She Loves Me’ and ‘The Robber Bridegroom’ prove old shows rock
A musical doesn’t have to be perfect to delight. Cutting-edge is overrated, too: Just give us well-crafted material and a starry cast that knows exactly what it’s doing. Exhibit A and B are the...
View ArticleA stroke at 34 opened up my brain to a whole new world
As a teenager, London-based filmmaker Lotje Sodderland was a fan of “Twin Peaks.” But she never expected to find herself living in a dimension as surreal as the David Lynch TV series — or becoming...
View ArticleThis gospel singer is a former porn addict — and Kanye’s newest sidekick
Kanye collaborator Kirk Franklin plays the Kings Theatre on Tuesday.Photo: Christian Lantry courtesy of RCA Inspiration Kanye is not me. I am not him. He is my brother I am proud to do life with. No...
View Article‘Hamilton’ star’s secret health struggle
Javier Muñoz plays Alexander Hamilton on Sundays.Photo: Josh Lehrer It’s the rare star who covers for his own understudy. But Lin-Manuel Miranda did just that when Javier Muñoz, his alternate in...
View ArticleGetting divorced was the best thing that ever happened to Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani opens up about her breakup with Bush leading man Gavin Rossdale, to whom she had been married for 13 years.Photo: Jamie Nelson Last summer, Gwen Stefani drove from her Beverly Hills,...
View ArticleNora Ephron’s son: My mom ‘whacked’ a lot of people
Nora Ephron with her son Jacob Bernstein a year before her 2012 death. He’s made a documentary about her.Photo: Patrick McMullan/AP “In writing it funny, she won.” So says “Heartburn” director Mike...
View ArticleTaylor Swift videos get more viewers than most TV shows
It’s enough to make MTV consider showing music videos again. Research commissioned by online music-video provider Vevo has found that new clips from top artists often attract more eyeballs than some TV...
View ArticleMelissa McCarthy says she’s definitely not coming back for that ‘Gilmore...
Looks like Sookie won’t be coming back to Stars Hollow. When asked about Netflix’s “Gilmore Girls” revival, Melissa McCarthy definitively told “Entertainment Tonight” this week, “I am not doing it.”...
View ArticlePrince announces he’s writing an ‘unconventional’ memoir
You’ve heard of purple rain, but now it’s time to get ready for some purple prose. With his career now spanning four decades, Prince announced on Friday that he is finally writing his memoir. The...
View Article‘Empire’s return can’t come soon enough
Cookie Lyon (Taraji P. Henson) makes a grand entrance in the March 30 spring premiere.Photo: Chuck Hodes/FOX “Empire” finally returns March 30 for the second half of its second season — and it looks...
View ArticleThe Met has gone totally hipster
Photo: Ed Lederman Oh, what a difference a da Vinci makes — and a Rembrandt, a Michelangelo and a van Gogh. A whole who’s who of old masters and impressionists is hanging on the walls of the old...
View ArticleHow a 300-year-old violin saved dozens from the Holocaust
It was prized, stolen and disguised — after helping its owner and Albert Einstein spirit dozens of musicians out of Hitler’s Germany. No wonder Joshua Bell cherishes the 300-year-old Stradivarius...
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