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New this week: Dinosaurs, Def Leppard and 'The Responder'
This weekās new entertainment releases include a new album from Def Leppard, a five-part Apple+ series on dinosaurs and a documentary about the late composer Stephen Sondheim and his musical āCompany.ā.
Zelenskyy opens Cannes Film Festival, links war and cinema
After a canceled 2020 edition and a scaled back gathering last year, the Cannes Film Festival kicked off Tuesday which what organizers hope will be a fully resuscitated French Riviera spectacular.
'Titane' actor Vincent Lindon to lead Cannes jury
A year after starring in the Cannes Film Festival Palme dāOr winner āTitane,ā the French actor Vincent Lindon will preside over the jury that will decide the top prize at this yearās festival.
'Death on the Nile' tops a quiet box office weekend
Hollywoodās Super Bowl weekend largely fizzled with the muted debut of Kenneth Branaghās long-delayed Agatha Christie whodunit, āDeath on the Nile,ā a tepid reception for the Jennifer Lopez romantic-comedy āMarry Meā and modest box-office bumps for Oscar nominees.
Life in chapters in 'The Worst Person in the World'
Last fall, film director Joachim Trier and the actors Renata Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie gathered at a restaurant in midtown New York to talk about why it is that people seem to keep crying during their movie.
āSummer of Soul,ā āDrive My Carā make Oscars shortlist
Documentaries about Julia Child, āBlack Woodstock,ā the pandemic and The Velvet Underground and acclaimed international films like Japanās āDrive My Car,ā Iranās āA Heroā and Norwayās āThe Worst Person in the Worldā just got a little closer to scoring Oscar nominations.
New York film critics name 'Drive My Car' best film of 2021
The New York Film Critics Circle on Friday named āDrive My Car,ā Ryusuke Hamaguchiās three-hour emotional epic and Haruki Murakamiās short story adaptation, the best film of the year.
Toronto Film Festival to open with āDear Evan Hansenā
The adaptation of the Broadway hit and Tony-winner āDear Evan Hansen,ā Edgar Wrightās ā60s London themed āLast Night in Soho,ā and āThe Eyes of Tammy Fayeā are just a few of the major films coming to the Toronto International Film Festival this September.