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New York Film Critics Circle names ‘Tár’ best picture

New York Film Critics Circle names ‘Tár’ best picture

The New York Film Critics Circle has named “ Tár ” as its best picture of the year, with Todd Field’s contemporary drama about a renowned conductor and composer also nabbing best actress for Cate Blanchett’s leading performance .
Director Lindsay MacKay on the health scare that drew her to 'The Swearing Jar'

Director Lindsay MacKay on the health scare that drew her to 'The Swearing Jar'

TORONTO — Hollywood loves a comeback story. But filmmaker Lindsay MacKay is among the rare few who can say that they came back from death.
Review: Will Smith-led 'Emancipation' is an action thriller

Review: Will Smith-led 'Emancipation' is an action thriller

It comes as some relief that Antoine Fuqua's “Emancipation,” starring Will Smith as a runaway slave in Civil War-era Louisiana, is not, at least traditionally speaking, an Oscar movie.
Richard Wagamese's novel 'Ragged Company' secures film adaptation

Richard Wagamese's novel 'Ragged Company' secures film adaptation

WHISTLER, B.C. — Richard Wagamese's novel "Ragged Company" is being turned into a feature film. British Columbia-based Sea to Sky Entertainment and Grinding Halt Films say they have acquired the rights to adapt the book.
Review: Emma Corrin gives us a vibrant new 'Lady Chatterley'

Review: Emma Corrin gives us a vibrant new 'Lady Chatterley'

The lovely and magnetic young actor Emma Corrin certainly has a thing for characters who marry unwisely. We cringed when Corrin’s winsome, affection-starved Diana married Charles in “The Crown,” knowing the heartbreak that lay ahead.
Review: In 'The Inspection,' boot camp from a fresh gaze

Review: In 'The Inspection,' boot camp from a fresh gaze

Elegance Bratton is certainly not the first person to turn to the military to fill a hole in his life. But the filmmaker also knew he had a boot camp story that hadn’t been told a dozen times before.
Review: A haunting ghost story in 'The Eternal Daughter'

Review: A haunting ghost story in 'The Eternal Daughter'

A gentle and mournful spell is cast by Joanna Hogg’s “The Eternal Daughter,” a ghost story where memory is manifested – visited, intruded upon and, finally, made to glow.
Film and TV star Simu Liu to host Juno Awards for second straight year

Film and TV star Simu Liu to host Juno Awards for second straight year

TORONTO — Film star Simu Liu is returning as host of the Juno Awards.
Review: Slice into the holiday spirit with 'Violent Night'

Review: Slice into the holiday spirit with 'Violent Night'

The holiday season is upon us and how better to celebrate than watching Santa slip several pool balls into a Christmas stocking, swing them in the air menacingly and see him cave in someone's face? Such is “Violent Night,” a film that clearly no one
'Everything Everywhere All at Once' wins at Gotham Awards

'Everything Everywhere All at Once' wins at Gotham Awards

NEW YORK (AP) — “Everything Everywhere All at Once" won best feature at the 32nd Gotham Awards on Monday, taking one of the first major prizes of Hollywood's awards season and boosting the Oscar hopes of the anarchic indie hit of the year.