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When a Tale of Migration Is Not Just Fiction
Mongo 18 May 2024
When the director and crew of “Io Capitano” toured Senegal with their acclaimed movie, audiences responded with their life stories.
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‘Megalopolis’ Premieres at Cannes: First Reaction
Mongo 17 May 2024
Francis Ford Coppola’s first movie in more than a decade reveals a filmmaker not content to rest on his laurels.
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Samm-Art Williams, Playwright, Producer and Actor, Dies at 78
Mongo 16 May 2024
He challenged racial barriers in Hollywood, was a producer of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and earned a Tony nomination for “Home,” a paean...
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‘Babes’ Review: Adulting, With Babies
Mongo 16 May 2024
Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau star in Pamela Adlon’s pregnancy comedy, but it never quite lands.
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‘Death Becomes Her’ Musical to Open on Broadway This Fall
Mongo 15 May 2024
The musical comedy, which is now running in Chicago, stars Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard. It is based on the 1992 film.
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Emcee Squared: Joel Grey and Eddie Redmayne on ‘Cabaret’
Mongo 15 May 2024
When two actors who have played the Emcee several times finally met, they discussed fear, courage and Berlin’s bawdiest nightclub.
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Iranian Film Director Mohammad Rasoulof Flees Country After Jail Sentence
Mongo 14 May 2024
Mohammad Rasoulof, known for the award-winning “There Is No Evil,” had been barred from leaving Iran after his work criticized the country’s...
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Black Satire Is Having Its Hollywood Moment, but Something Is Missing
Mongo 14 May 2024
Recent releases like “American Fiction” and “The American Society of Magical Negroes” have used absurdist humor to examine race. But they ha...
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Cannes Film Festival: 5 Things to Look For
Mongo 13 May 2024
With the most prestigious festival in the world starting Tuesday, here are the movies, artists and events we’ll be keeping an eye on.
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Anya Taylor-Joy Went Through the Wringer for ‘Furiosa’
Mongo 12 May 2024
Playing the title character in “Furiosa,” the 28-year-old star says, “I’ve never been more alone than making that movie.”
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Roger Corman, Producer of Low-Budget Horror Films, Dies at 98
Mongo 12 May 2024
He had hundreds of horror, science fiction and crime films to his credit. He also helped start the careers of Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford ...
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What Ethan Hawke’s ‘Wildcat’ Gets Right About Flannery O’Connor
Mongo 11 May 2024
Those familiar with her menagerie of grotesques, her views of Southern society, her tortured faith and inner contradictions will get what hi...
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‘Poolman’ Review: In the Sun Too Long
Mongo 10 May 2024
Chris Pine’s shaggy debut feature has a charismatic cast that rambles along with him on a Los Angeles detective adventure.
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‘Aggro Dr1ft’ Review: Glow-Stick Dreams and Thermal Nightmares
Mongo 09 May 2024
Harmony Korine (“Spring Breakers”) parties too hard in this fusion of feature filmmaking and video game.
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Andy Serkis and Owen Teague on ‘Planet of the Apes’ Franchise
Mongo 09 May 2024
A conversation with Serkis, the star of the earlier films in the “Planet of the Apes” franchise, and Teague, the lead of the latest film, “K...
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‘Gasoline Rainbow’ Review: We’re on a Ride to Nowhere
Mongo 09 May 2024
This semi-fictional tale of a road trip for weirdos is full of joy.
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Disney, Hulu and Max Streaming Bundle Will Soon Become Available
Mongo 08 May 2024
The offering from Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery shows how rival companies are willing to work together to navigate an uncertain entertai...
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‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Review: Hail, Caesar
Mongo 08 May 2024
The latest installment in an excellent series finds mythology turning into power.
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‘Time of the Heathen’: Postwar Life and Death, an American Tale
Mongo 08 May 2024
Newly excavated and restored, Peter Kass’s 1961 movie, full of trippy distortions and grim associations, gets its first New York run at Film...
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Robert Downey Jr. to Make Broadway Debut in Ayad Akhtar Play
Mongo 07 May 2024
The Oscar-winning actor will star as an A.I.-curious author in “McNeal,” starting performances in September at Lincoln Center Theater.
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