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When the film director Rian Johnson was a child, he picked up the final book that Agatha Christie published before her death, in 1976: "Curtain: Poirot's Last Case." The novel was sitting on a shelf in his grandparents' sprawling home, in Denver. It had a moody black cover that featured an illustration of the mustachioed detective Hercule Poirot. "It felt very adult," Johnson told me recently. "Very creepy."

"The two of us are half-smart so I think the dynamic is we need two of us to just get to a baseline that most people have," Bush joked. "That's right," agreed Howard. "Left brain, right brain, yeah, it's a good point. In all honesty, we are a really good partnership because we trust each other and we share our sense of humor, our sense of storytelling."

Guillermo del Toro fans can save 50% on all of his Criterion Collection movies, including the new Nightmare Alley Special Edition. Released October 28, the four-disc edition of the 2021 neo-noir film is on sale for only $30 (was $60) at Amazon. Criterion's Nightmare Alley remaster includes two different versions of film on 4K UHD Blu-ray and standard Blu-ray, including a black-and-white extended director's cut.

After a tragic loss, college dropout Emily (Zola Grimmer) is desperate for some distance in , the sophomore feature from 22-year-old writer-director Avalon Fast. While her father (Michael Tan) is patient and supportive, the comfort of returning home only seems to make Emily regress into a volatile depression. On a lark of sorts, he suggests that she apply to work as a counselor at a summer camp deep in the Canadian wilderness.

I will be discussing one of those films this Friday, with its director Gabe Polsky. He screens his latest film, "The Man Who Saves the World?" at 7 pm at AMC River East. The film follows international peace activist Patrick McCollum to Colombia, Mexico, Los Angeles and New Mexico on his quest to fulfill an ancient prophecy to unite the Indigenous communities in South America to save the Amazon.

As previously reported, the 1987 action film starring Schwarzenegger was only loosely based on King's novel, preserving the basic concept and very little else in favor of more sci-fi gadgetry and high-octane action. It was a noisy, entertaining romp-and very late '80s-but it lacked King's subtler satirical tone. Wright expressed interest in adapting his own version of The Running Man in 2017, and Paramount greenlit the project four years later.

The opening credits suggest a work of serious intrigue: a view of Earth from outer space zeroes in on the east coast ot the US and zooms into what's revealed to be a large building complex nestled in woodland what we'll soon learn is CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia to a soundtrack of propulsive, thundering percussion. From here, it will

"I said to him that if we did this right, before it was finished, our series would become the most popular half-hour series with the highest ratings on public television. And it did."

Listen closely, and you may hear her coming. There's the distinctive sharp clack of heels on laminate flooring. The sumptuous swish of a silk skirt. You catch words like "bandwidth" and "synergy" wafting down the hall. This is cinema's favourite new antiheroine: the girlboss . Fierce, pristine female workaholics are cropping up everywhere on screens right now. In Yorgos Lanthimos's , in cinemas this month, Emma Stone plays Michelle Fuller,

With Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" on the horizon, Phoenix Theatres is now looking to put in its own 70mm projector at one of its nine locations. Already the theater being converted has newly-added heated recliners, a black box aesthetic, and waterfall curtains, all to make the experience for that very movie and others beyond it unique in the region. "You're offering something that's really extremely unusual. And also, I think it's sought after by a younger clientele who's intensely interested," Hohman told IndieWire.

While Gatwa's character is yet to be revealed, Erivo, best-known as wicked witch of the west Elphaba, will be voicing Jayne Staplegun, a trailblazing fairy whose defiant streak sparks a rebellion. The film, which is currently in production, is being directed by Megan Nicole Dong and Olivier Staphylas. The soundtrack will include songs from Tony-winning duo Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. Isabella Summers, of Florence + The Machine fame, is also involved and KPop Demon Hunters composer Ian Eisendrath, who worked on the first Wicked film, is the executive music producer.

So we shrink down to toy size inAndy's Room from Toy Story, explore the Monster, Inc Scare Floor, race into Flo's Café from Cars to meet Lightning McQueen, visit the Headquarters of Riley's emotions from Inside Out 2, and journey from Coco 's Land of the Living to the Land of the Dead. We're promised each are will have immaculate vibes via beautiful design, exquisite ambient sound, and intriguingly 'specially crafted scents' to ensure each area smells just so (!).

However, one technological aspect of A House of Dynamite less in dispute whether or not you are a nuclear expert is the prominent role mobile phones play in the unfolding crisis. They serve as a touchstone across the film's three-part narrative, helping ordinary viewers more fully enter an extraordinary situation. After all, whether it's an iPhone, Android or other model, everyone has their own hotline now.

Victor's imperious, cold, demanding physician father drums medical science into his son's head, beats him when he makes a mistake, and mistreats the boy's beloved mother, who dies young. Victor blames his father for failing to save his mother's life, and his determination to discover how to conquer death is less a response to grief than a vow to best the older man.

As 2025 nears its end, Lynne Ramsay's is shaping up to be one of the season's most talked-about movies. Not only because of its harrowing depiction of a woman's postpartum experience - but because it's led by two of the 21st century's biggest YA stars-turned-capital-A actors: Jennifer Lawrence of The Hunger Games, and Robert Pattinson of Twilight. The connection came up during the pair's Vanity Fair lie detector interview, after Lawrence confirmed she previously auditioned to be in Twilight.

Consisting of five residential tenements, the area is home to more than 400 tenants, who have created a close-knit multicultural community over the decades. Credit Suisse, whose pension fund owns the building, has other ideas. The people of Brunaupark are served with notices as proposals for partial demolition and new construction get under way. Going from door to door, this documentary forms a vital piece of oral history, bearing witness to the defiance and resilience of those determined to stay.

Travelling with Tony Foster comes with a disclaimer. According to the terms of the contract signed by the British painter's prospective companions: You must have sufficient personal insurance for your body to be flown home in case of fatality. Or, as he warns beforehand: There will be times on this journey when you wish you were absolutely anywhere else. Fortunately, there is an upside to Foster's deep wilderness expeditions in search of the perfect vantage point for a watercolour.

A dusty visual overlay partially obscures crowds of men in the desert, sword-fighting in armor and on horseback. With some wardrobe tweaks, this scene could look like something out of Game of Thrones or Dune. But House of David showrunner Jon Erwin says he didn't have the budget to bring these scenes to life. Instead, he used AI.

Unknowingly, the two have a mutual OG, Slimm, a big-time drug dealer with morals, although he's cheating on his girlfriend, played by Hoopz, the winner of Flavor of Love season one. Eventually, Slimm is mysteriously killed, forcing Boosie and Webbie to come together to carry out his mission of getting rich or something and to find out who did the deed. Most of the second act is about the formation of their friendship, which is strengthened through strip club nights, getting money, cooking crack, and, of course, a makeover montage.

"A few years ago I watched Todd Haynes' documentary about The Velvet Underground," Charli XCX wrote in a note posted to X last week. "As many of you know I'm a huge fan of the band and was really taken by the documentary. One thing that stuck with me was how John Cale described a key sonic requirement of The Velvet Underground. That any song had to be both 'elegant and brutal.'"

Despite the joy Zimri brings Savoy, the fact that Zimri will never meet his grandfather compounds his grief, as does Zimri arriving into this world with serious health complications. So Savoy decided to capture this moment in time in a short documentary, also titled Big Bryce Son. Savoy hosts the documentary's Oakland premiere on Friday, Nov. 14, at Rhythm Section Art Lounge for two screenings at 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Los Angeles, California, is known as a hub of Hollywood glamour and dazzling restaurants, ranging from new classics to old-school dining spots. As one of the nation's largest counties, Los Angeles spans more than 4,000 square miles with prominent productions filmed all over the area. The Santa Clarita Valley is a popular place for filming, given its Old West vibe, plentiful open spaces, and comfortable accommodations. In fact, the Halfway House Cafe is an iconic spot as the setting of a famous 1992 Pepsi commercial.

Directed by The Hunger Games' Gary Ross from a script co-written by Ross and Olivia Milch, Ocean's 8 is pure, unfettered wish fulfillment. It takes what's possibly the girliest special interest, the annual Met Gala, and turns it into a heist for the ages. Sandra Bullock is Debbie Ocean, younger sister to Clooney's Danny Ocean, who followed in his footsteps in every conceivable way.

When Ben tells his parents, (Amy Landecker and Judson Mills), that he wants to talk to them about something-being non-binary-a door is heard being slammed. Ben is next seen barefoot and crying outside. Having been thrown out of his home, he calls his estranged sister, Hannah (Alexandra Daddario), in Raleigh, who takes him in. Her husband, Thomas (Cole Sprouse), helps Ben get settled in a new school, where he meets Nathan (Miles Guttierez-Riley), whom he learns is bi.

In "This Is 40," which premiered Dec. 21, 2012, Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd play Debbie and Pete, a married couple both about to turn 40 while dealing with struggling businesses, parenting two daughters and trying to rediscover a connection in their marriage. I'd been looking forward to seeing the movie for weeks, knowing my husband and I could use a date night with some comic relief, with some way to focus on someone else's marital problems instead of our own.

Wes Anderson fans can save big on the recent Criterion Collection box set featuring 4K UHD remasters of 10 of the auteur filmmaker's movies. The Wes Anderson Archive just launched September 30 with a lofty $500 MSRP, but thanks to the Criterion holiday sale at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, fans can grab The West Anderson Archive for $250. The 50% discount will be available until December 7--unless it sells out before then.

I didn't do any research, so the thing that was really surprising was maybe a month later when I realized she was 89 years old and then I was DMing her. But it was a casual back and forth. She's super with it, and we've become very close in a very touching way - in a way that I think reflects something about her relationship with Peter, actually.

"In Your Dreams," a new animated feature from Netflix, is a colorful movie filled with imaginative sights: a world of living breakfast food, a flying bed, a gigantic sand castle in which the legendary Sandman resides. But like the best children's movies, the actual story is grounded in Earth: The main characters, Stevie (Jolie Hoang-Rappaport) and Elliot (Elias Janssen) are ordinary suburban children whose parents (Simu Liu and Cristin Milioti) are dealing with financial trouble that's straining their marriage.

Lee Tamahori, the New Zealand director of Once Were Warriors and Die Another Day, has died aged 75. In a statement to Radio New Zealand, Tamahori's family said he had Parkinson's and died peacefully at home. They added: His legacy endures with his whanau [family], his mokopuna [grandchild], every film-maker he inspired, every boundary he broke, and every story he told with his genius eye and honest heart.

Once upon a time, Pixar had the kind of winning streak that most companies could only dream of. The studio didn't just maintain a robust production line that won over both critics and crowds, they also managed to change our concept of what animation could achieve as an art form. Radically expansive visuals were matched with surprising, weighty ideas, conjuring the kind of magic that had been largely absent from Disney's output in the years prior.