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"Parasite" director Bong Joon Ho will preside over the main jury of the 78th Venice Film Festival in September, marking the first time a South Korean director has been picked as the top juror.
While nearly every movie has been delayed in wake of the pandemic, Warner Bros. has taken the unusual step of releasing “Godzilla vs. Kong” two months earlier than expected. The legendary monsters…
On Jan. 20, stars and musicians are coming together to celebrate the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. These virtual events, featuring Tom Hanks, Lady…
Kate Winslet discusses the early parts of her career, her work in Neon's "Ammonite" and hearing her name on "Schitt's Creek."
Season 2 of The CW's "Batwoman" has Ruby Rose pass the torch to Javicia Leslie, but Kate Kane is still an overwhelming presence.
The two driving forces behind "30 Rock" have taken an intriguing premise and a setting rich with possibility, and made a wince of a sitcom.
In a Martin Scorsese-directed documentary series, the New York City social fixture Fran Lebowitz talks, and talks.
PBS Masterpiece's new "All Creatures Great and Small," starring Samuel West and Diana Rigg, makes smart adjustments to the franchise.
In Doug Liman's up-to-the-minute pandemic drama, a London couple finds plotting a heist is the best way to keep from going COVID-19 crazy.
Liam Neeson saves a Mexican boy from cartel slaughter in one of those bonding-with-a-kid movies that's mostly boilerplate.
Jodie Foster plays a lawyer determined to defend a suspected terrorist subjected to "special" interrogation techniques at Guantanamo.
Sam Pollard's film vividly captures how the FBI used the great Civil Rights leader's private life to try to destroy him.
Eminem stays within his comfort zone, for better and for worse, on "Music to Be Murdered By – Side B," his second album release in 2020.
Paul McCartney returns to the idea of a true solo album with "McCartney III," a quarantine record where DIY randomness is part of the charm.
Taylor Swift's "Evermore" is an even more boldly acoustic and subdued companion piece to "Folklore" — and it's no sloppy seconds.
Shawn Mendes can't sound much bigger than he does on "Wonder" without going full Adele, so what might come next is wide open.
Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen's riotous West End comedy "The Comeback" is a triumph, but London theater closures stopped it in its tracks.
Starring "Hamilton's" Michael Balogun and performed on the eve of England's second lockdown, the play is sure to be seen again.
This smart revival of Jason Robert Brown's musical plays in a London theater cleverly redesigned for COVID-era safety.
Kristin Scott Thomas and Rochenda Sandall headline two Alan Bennett monologues, which even under social distance pack a punch.
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