Jack Egan Sully is the latest film from director Clint Eastwood, who at age 86 is still at the top of his game. The movie is about how veteran commercial airline pilot Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III, played sympathetically by a stiff upper-lipped Tom Hanks, pulled off the “Miracle on the Hudson” in the frigid winter of
HBO’s international hit fantasy/action series Game of Thrones was once again the big winner at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, coming away with a total of 10 statuettes from the two-night event at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Already the biggest Emmy winner for a drama series in Television Academy history, Game of
The well of World War II Nazi movies never seems to run dry, even though the epic conflict ended over 70 years ago. The latest entry is Anthropoid, opening in theaters today. The film is named after the plot to assassinate SS General Reinhard Heydrich, one of Hitler’s top henchmen, known as the Butcher of
In Diary of a Chambermaid, French director Benoît Jacquot renews his collaboration with Léa Seydoux, the stunningly beautiful and brilliant actress whose career has skyrocketed since they first worked together on Farewell My Queen in 2012. Nominated for a Golden Bear at last year’s Berlin Film Festival where it debuted, Diary has just been released
This year’s tumultuous series of presidential primaries is heading into the home stretch. And looming largest of all is the crucial contest in California set for June 7. To spur voter turnout in what has been nicknamed the Big Enchilada primary, because so many delegates are up for grabs, Los Angeles public television station KCET
Presenting Princess Shaw, a stirring new documentary from Israel, is a modern digital fairytale about how the interconnected world of the internet can transform the lives of obscure but talented amateurs into international sensations when their videos suddenly go viral. The film, a Participant Media release, has just opened in select theaters. Magnolia Pictures is
Despite a decades-long deep chill in political relations between the United States and Iran, culture is a different story. In particular, many movies from Iran have been shown and well-received in this country and others. A pinnacle of recognition for Iran’s thriving cinema scene came in 2012, when “The Separation” directed by Asghar Farhadi won
The 7th annual Turner Classics Hollywood Film Festival kicked off on Thursday night with a 40th-anniversary screening of All the President’s Men. Attendees included Gina Lollobrigida, once called the most beautiful woman in the world, still looking bellissima at 87 in a rare visit to Hollywood. Also appearing on the red carpet was Carl Bernstein,