Bloody Escape -Jigoku no Tōsōgeki- is a film of tremendous highs and lows on nearly every level. On the one hand, its world is wonderfully over-the-top....
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Alexander Payne’s latest movie, The Holdovers, which opens throughout Israel on February 8, is getting major Oscar buzz and it’s the kind of character-driven, low-key...
Jon Stewart will make his much anticipated return to “The Daily Show” on Monday night — a weekly hosting gig he will continue through the election...
Shingo Matsamura’s gripping drama “The Lump In My Heart” about a student who is challenged by a life-changing diagnosis is based on a script adapted from...
The big day is finally here: This Swiftie has made it to the Super Bowl. I’ve spent the week in Las Vegas tracking all things Travis...
Beautiful, meaningful but also too arty Patiparn Boontarig studied film and photography at Thammasat University in Thailand and completed the Asian Film Academy at the Busan...
Cher, Mariah Carey, Sade, Oasis, Lenny Kravitz and the late Sinéad O’Connor are among the acts nominated for the first time for induction into the Rock...
Whereas his early films such as “Pushing Hands” and “The Wedding Banquet” often touch upon the crossroads between modernity and tradition, Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee found...
Social media is awash with stupidity, cruelty and wrongheaded political opinions passed off as deep thoughts and intellectual acuity. Three years ago, the actor Gina Carano,...