One Battle After Another Surges to Oscar Contender Status
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another has quickly climbed to the front of the awards-season conversation, becoming one of the most talked-about films of…
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James Cameron: The Visionary Behind Pandora’s Expanding Universe
For more than four decades, James Cameron has occupied a rarefied space in filmmaking—an artist who marries technical daring with emotional storytelling, a director whose…
A Return to Pandora: What We Know About the New Avatar and How Early Reactions Are Shaping Expectations
The world of Pandora is opening once again. James Cameron’s long-awaited new Avatar film—the third chapter in the sprawling saga he began in 2009—has begun…
Pope Leo XIV to Publish First Full-Length Book, Peace Be With You, in 2026
Pope Leo XIV will release his first full-length book next year, a volume titled Peace Be With You, offering what the Vatican describes as a…
Netflix’s Bid for Warner Bros. Sparks Industry Shock—and a Possible Federal Block
Netflix’s attempt to acquire Warner Bros. has sent a jolt through Hollywood and the global streaming world, instantly raising the question of whether any one…
Tom Stoppard, Playwright of Dazzling Intellect and Deepening Heart, Dies at 88
Tom Stoppard, the playwright whose linguistic acrobatics, philosophical wit, and lifelong devotion to the possibilities of the stage made him one of the most distinctive…
Four More Arrests in Daring Louvre Jewel Heist as Investigation Widens
French authorities have arrested four additional suspects in the widening investigation into the jewel heist at the Louvre, a crime that has gripped Paris for…
In front of or behind the Camera, Emma Thompson Delivers
Emma Thompson has always carried a rare quality on screen: a luminous intelligence that never dims, even when the characters she embodies are bruised, brittle,…
CLAIRE DANES: THE QUIET INTENSITY OF A LIFETIME ON SCREEN
Claire Danes has spent nearly three decades proving that some actors don’t perform emotion so much as inhabit it. From the moment she arrived in…
THE BEAST IN ME: CLAIRE DANES AND MATTHEW RHYS TURN A WRITER’S BLOCK INTO A SLOW-BURN MYSTERY
The Beast in Me opens with a woman who can no longer do the one thing the world believes she was born to do. Claire Danes…