Every 15 minutes, according to a title at the end of director Anne Fontaine’s latest film, someone on earth plays Maurice Ravel’s “Boléro.” It’s a largely unprovable statement that is nonetheless borne out anecdotally by the familiarity of the tune, which crops up so frequently
A smokescreen blankets the war-torn street. Squadmates eliminated and health dangerously low, you fling your teleportation bracelet toward a distant building and slip away from the firefight. Once inside, you press your body to the front door and pop a regenerative Phoenix Kit, vitality slowly
Denis Lavant, the iconic French actor of Claire Denis’ “Beau Travail” and Leos Carax’ “Holy Motors,” stars in “Redoubt,” the feature debut of rising contemporary artist-turned-director John Skoog. Currently in post, the black-and-white film is produced by Plattform Produktion, the Goteborg-based banner run by two-time
International Film Festival Rotterdam winner and debuting director Toshihiko Tanaka is set to follow “Rei” with “Shumari,” once again set in Japan’s Hokkaido. “Over there, you can find the largest artificial lake in the country. It’s man-made, but it still beautifully harmonizes with the surrounding
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley crashed “Saturday Night Live” on Feb. 3 to taunt Donald Trump (played by James Austin Johnson) in a town hall sketch, but ended up getting schooled by host Ayo Edebiri. Popping up at the end of the sketch, Edebiri posed
Shane Gillis has been set as the host of the Feb. 24 episode of “Saturday Night Live” — a controversial move, as the comedian was cast and swiftly cut from the late-night sketch show in 2019. He will be joined by musical guest 21 Savage.
While hosting “Saturday Night Live” on Feb. 3, Ayo Edebiri acknowledged jokes she made in the past about Jennifer Lopez, who served as the episode’s musical guest. In a game show sketch where Kenan Thompson forced contestants to reckon with their rude social media presences,
A filmmaker with an affinity for the dark, Daniel Espinosa allowed himself to get off track. After attracting global (and Hollywood) attention with 2010 Swedish thriller “Easy Money,” the Chilean-born, Sweden-based director couldn’t resist the lure of making an American studio movie. Or three. Coming