Before Weinstein and before Epstein and a myriad lesser-known sexual predators, there was Roger Ailes. The story of the CEO of Fox News and others like him, much discussed in the last few years as illustrations of how the ugly and mighty fall is now brilliantly illustrated in “Bombshell.” Jay Roach gives us the tremendously entertaining story of a watershed moment at Fox, predating the #Metoo ... more >
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NOW SHOWING: BOMBSHELL
Distributed by Lionsgate
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie
Directed by Jay Roach
CANNES FESTIVAL, “The Beguiled”
Based on the 1971 Don Siegel remake
Kirsten Dunst and Nicole Kidman
Directed by Sofia Coppola
*"The Beguiled" has earned Sofia Coppola the BEST DIRECTING award at the 2017 Cannes Festival* Ever since “Marie Antoinette” filmmaker Sofia Coppola has seemed to suffer from indolence, and that was the case again with “The Beguiled,” her new film debuting today in Cannes. I could not get into this movie in spite of its bravura visual palette, its many funny moments and primo cast composed ... more >
CANNES FESTIVAL, “The Killing of a Sacred Deer”
Yorgos Lanthimos is back in Cannes
Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
This film was co-awarded the BEST SCREENPLAY prize (along with Lynne Ramsay for "You were never really here") during the Cannes Festival's closing ceremony on May 28th, 2017) Characters in Yorgos Lanthimos’s movies seem moved by strange spirits and unknown motivations. From the beginning of “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” questions come up: what is the relationship of Dr. Steven Murphy, an ... more >
CANNES FESTIVAL, “How To Talk To Girls at Parties”
An A24 and StudioCanal UK production
Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman
Directed by John Cameron Mitchell
Two men at an Andre Balasz properties hotel step inside an elevator decorated in a gawdy baroque style. One says to the other, “so, Bob, can you tell me about that new John Cameron Mitchell film?” The other responds, “well, Malik, think Romeo and Juliet crossed with ‘Avatar’ meets ‘Hedwig and the angry inch.’ This encounter, one of the subterfuges my mind comes up, sometimes, to help me soldier on ... more >
GRACE OF MONACO TRAILER ADDED
Nicole Kidman performed lead role
It's truly the stuff that dreams are made of. The first images of "Grace of Monaco," a new film directed by Olivier Dahan ("La vie en rose") with the enviable lead role given to Nicole Kidman was released this week. This biopic retraces the life of the princess and movie star as it happened between 1961 and 1962. At that time, a political and financial crisis embroiled France and Monaco together, ... more >
The Paperboy
What happens in Florida ...
Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron and Nicole Kidman
Directed by Lee Daniels
Nicole Kidman pees on Zac Efron to subdue a jellyfish sting in “The Paperboy” and you wish she would do the same thing to subdue perverted, sensationalistic writer-director Lee Daniels (“Precious”). What a load of pointless drivel this all turns out to be. Efron stars as Jack, a college dropout living in the backwater Florida town of Moat County in 1969, who spends much of his lazy life either ... more >