Movies Cast A Spell In 'Show People'
Author Michael Newton waxes rhapsodic in his new book about a century of acting, with a special fondness for performances about performance; it's taken for granted how much we love movies.
Arts
Satirical Nazi Film 'Jojo Rabbit' Treats The Viewer Like A Child
For all its good intentions, Jojo Rabbit comes across painfully one-note as comedy, bogus and manipulative as drama and with an archly whimsical visual style that feels like imitation Wes Anderson.
Remembering 'Jackie Brown' Actor Robert Forster
The Oscar-nominated actor, who died Oct. 11, often played police officers and private eyes. "These guys are straight shooters," he said in 2003. "I take the mantle of that and pretend it's me."
'Past Their Prime' At 20? Book Chronicles Attitudes Toward Female Aging In America
Known for the punch of her columns, The New York Times' Gail Collins sprinkles conversational, sardonic asides throughout No Stopping Us Now in an effort to keep the decades-long hike spry.
Who Watches This 'Watchmen?' I Will, And You Should
Showrunner Damon Lindelof's updated twist on a classic graphic novel that turned superheroes into anti-heroes is a bold, compelling HBO revamp centered on racial tensions.
FemFest Brings Bands Together During Domestic Violence Awareness Month
A concert to raise awareness about domestic violence and sexual assault is taking place on Saturday in Winston-Salem.
'Jojo Rabbit,' Your Reich Is Calling
Taika Waititi writes, directs — and stars, as a 10-year-old boy's imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler — in this very silly film about a very serious subject.
Hell Is Other Popeyes: Gorgeous 'The Lighthouse' Sails Into Maritime Madness
An old salt (Willem Dafoe) and his young assistant (Robert Pattinson) descend into a surreal maelstrom of myth and madness as they maintain a lonely lighthouse.
Suburban Satire 'Greener Grass' Offers Surreal, Pastel-Hued Truths
The smiles are all forced and the outfits color-coded in this tale of female one-up-manship. "It's gloriously nonsensical," says our critic, "and yet it reverberates with eerie truth."
A Powerful Tale Of Abuse Survivors Finding Their Voice 'By The Grace Of God'
A director known for lurid psychodrama tackles a French priest-abuse scandal with sensitivity, restraint — and a robust sense of urgency.