Movies

Albert Finney as Tom Jones in the 1963 movie Tom Jones.

Arts

Albert Finney, Who Played Tom Jones, Daddy Warbucks And Hamlet, Dies At 82

2:47pm February 08, 2019

by Petra Mayer

The renowned British actor was nominated for five Oscars and two Tony Awards, among other prizes. His career spanned six decades, from understudying Laurence Olivier to appearing in a James Bond film.

Penélope Cruz stars as Laura and Javier Bardem as Paco in Asghar Farhadi's Everybody Knows.

Details Make The Difference In 'Everybody Knows' And 'Cold War'

1:41pm February 08, 2019

by John Powers

Cold War's richness comes from being steeped in detail. And it demonstrates what Everybody Knows does not: that the road to the universal begins with the specific.

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Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen On Singing Cowboys And Working With Oxen

1:41pm February 08, 2019

by Terry Gross

The Coen brothers spoke to Fresh Air in November 2018 about The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a Western that often subverts the expectations of the genre. The film is up for three Academy Awards.

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Melvin Gregg as Erick Scott and André Holland as Ray Burke in High Flying Bird, directed by Steven Soderbergh.

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The Business Of Sport Takes Center Stage In Soderbergh's 'High Flying Bird'

5:00am February 08, 2019

by Linda Holmes

A new Netflix film directed by Steven Soderbergh follows a sports agent who's trying to stay afloat and keep his clients happy during an NBA lockout.

A dumpling springs to life in the Oscar-nominated Pixar Studios short Bao.

Arts

The 2019 Animated Short Film Oscar Nominees, Reviewed

5:01pm February 07, 2019

by Andrew Lapin

Four of the five animated-short nominees this year are weepy tales of parent-child relationships; critic Andrew Lapin reviews them all, and picks his favorite.

In The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot, Sam Elliott stars as an esteemed war veteran who helped kill Hitler. Years later, he's on a new mission — to kill Bigfoot.

Arts

Sam Elliott Is 'The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then Bigfoot' — Or Is He?

5:00pm February 07, 2019

by Simon Abrams

First-time writer-director Robert D. Krzykowski's odd, flashback-besotted film is a love letter to its leading man, who plays a World War II veteran struggling to remember his past.

When she gains the power to read men's thoughts, Ali (Taraji P. Henson) gains an edge over her sexist colleagues in What Men Want.

Arts

'What Men Want' Is Found Wanting

5:00pm February 07, 2019

by Scott Tobias

In this update of a 2000 Nancy Meyers hit, Taraji P. Henson is a sports agent who reads men's minds. But gender-flipping the original film weakens the premise — and the humor.

Emmet (Chris Pratt) is tasked with bringing peace to the LEGO universe once again in The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part.

Arts

Everything Is Pretty Good In 'The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part'

1:14pm February 07, 2019

by Glen Weldon

The guileless Emmet (voiced by Chris Pratt) and the fearless Wyldstyle (voiced by Elizabeth Banks) once again team up to save their extruded-plastic universe in a sequel that, mostly, clicks.

'Everybody Knows' Marries Far-Flung Talent To A Story About A Wedding Gone Wrong

4:27pm February 06, 2019

by Bob Mondello

A wedding is disrupted by a kidnapping in Everybody Knows, a film starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, and directed by award-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi of A Separation.

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Science
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Environmental Photographer Focuses On Protecting The Climate — And Its People

1:28pm February 06, 2019

by Dave Davies

The new documentary The Human Element follows James Balog as he captures the places and people affected by the rising oceans, wildfires and air pollution associated with climate change.

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