Movies

Zooler (Tomer Kapon) bonds with his grieving neighbor Eyal (Shai Avivi) in One Week and a Day.

Arts

An Israeli Couple Haltingly Navigate Grief Over 'One Week And A Day'

5:00pm April 27, 2017

by Ella Taylor

They've lost their son. The shiva is over. Now, Eyal (Shai Avivi) and Vicky (Jenya Dodina) "veer off on separate tracks of crazed non-coping" says critic Ella Taylor.

Bert Berns (left) and Jerry Wexler (right) wrote The Drifters' "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" in 1964. (But when the music business drove them apart, they did anyway.)

Arts

'BANG! The Bert Berns Story': The Complicated Man Behind 'Twist And Shout'

5:00pm April 27, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

A new documentary examines the short life — and shady business practices — of the songwriter/producer behind hits like "Tell Him," "Here Comes the Night" and "Hang On Sloopy."

Howard and Lillian: A True Hollywood Love Story chronicles the marriage of Lillian and Howard Michelson, who triumphed over challenges that have doomed many Hollywood couples.

Arts

A Behind-The-Scenes Couple Get Star Treatment In 'Harold And Lillian'

5:00pm April 27, 2017

by Scott Tobias

A new documentary charts the long and loving marriage of a production designer and a film researcher; critic Scott Tobias calls it "sublime and inspiring."

Obit profiles the Obituaries desk of The New York Times, where journalists distill whole lifetimes into 800 words.

Arts

The Journalists Who Wring Life Out Of Death: 'Obit'

5:00pm April 27, 2017

by Andrew Lapin

Critic Andrew Lapin says this documentary about the New York Times' Obituaries desk is "a touching inquiry on the nature of public legacy amid the ceaseless march of time."

Books
Arts

For 'New York Times' Obit Writers, 'Death Is Never Solicitous Of A Deadline'

1:52pm April 27, 2017

Bruce Weber and Margalit Fox have written obituaries for thousands of people, ranging from heads of state to the inventor of the Etch-a-Sketch. They are featured in the new documentary Obit.

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Jodie Foster Remembers Her Mentor Jonathan Demme, Who Died At 73

8:50am April 27, 2017

Director Jonathan Demme has died from complications of esophageal cancer. Demme directed Jodie Foster in The Silence of the Lambs, which won 5 Academy Awards including best director and best actress.

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Filmmaker Jonathan Demme, Director Of 'Silence Of The Lambs,' Dies At 73

7:54pm April 26, 2017

by Neda Ulaby

Filmmaker Jonathan Demme died this morning in his New York apartment, of complications from esophageal cancer. He was 73 years old. Demme had the seemingly effortless ability to cross over from big budget Hollywood movies like "Silence of the Lambs" and "Philadelphia" to documentaries about Haiti and rockumentaries about Talking Heads and Neil Young.

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Jonathan Demme speaks with an interviewer at a 25th anniversary showing of The Silence of the Lambs at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City last year.

Jonathan Demme, Director Of 'Silence Of The Lambs,' Dies At 73

3:16pm April 26, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

During more than four decades behind the camera, the Oscar-winning filmmaker forged a wide-ranging career — from documentaries to horror. He died Wednesday from complications of esophageal cancer.

You Got Some Red On You: Anthony Hopkins accepts Spike TV's Scream Legend Award in 2008.

Jonathan Demme And The Simple Power Of The Close-Up

1:26pm April 26, 2017

by Glen Weldon

Demme, who directed 36 feature films and documentaries over the course of his long and varied career, died this morning. He was a filmmaker fascinated by the pure emotional force of the human face.

Scenes from Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992.

5 Films Look At The Los Angeles Riots From (Almost) Every Angle

4:22pm April 25, 2017

by Eric Deggans

The documentaries attempt to complete the picture of what transpired in LA in 1992 after Rodney King was beaten by police, showing how the riots affected a wide swath of Angelenos.

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