Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'The Young Pope' And 'Hell Or High Water'
On this week's show, HBO explores the Vatican, and two brothers get in a lot of trouble in one of 2016's best-reviewed films.
Movies
Sundance Film Festival Kicks Off In Park City, Utah
The Sundance Film Festival begins Thursday night in Park City, Utah. Some of the themes that have emerged for this year's festival include climate change, Syria and coming-of-age films.
'The Founder': Michael Keaton Brings A Ruthless Ray Kroc To Life, With Relish
As the businessman who built a network of McDonald's franchises while nastily — and gleefully — disenfranchising his business partners, Keaton exudes a sleazy brio.
'The Red Turtle': An Animated Fable Of Humanity, Nature And The Nature Of Humanity
In this wordless film, a man stranded on a tropical island struggles against the forces of nature to leave — until those same forces provide a reason to stay.
Running On Diesel Fumes: 'xXx: Return Of Xander Cage'
A 49-year-old Vin Diesel returns to the hugely unlikely franchise that he and director Rob Cohen launched in 2002. Because sometimes only an "extreme-sports/black-ops squad" can save the world.
In 'Staying Vertical,' A Writer Gets Drawn Into The Sexual Life Of A Small Village
The latest film by writer/director Alain Guiraudie (Stranger by the Lake) is a brutally frank meditation on polymorphous carnality in rural southern France.
How A 1981 Sondheim Flop Turned Out To Be The 'Best Worst Thing'
Most musicals that close after 16 performances barely prompt memories, let alone documentaries. But Merrily We Roll Along rolled along so bizarrely, it became the stuff of Broadway legend.
Female Wrestlers Are Unlikely Heroines Of Bollywood's Biggest Smash
Disney and Bollywood teamed up to make the movie 'Dangal,' based on a real-life wrestling success story.
Remembering Celebrated Indian Actor Om Puri, Star Of 'East Is East'
Puri, who died last Friday in Mumbai, appeared in more than 300 movies, including the British film, My Son the Fanatic. Originally broadcast in 2000.
Hilarity And Hostility Converge In The Family Comedy 'Toni Erdmann'
The German film centers on a prankster father who barges into the life of his business consultant daughter. Critic David Edelstein says Toni Erdmann keeps you guessing — in a good way.