November 9, 2021

How a 55-Year-Old California Teacher Became a Bollywood Actor

Richard Klein left behind his life as a Hebrew day school teacher in California and became an actor in Mumbai, often playing a “mean British officer.” […]
November 3, 2021

Gucci Makes a Hollywood Entrance

LOS ANGELES — On election night in America, in the shadow of Grauman’s Chinese Theater and amid the panting anticipation for Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci” […]
October 30, 2021

Why the Vampire Myth Won’t Die

Have you heard that the Covid vaccine turns you into a vampiric monster — and that the proof is right there in the 2007 Will Smith […]
October 30, 2021

Their Family Movie Nights Can Get a Little Bloody

How a 17-year-old model, her sister and parents began making horror films on their compound in the Catskills. ROSCOE, N.Y. — Sitting on a red velvet […]
July 9, 2021

A Couture Horror Story at Maison Margiela

John Galliano makes a movie, and so does Kim Jones at Fendi. Pass the popcorn. PARIS — Well, that was a plot twist no one could […]
July 7, 2021

The Cannes Film Festival Is Back, Lavish and Maskless (Despite the Rules)

The opening-night ceremony included a five-minute standing ovation for the Adam Driver-Marion Cotillard musical “Annette.” CANNES, France — Maggie Gyllenhaal’s eyes widened. It had been 15 […]
June 10, 2021

‘In the Heights’ Premiere Celebrates the Neighborhood That Started It All

As throngs of residents watched, the stars of the movie, set in Washington Heights, walked a sunny yellow carpet outside the United Palace. At the Plaza […]
June 9, 2021

The Tribeca Festival Is Back, Happy to Restart Along With the City

The annual event, which has dropped “film” from its name, began after 9/11, as part of New York City’s comeback. Can it stage an encore this […]
May 27, 2021

Colman Domingo’s Crooked Summer

Colman Domingo — actor, playwright, dramaturge, producer, professor and the fella who showed up to this year’s Oscars in a hot pink sequined Versace suit — […]
May 27, 2021

‘Cruella’ Lets Emma Stone Be Bad, and That Feels Awfully Good

With “Cruella” and other recent projects, the Oscar winner is drawn to playing an antiheroine: “There’s something so freeing about it,” she says. Sure, Emma Stone […]