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Homecoming on film: Award-winning Mariupol documentary screened for 1st time in Ukraine

Jun. 04, 2023 04:58 AM EDT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The award-winning film “20 Days in Mariupol” made its premiere in Ukraine on Saturday, when it was seen for the first time by some of the Ukrainian medics and first responders who were chronicled in the documentary about how Russian forces bombed and blasted their way...

What to stream this weekend: Foo Fighters, 'The Idol,' LeBron James and 'American Gladiators' doc

Jun. 01, 2023 19:36 PM EDT

There's new music from Foo Fighters, the buzzy HBO series “The Idol” starring Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd and a documentary about the breakthrough TV show “American Gladiators” among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Among the...

‘Anatomy of a Fall’ wins Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or; 3rd time female director wins top honor

May. 28, 2023 00:55 AM EDT

Justine Triet's “Anatomy of a Fall” won the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in a ceremony Saturday that bestowed the festival's prestigious top prize on an engrossing, rigorously plotted French courtroom drama that puts a marriage on trial. “Anatomy of a Fall,”...

Natalie Portman and Todd Haynes dive into the nature of performance in 'May December' at Cannes

May. 26, 2023 22:21 PM EDT

CANNES, France (AP) — In Todd Haynes' tonally shape-shifting “May December,” the first announcement of the movie's playful intentions comes with a theatrical zoom in, a few lushly melodramatic piano notes and the frightful announcement that there no more hot dogs in the fridge. ...

After a year of long overdue Hollywood love, actor James Hong is still having his moment

May. 26, 2023 17:34 PM EDT

Greeted with a standing ovation at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, James Hong could easily have just basked in the applause and moved on. But for the 94-year-old, the mostly Asian cast of “Everything Everywhere All at Once" winning best cast seemed like an opportunity for a stark reminder that...

Alice Rohrwacher debuts her latest enchantment, 'La Chimera,' at the Cannes Film Festival

May. 26, 2023 12:33 PM EDT

CANNES, France (AP) — To the Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher, “fairy tale” is an often misunderstood concept. For many, it suggests kings and queens, a light kind of fantasy. But Rohrwacher is devoted to — “obsessed with” she says — the tradition of Italian fairy...

Cannes: Alicia Vikander on playing Catherine Parr in Henry VIII drama 'Firebrand'

May. 24, 2023 12:41 PM EDT

CANNES, France (AP) — It's widely know that Henry VIII, the Tudor king, had a particularly grim batting average when it came to matrimony. His litany of wives, of course, are the subject of the current Broadway show, “Six," and many other productions. The wives' succession of...

Wes Anderson on his new '50s-set film 'Asteroid City,' AI and all those TikTok videos

May. 23, 2023 18:22 PM EDT

CANNES, France (AP) — When Wes Anderson comes down from Paris for the Cannes Film Festival in the south of France, he and his actors don't stay in one of Cannes' luxury hotels but more than an hour down the coast and well outside the frenzy of the festival. “When we arrived here...

Pedro Almodóvar rides into the Western in a Cannes short about gay cowboys

May. 23, 2023 14:31 PM EDT

CANNES, France (AP) — “Pedro! Pedro!” shouted the Cannes crowd before Pedro Almodóvar unveiled his latest film, “Strange Way of Life,” a 31-minute Western starring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke as cowboys and former lovers. There's nothing quite like the fervor that greets...

Police: Connecticut man arrested for leading 'street takeovers' including racing and blocking roads

May. 22, 2023 18:26 PM EDT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man was charged Monday with rioting and other crimes after police said he led a series of “street takeovers” across the state over the weekend involving illegal racing and mobs of people blocking roads. State police said they arrested...