Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Movies

Oscar Time for Renee Zellweger: She Has Us at “Hello” Playing Judy Garland in Unsparing New “Judy” BioPic

There have been other biopics of actresses with tragic lives in recent years. Annette Bening did a wonderful job playing Gloria Grahame last year...

Oscar Docs: Famed Cancer Researcher Jim Allison Gets His Own Movie, Was Honored this Summer at Mike Milken’s Cancer Fundraiser in the Hamptons

Summer in the Hamptons is over, for 2019. There were so many events it was impossible to keep count. Most interesting was Mike Milken's Mike...

After 20 Years, Documentary about Mysterious Late Designer Yves St. Laurent and Partner Pierre Berge Finally Set for Release

Twenty one years ago, in 1998, French filmmaker Olivier Meyrou filmed Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge for a documentary that was...

“It: Chapter Two” Gets Huge 85 on Rotten Tomatoes, Set for Massive Opening Weekend of $100 Million or More

Warner Bros.' uneasy summer of 2019 is over. Now the fun begins. "It: Chapter Two" reviews are in, and they are very, very strong. The...

John Travolta Hits All Time Low with “The Fanatic” Set to Make Less Than $10,000 This (Three Day) Weekend

I told you last week that John Travolta, king of the B and C movies, was heading toward a big disaster with "The Fanatic." Well,...

Review: Woody Allen’s Charming, Witty, Sweet “Rainy Day in New York” Features Wonderful Performances from Timothee Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Selena Gomez and Cherry Jones

Woody Allen's "Rainy Day in New York" opens the Deauville Film Festival next Friday. It opens around the world this fall, but still has...

Five Time Billionaire Sheldon Solow Closes Not ONE But Two Famous New York Movie Theatres, the Paris and the Beekman

So you're a billionaire, you don't care about movies or culture, just rent. That would be Sheldon Solow, worth five billion dollars. He's shut down...

Telluride Film Festival Announces List: Includes Toronto and Venice Choices “Aeronauts,” “Hidden Life,” “Two Popes,” “Marriage Story,” and Michael Apted’s “63 Up”

We are now in full festival swing. Venice has begun, and tonight so does Telluride. The latter fest is a pricey confab for those...