'It Was Just an Accident' was secretly shot in Iran and won big at Cannes. Now it's an Oscars contender.

Director Jafar Panahi spoke with NBC News about how his time in prison shaped his new film, which debuted in limited release ...

I watch movies for a living — here's the 5 best I’ve seen in 2025 and where to stream them now

After seeing countless movies in theatres this year, these are the ones that stand out as my personal favorites and deserve ...

Mark Wahlberg’s Underrated War Thriller From ‘American Primeval’ Director Gets Overtaken by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Oscar-Contender

Leonardo DiCaprio's One Battle After Another is still trudging along at the box office, now beating Mark Wahlberg's ...

The next major film studios could be in Nevada if some unions have their way

Trade unions in Nevada want the state to offer tax incentives to major film studios to bring more movie making to the Vegas ...

This HBO Mini-Series Gets Rural America Right

Since the first election of President Trump, Hollywood has fretted about portraying rural and red state Americans. Some new ...

Clint Eastwood’s Uncomfortably Timely Political Drama About a Corrupt U.S. President Is a Streaming Hit in America

Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman's Absolute Power is a surprise streaming hit in America. Find out where to watch the political drama.

What did Jafar Panahi Do After Prison in Iran? He Kept Making Movies.

During filming, the authorities discovered “It Was Just an Accident.” But a French producer had been engaged to finish this ...

Kathryn Bigelow’s Warning to America

These three sentences—spoken by a U.S. Army officer in Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, A House of Dynamite —are said quietly and ...

America in Major and Minor Keys: Ragtime Returns

Even America has an end. Ragtime, with its thudding sentimentality, is not a truly great musical, but deBessonet has enough ...

Jackie Burch, ‘Sixteen Candles’ and ‘Die Hard’ Casting Director, Dies at 74

The Emmy nominee is credited for launching the careers of action heroes like Bruce Willis into big-screen stardom ...

The unthinkable comes to life in Kathryn Bigelow’s tensely calibrated ‘A House of Dynamite’

"The Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow orchestrates an ominous sense of dread in an apocalyptic procedural co-starring ...
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‘One Battle After Another,’ With Its Thriller Vision of Authoritarianism, Is the Rare Movie That Could Rule the Cultural Conversation

Paul Thomas Anderson's wild swing of a movie connects with the moment we’re in like nothing you’ve seen. Let’s be clear about why that could happen. “One Battle After Another” is a movie that connects ...