Movie & TV News

September 30, 2020

New Steinem biopic shines light on a sisterhood of activists

Among the pithy quips attributed to Gloria Steinem over the years is this reply to why she wasn't interested in getting ...

September 30, 2020

Review: In 'Dick Johnson Is Dead,' a celebration of life

Kirsten Johnson's last film, the autobiographical collage “Cameraperson," was an astonishing compendium of what she, as a ...

September 30, 2020

James Meredith film weighs 'complicated' civil rights figure

A new documentary is diving into the complicated, and sometimes contradictory life of James Meredith, a Black civil rights ...

September 29, 2020

Bereft of scripted shows, opening week ratings down for TV

The surest sign of how the coronavirus shutdown has devastated the television industry is the fourth-place finish of CBS in ...

September 29, 2020

Review: A smart portrait of a living legend in ‘The Glorias'

Gloria Steinem is always in conversation with herself in “ The Glorias,” a sprawling and thoughtful biopic of the writer and ...

September 29, 2020

Barry Jenkins to direct 'Lion King' follow-up

The Walt Disney Co. will make a follow-up to the 2019 live-action “The Lion King,” with Barry Jenkins, the director of the ...

September 29, 2020

New this week: Mariah Carey, Gloria Steinem & 'South Park'

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services ...

September 27, 2020

'Beginning' triumphs at San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain

Georgian writer-director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s first feature film “Beginning” triumphed at Spain’s San Sebastian ...

September 26, 2020

Armani, Ferragamo premiere short films at Milan Fashion Week

To show or not to show: Each Milan fashion house had to make a difficult decision how to reach the fashion public this season ...

September 24, 2020

British Academy Film Awards change rules to boost diversity

Britain’s film academy is shaking up its membership and its awards voting rules in a review prompted by the glaring lack of ...

September 24, 2020

Turner Sports expands rights deal with MLB through 2028

Turner Sports will continue broadcasting Major League Baseball after agreeing to an extension of rights through the 2028 ...

September 24, 2020

Sayers, Piccolo friendship lives on in 'Brian's Song'

When Chicago Bears teammates Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo became roommates in 1967, the first time NFL players of different ...

September 23, 2020

Actor Ryan Reynolds looking to invest in Welsh soccer club

Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney could be making an unlikely foray into the soccer business. Wrexham, a Welsh ...

September 23, 2020

Disney delays 'Black Widow,' Spielberg's 'West Side Story'

The Walt Disney Co. has further postponed its next mega-movies from Marvel, including “Black Widow,” while also postponing ...

September 23, 2020

Miranda July dreams up a con family in ‘Kajillionaire’

Miranda July doesn’t seem to have fair-weather fans. There are those who are obsessed. And there are those who don’t know who ...

September 22, 2020

Review: In July's 'Kajillionaire,' growing up a grifter

We've been blessed, of late, with excellent movies about families of grifters. There was Hirokazu Kore-eda's gloriously ...

September 22, 2020

Review: Millie Bobby Brown has fun with ‘Enola Holmes’

There is a long, questionable and occasionally successful tradition of spinning off iconic literary and film characters ...

September 22, 2020

New this week: 'Enola Holmes,' Public Enemy and Bonnaroo

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services ...

September 21, 2020

Review: 'Agents of Chaos,' from Russia, but not with love

Let's take a trip back in American history, but not too way back. To a time not that unfamiliar — the last presidential ...

September 21, 2020

Israeli and Emirati film industries to cooperate after deal

Film agencies in Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced an agreement Monday to collaborate on television production, ...