Netflix took over the Paris in 2019. The single-screen institution remains a pet project for top executives there, and a handy resource for awards-season qualifying runs. Until last week, it also had a veteran curator, with former Museum of the Moving Image program director David Schwartz as manager of theatrical programming. On Wednesday, Schwartz announced that he would leave the Paris at the end of the year. “I want to do something a bit more independent,” he told me this week....

All the major cable news outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News, will be doing 24/7 coverage starting on Tuesday, November 3 and going into the early morning of Wednesday, November 4. Similarly, major broadcast networks like ABC, NBC, and CBS are expected to preempt regular primetime programming to follow and present results. The networks online counterparts will also carry the coverage and analysis. C-SPAN will have live election night coverage from Tuesday at 9 p....

Featuring 30 dancers and filmed in South Pasadena, California, “When the Kids Are Away” required Brooks to use a crane and shut down a street for the first time in her career. Now, two decades later, “In the Heights” showcases scenes with up to 300 dancers; instead of trees in SoCal, the George Washington Bridge frames the NYC spectacle. Brooks and Chu honed their collaboration with other musically themed projects, most notably the feature “Jem and the Holograms” and the reality TV series “The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers....

Over the next two years, Intel Studios recorded a music video for VR evangelist Reggie Watts, and partnered with Paramount on an ambitious promotional video for the 40th anniversary of “Grease.” They were entertaining projects, but Intel Studios director Diego Prilusky said the company has grander ambitions. “VR is a window that allows you to get into an alternative dimension,” Prilusky said. “I know that sound a little sci-fi. But we should very soon be in a position where technology is not the main conversation when it comes to the experience itself… The technology is not the reason to be here....

It might seem like the new kid on the block but Facebook Portal and Portal+ have been around for a few years, although they underwent a revamp to improve on some of the design and functional shortcomings (more on that later). Below, are a few things that you need to know about the Portal, from pricing to sizing options and user reviews. What Is Facebook Portal? Facebook Portal aims to provide a deeper user experience that is “designed to help you feel closer” to family and friends....

For those unfamiliar with Matías Piñeiro’s beguiling series of post-modern Shakespeare riffs, “Isabella” probably isn’t the best place to start. Another sensual and freeform meditation on the subjectivity of the Bard’s women and the actresses who play them, the Argentinian filmmaker’s latest isn’t any more abstract than its predecessors “Viola,” “Hermia & Helena,” and “The Princess of France” (though it certainly isn’t any more accessible), but its inviting lushness and color are offset by a sense of finality, as if Piñeiro is reaching the end of a decade-long infatuation and looking for the strength to pull the ripcord....

Two of the facility’s most high profile inmates are filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, who have been imprisoned for their criticisms of the Iranian government. Rasoulof was arrested in July following a series of provocative social media posts. That led Panahi to visit a prison to inquire about his fellow filmmaker’s sentence, only to find himself arrested and sentenced to six years in prison for doing so. In a new interview with Radio Farda, the Iranian branch of Radio Free Europe, Panahi’s wife, Tahira Saeedi, spoke about what the filmmakers endured during the fire....

Born in 1940 in the Bronx, Caan entered Hollywood on the strength of his good looks before it became clear he was a serious actor. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Germany, and he initially crossed paths with Coppola while they were both students at Long Island’s Hofstra University. There, he became interested in acting and ultimately transferred to New York City’s Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. He appeared in Off-Broadway plays and TV bit parts before making his debut in the 1963 Billy Wilder film “Irma La Douce....

To translate: “Let’s talk about the Spanish minorities,” Bardem said during a February 8 press conference in Madrid to discuss the nomination. “How many Spanish characters exist in international cinema? None. There are Latin American characters. I know what I’m talking about when I talk about minorities. And we need to support minorities, but we also have to support those of us who are minorities as well, faced with representing other minorities....

Bridges, who last starred in 2018’s “Bad Times at the El Royale” and will next be seen starring in the FX on Hulu series “The Old Man,” also added, “I’m profoundly grateful for the love and support from my family and friends. Thank you for your prayers and well wishes. And, while I have you, please remember to go vote. Because we are all in this together.” He then urged fans to head to Vote....

But while most of Hollywood has had strong words about the decision, one Oscar nominee is matching hers with actions. Jessica Chastain, who is nominated for Best Actress for her role in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” has announced that she is willing to miss out on the red carpet in order to be with her film’s makeup team when their category is announced. Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news!...

During the February 8 episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” the former Oscar host shared his disbelief at the “Spider-Man” snub. “The biggest snub in my opinion, and I am actually even angry about this I am embarrassed to say, is the unforgivable omission of ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home?,’” Kimmel said. “How did [‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’] not get one of the 10 nominations for Best Picture?” Kimmel said. “Forget the fact that the movie made $750 million [in the U....

“I’ll be honest with you here,” Phoenix said. “I did not want to get up anywhere and do anything. I was not excited about the opportunity. It’s just not who I am. I was full of fear.” Phoenix’s Oscar speech had less to do with “Joker” and more to do with fighting for animal rights, which is the main reason his speech went viral on social media. “We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow,” the actor memorably said while accepting the Oscar, “and when she gives birth we steal her baby, even though her cries of anguish are unmistakable, and then we take her milk that’s intended for her calf and we put it in our coffee and our cereal....

Per Deadline: “‘Kitbag’ is an original and personal look at Napoleon’s origins and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of his addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine. The intention of the film is to capture Napoleon’s famous battles, relentless ambition, and astounding strategic mind as an extraordinary military leader and war visionary.” “Kitbag” joins Mike Mills’ “C’mon C’mon” on Phoenix’s slate of films following his Oscar-winning turn in “Joker....

During my ’80s stint at Film Comment Magazine, we published several directors’ guilty pleasures, from Michael Powell to Stephen King, as well as John Waters’ list of high-end art films, which included both Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Teorema” and Woody Allen’s “Interiors.” The latest entry to my guilty pleasures list is Bronx-born playwright John Patrick Shanley’s “Wild Mountain Thyme,” a sublimely over-the-top, candy-cane romance that makes no sense whatsoever. It’s possible to imagine that a canny mainstream Hollywood director like Norman Jewison could have transformed Shanley’s adaptation of his 2014 Tony-nominated play “Outside Mullingar” (written after he turned 60 and inspired by his family’s farm in County Mayo) into something as wondrous as Shanley’s 1988 Oscar-winning “Moonstruck,” one of the most popular movies watched at home during the pandemic....

According to The New York Times, Powell died on October 26 from cardiac arrest at her home in Olivebridge, New York. Powell came to prominence in 2002 when she started the Julie/Julia Project, a blog hosted on Salon.com chronicling her attempts to make all 524 recipes in Child’s influential cookbook “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” over one year. In addition to focusing on her struggles to find the correct ingredients and master the recipes as an untrained chef, the blog also saw Powell explore her frustrations with her job as an administrative assistant and her attempts to find direction in her life....

The “Crimes of the Future” star revealed she is “scarily excited” to formally announce the “most gayest, most funnest, most titillating queer ghost-hunting show ever” in partnership with “Queer Eye” production company Scout. Watch the video below. Stewart shared a special Instagram casting call video for “most incredible LGBTQ+ ghost hunters, paranormal specialists, mediums, psychics, investigators who will lead the pack on this super-gay ghost-hunting adventure” in the upcoming reality series....

The late “Will & Grace” star and Emmy winner passed away at age 67. TMZ first reported the news. Jordan allegedly suffered a medical emergency and crashed his car into the side of a building in Hollywood, California on the way to set for “Call Me Kat.” “The world is definitely a much darker place today without the love and light of Leslie Jordan,” a statement from Jordan’s representative said....

Lisa Kudrow revealed during a recent Daily Beast interview that despite fan hopes and internal conversations with series co-creator Michael Patrick King, the HBO cult favorite “The Comeback” is unlikely to get a Season 3. “I don’t think we’re gonna make it! Not make it ever, but I don’t think we’re gonna make it in nine years,” Kudrow said. “We also don’t know if HBO wants it, by the way....