Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024

A look at notable facts, figures and curiosities from Tuesday's nominations for the 96th Academy Awards, which saw "Oppenheimer" lead with 13 Oscar nominations, with "Poor Things" and "Killers of the Flower Moon" also running up big numbers.

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Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024

For filmmaker Issa López, the first question was where?

"The moment I understood it was the Arctic, everything started falling into place," the director of "True Detective: Night Country" told reporters in Mexico City ahead of Sunday's premiere on HBO and HBO Max. All six episodes were...

Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023

Filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin have given audiences thrilling and sometimes terrifying front-row seats to incredible feats of human ambition in their documentary work.

From Alex Honnold's white-knuckle climb up Yosemite's El Capitan in the Oscar-winning " Free Solo "...

Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023

In "Nyad," there are two feats of perseverance on display. First, there is the ceaseless determination of Diana Nyad (Annette Bening) to accomplish a marathon swim from Cuba to Florida across 103 miles of open, shark-infested waters. Then there is the mettle of Nyad's support team to tolerate...

Wednesday, Jul. 7, 2021

"I got one thing to say before I sit down," said Spike Lee during the Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony. "I wish I could speak French like Jodie Foster!"

In the first two days of Cannes, one thing everyone can agree on is that Jodie Foster really speaks terrific French. On Tuesday,...

Monday, Jun. 4, 2018

Writer-director Drew Pearce hadn't even sent out the script for his futuristic, hospital-for-criminals thriller "Hotel Artemis" when Jodie Foster called asking to be part of it.

Foster said she's done that quite a few times: It's a strategy for finding the best roles. The 55-year-old...

Thursday, May. 12, 2016

George Clooney plays a Jim Cramer-like television personality who's forced to grow a conscience when a disgruntled viewer holds him hostage on live TV in "Money Monster," a serviceable, if slight, real time thriller from director Jodie Foster.

Clooney's character Lee Gates is one of those...

Tuesday, May. 10, 2016

The first time Jodie Foster came to the Cannes Film Festival, she did so as a co-star in Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver," and as a wide-eyed 13-year-old, soaking in the spectacle. "Taxi Driver" would go on to win the festival's prestigious Palme d'Or.

"It was kind of like Mr. Toad's wild...

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