Awards
Los Angeles Times columnist Glenn Whipp wraps up the Telluride Film Festival and talks “Nickel Boys†with Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in his weekly newsletter.
Movies
Director Mohammad Rasoulof is banned at home in Iran but continues to make prize-winning work, including his latest thriller, ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig.’
Entertainment & Arts
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We stuffed as many movies into our Cannes schedules as possible during the last two weeks. Though there was much competition, here’s what stayed with us.
Other major awards were won by Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light†and the actors Jesse Plemons, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and Karla SofÃa Gascón.
The length of standing ovations at film festivals is not a metric of success. Why do we keep pretending they mean anything?
Along with world premieres from Robert Zemeckis and Clint Eastwood, this year’s AFI Fest will showcase many titles that have launched on the festival circuit.
Hillary Clinton, James Carville, Jack Smith and other political figures descended on the Telluride Film Festival this year, lending D.C. star wattage to Q&As.
New movies from Andrea Arnold, Yorgos Lanthimos, Paul Schrader and Zambia’s Rungano Nyoni strayed from expectations, scraping at the feel and texture of dreams.