Movies

Stadium 9 to reopen movie screens Friday

Theater to offer ‘Comeback Classics’ until new films are released

June 24, 2020

Scaled-down Toronto Film Festival plans virtual red carpets

The Toronto International Film Festival, one of the leading launching pads for fall movies and Oscar contenders, announced plans for…

June 24, 2020

Arts and Entertainment

New this week: ‘Clemency,’ ‘Doctor Sleep’

Movies “Clemency.” Alfre Woodard gives a career performance as death row prison warden on the eve of another execution in…

June 23, 2020

Film

Adult film star Ron Jeremy charged with rape, sexual assault

Adult film star Ron Jeremy, second left, with his attorney Stuart Goldfarb, right, makes his first appearance at Los Angeles…

June 23, 2020

Film

‘Do the Right Thing’ available for free rental

Universal Pictures is offering the film for free from Monday through Sunday on Amazon, Apple, Charter, Comcast, Google, Redbox, Vudu…

June 23, 2020

Arts and Entertainment

Floyd’s death hastens shift in police portrayals

Jason Beghe plays Hank Voight, left, in a scene from the crime series “Chicago PD.” The May 25 killing of…

June 16, 2020

Film

Warner Bros to hold massive virtual event for DC Comics fans

The studio announced Tuesday that DC FanDome will be held starting at 11 a.m. Aug.22. The event will feature talent…

June 16, 2020

Film

HBO Max removes ‘Gone With the Wind,’ will add context

A crowd gathers outside the Astor Theater on Broadway during the premiere of “Gone With the Wind” on Dec. 19,…

June 10, 2020

New Mexico

After 20 years, a temporary drive-in theater returns

Theaters to run a lineup each night

June 5, 2020

Business

Drive-In theaters are jammed with moviegoers escaping lockdown

The Friday night show was the first time the 37-year-old had been to a drive-in movie since he was a…

May 18, 2020

Film

‘Little Fires Everywhere’ director Lynn Shelton dies at 54

Director Lynn Shelton, an independent filmmaker who directed “Humpday” and “Little Fires Everywhere,” has died at age 54. Shelton’s publicist,…

May 16, 2020

Film

Fred Willard, the comedic improv-style actor, has died at 86

Willard’s daughter, Hope Mulbarger, said in a statement Saturday that her father died peacefully Friday night. The cause of his…

May 16, 2020

Film

Santa Fe Independent Film Festival gets MovieMaker’s listing

The Albuquerque Journal reports the festival recently received the honor for the seventh year. According to MovieMaker Magazine, film festivals…

May 5, 2020

Film

Irrfan Khan, of ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ dies

Khan played the police inspector in “Slumdog Millionaire” and the park executive Masrani in “Jurassic World.” He also appeared in…

April 29, 2020

Film

‘Trolls’ went straight to homes. Movie theaters are fuming

Characters, from left, Guy Diamond, voiced by Kunal Nayyar, Tiny Diamond, voiced by Kenan Thompson and Poppy, voiced by Anna…

April 29, 2020

Film

Whitney Houston biopic in the works

“I Wanna Dance with Somebody” will follow Houston from obscurity to pop stardom and promises to be “frank about the…

April 22, 2020

Film

A24 to auction movie paraphernalia to benefit NYC charities

Florence Pugh stars in “Midsommar.” The studio behind films like “Midsommar” and “Uncut Gems” is auctioning off some of its…

April 22, 2020

Books

Film adaptation of new ‘Hunger Games’ book in the works

du1-i-syn Lionsgate is working on an adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” a prequel to her…

April 21, 2020

Film

In shutdown, a glimpse of life without beloved movie theaters

The marquee for the Iowa Theater, closed in response to the coronavirus outbreak, is seen in Winterset, Iowa.Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press…

April 14, 2020

Arts and Entertainment

Sean Penn wants to ‘save lives’ with free COVID-19 testing

Actor Sean Penn, left, founder of the nonprofit organization Community Organized Relief Effort, and MGM Worldwide Television Group chairman Mark…

April 10, 2020

Arts and Entertainment

‘Full House,’ Broadway producer Thomas Miller dies at 79

This 1985 image released by NBC shows executive producer Thomas L. Miller, who produced a string of hit TV comedies…

April 8, 2020

Film

Marvel remakes release calendar; ‘Mulan’ moves to late July

Scarlett Johansson stars in “Black Widow.” The Walt Disney Co. on Friday overhauled its release schedule, moving the dates of…

April 8, 2020

Film

19th Tribeca Film Festival to proceed, in part, online

Evan Agostini/Associated Press file<br><br>Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal announced the postponement of the 19th festival, which was scheduled for…

April 7, 2020

Film

‘Tiger King’ animals rescued in 2017 at Colorado sanctuary

Thirty-nine tigers and three black bears from Joe Exotic’s G.W. Zoo were brought to the sanctuary in Weld County and…

April 3, 2020