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This image released by Netflix shows Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre, right, and Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in a scene from "Maestro." (Jason McDonald/Netflix via AP)

Review: Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ leaves many notes of Bernstein unplayed

Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro,” a high-wire act of a biopic, leaps constantly between on stage and off, flying through Leonard Bernstein’s very public life as a conductor while diving into his more private marriage to Felicia Montealegre.

FILE - Colman Domingo poses for a portrait during the Toronto International Film Festival, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, in Toronto. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

Colman Domingo’s time is now

Colman Domingo has a commanding physical presence, an expressive face and soulful eyes. But his most limber and powerful tool is his voice.

FILE - In this Jan.. 6, 2009, file photo, Golden Globe statuettes are seen during a news conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 2024 Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast on CBS. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Golden Globes find new home at CBS after years of scandal

The Golden Globes have found a new broadcast home at CBS after the troubled awards show lost its longtime home at NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was dissolved after years of scandal.

This image released by MUBI shows Alma Pöysti, left, and Jussi Vatanen in a scene from "Fallen Leaves." (MUBI via AP)

Movie Review: ‘Fallen Leaves’ is deadpan nirvana

In a movie year rife with grand, three-hour opuses from auteur filmmakers comes a slender 81-minute gem that outclasses them all.

This image released by Apple TV+ shows Joaquin Phoenix in a scene from "Napoleon." (Apple TV+ via AP)

Review: In Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon,’ the emperor has no clothes but plenty of ego

This Napoleon, as played by Joaquin Phoenix, isn’t extraordinary nor is he much of a man.

FILE - Host Jimmy Kimmel speaks at the Oscars in Los Angeles on March 4, 2018. Kimmel is returning as host of the Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Jimmy Kimmel to host the Oscars for the fourth time

Jimmy Kimmel is returning as host of the Academy Awards for the second straight year and fourth time overall.

Director Taika Waititi poses for a portrait to promote his film "Next Goal Wins" during the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 11, 2023, in Toronto. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

Taika Waititi on ‘Next Goal Wins’ and his quest to quit Hollywood

Taika Waititi would really rather just go to the beach. In an interview, the 48-year-old Māori filmmaker of the upcoming “Next Goal Wins” says he’s already begun planning how he can quit Hollywood, which he calls “just sad people eating lukewarm food out of cardboard boxes in offices.”

This image released by Disney shows, from left, Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel, Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, and Teyonah Parris as Captain Monica Rambeau in a scene from "The Marvels." (Laura Radford/Disney-Marvel Studios via AP)

‘The Marvels’ melts down at the box office, marking a new low for the MCU

Since 2008’s “Iron Man,” the Marvel machine has been one of the most unstoppable forces in box-office history.

SAG-AFTRA captain Mary M. Flynn rallies fellow striking actors on a picket line outside Netflix studios, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Hollywood’s strikes are over, but a painful industry-wide transition isn’t

Hollywood’s months of labor unrest are coming to an end, but the post-strike landscape that awaits actors and writers may be far from happy-ever-after.

This image released by Lionsgate shows Tom Blyth, right, and Rachel Zegler in a scene from "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes." (Lionsgate via AP)

Review: The Hunger Games return in ‘The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,’ with the odds in its favor

Two hours and 37 minutes is pretty long for a “ballad,” but you can’t call it “The Hunger Games: The Three-Cycle Opera of Songbirds and Snakes” now, can you?

Director Alexander Payne poses for a portrait to promote the film "The Holdovers" on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)

Alexander Payne on the inspirations of ‘The Holdovers’ and the movies that shaped him

A deep affection for cinema tends to run alongside the moviemaking for Alexander Payne. “The Holdovers” is his attempt to make not just a ’70-set film but an actual ’70s film, styled after some of the movies he grew up with.

FILE - Director Nia DaCosta poses for a portrait in London on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, to promote her film "The Marvels." (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Nia DaCosta makes her mark on Marvel history with ‘The Marvels’

Director Nia DaCosta is the first Black woman to helm a Marvel movie. She’s also, at age 33, the a youngest filmmaker to so.

This image released by Netflix shows Michael Fassbender as an assassin in a scene from "The Killer." (Netflix via AP)

Movie Review: In David Fincher’s ‘The Killer,’ an assassin hides in plain sight

“The Killer” is a terse, minimalist thriller in the cool, cold-hearted tradition of Jean Pierre Melville’s “Le Samouraï.”

This image released by Participant/Pantelion Films shows Eugenio Derbez in a scene from "Radical." (Participant/Pantelion via AP)

Movie Review: In ‘Radical,’ an unorthodox teacher in a violent Mexican border town

“Radical” is a conventional but stirring entry in the crowded canon of uplifting educator tales like “Stand and Deliver,” “Lean on Me” and “The Class.”

This image released by Amazon Prime Video shows Gael Garcia Bernal in a scene from "Cassandro." (Amazon Prime Video via AP)

The strike has dimmed the spotlight on the fall’s best performances. Here’s 13 you shouldn’t miss

One of the many impacts of Hollywood’s lengthy actors strike has been that most performers haven’t been able to promote their work.

This image released by A24 shows Jacob Elordi as Elvis, right, and Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla, in a scene from "Priscilla." (Philippe Le Sourd/A24 via AP)

Movie Review: Teen dreams and adult nightmares in Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’

Dreamily gazing at the album covers of Elvis Presley was not, statistically speaking, a rare habit among American teen girls in the late 1950s and early ’60s.

FILE - Tom Cruise attends the premiere of "Mission: Impossible, Dead Reckoning — Part One" at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, July 10, 2023, in New York. On Monday, Oct. 23, Paramount Pictures shifted the release date of the eighth installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, “Dead Reckoning — Part Two,” from June 28 next year to May 23, 2025, signaling a new wave of release-schedule juggling for Hollywood studios as the SAG-AFTRA strike surpasses three months of work stoppage. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Next ‘Mission: Impossible’ delayed a year as actors strike drags on

The eighth installment of the “Mission: Impossible” franchise has been postponed a year, signaling a new wave of release schedule juggling for Hollywood studios as the actors strike surpasses three months of work stoppage.

This image released by Apple TV+ shows Robert De Niro, left, and Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from "Killers of the Flower Moon." (Melinda Sue Gordon/Apple TV+ via AP)

Swift bests Scorsese at box office, but ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ opens strongly

In a movie match-up almost as unlikely as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer,” Martin Scorsese took on Taylor Swift in cinemas over the weekend.

This image released by Netflix shows Annette Bening as Diana Nyad in a scene from the film "Nyad." (Liz Parkinson/Netflix via AP)

Movie Review: In ‘Nyad,’ Jodie Foster swims away with a showcase for Annette Bening

In “Nyad,” there are two feats of perseverance on display. First, there is the ceaseless determination of Diana Nyad, played by Annette Bening, to accomplish a marathon swim from Cuba to Florida across 110 miles of open, shark-infested waters.

Filmmaker Errol Morris poses for a portrait to promote his film, "The Pigeon Tunnel" a documentary about John le Carré, during the Toronto International Film Festival, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in Toronto. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

Q&A: Errol Morris on his John le Carré documentary ‘The Pigeon Tunnel’

John le Carré, whose birth name was David Cornwell, died in 2020. But before his death, the author of “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold” and “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” sat down with documentarian Errol Morris for a series of interviews in the film “The Pigeon Tunnel.”

This image released by Apple TV+ shows Lily Gladstone, left, and director Martin Scorsese on the set of "Killers of the Flower Moon." (Melinda Sue Gordon/Apple TV+ via AP)

Martin Scorsese is still curious — and still awed by the possibilities of cinema

“Killers of the Flower Moon” is an audacious big swing by Martin Scorsese to continue his kind of ambitious, personal filmmaking on the largest scale at a time when such grand, big-screen statements are increasingly a rarity.

FILE - Director Raoul Peck poses for a portrait to promote his documentary film "Silver Dollar Road" during the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9, 2023, in Toronto. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

Raoul Peck’s ‘Silver Dollar Road’ chronicles a Black family’s battle to hold onto their land

Raoul Peck’s “Silver Dollar Road” chronicles the story of the Reels family in North Carolina. For generations, the Reels have owned and lived on 65 waterfront acres, land that’s been in the family since the days of Reconstruction.

Actor Sandra Huller poses for a portrait to promote the film "Anatomy of a Fall" on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)

Sandra Hüller’s burdens of proof, in ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ and ‘Zone of Interest’

Since Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival where it won the Palme d’Or, Sandra Hüller has been dogged by a question: Did she do it?

FILE - Taylor Swift performs during "The Eras Tour" in Nashville, Tenn., on May 5, 2023. Swift is releasing her "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” concert film on Oct. 13. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ will be a blockbuster — and might shake up the movie business

Movie theaters are readying for an onslaught like they’ve never seen before beginning Friday when “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” debuts.

This image released by Netflix shows Alden Ehrenreich, left, and Phoebe Dynevor in a scene from "Fair Play." (Netflix via AP)

Movie Review: In ‘Fair Play,’ a battle of the sexes on Wall Street

Since its hit arrival at the Sundance Film Festival, “Fair Play” has been hailed for reviving the long-dormant-but-often-missed erotic thriller.

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Ellen Burstyn, left, and Leslie Odom, Jr. in a scene from "The Exorcist: Believer." (Anne Marie Fox/Universal Pictures via AP)

Movie Review: ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ doesn’t desecrate the original but it won’t compel you

There may be no holier ground in horror than “The Exorcist.” As endlessly as William Friedkin’s 1973 film has been ripped off and resurrected, its power remains unalloyed.

Aaron Jackson, from left, Josh Sharp and Bowen Yang pose for a portrait to promote the film "Dicks: The Musical" during the Toronto International Film Festival, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in Toronto. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

With an audacious title and Bowen Yang playing God, ‘Dicks: The Musical’ dares to be gonzo

You don’t expect to see a movie named “Dicks: The Musical” on the marquee and neither did its makers.

FILE - Beyonce performs at a Get Out the Vote concert for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 4, 2016. Beyoncé shined the brightest in a city full of Hollywood stars during the second night of her epic Renaissance Tour show on Saturday night, Sept 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour is over. But it’s coming to movie theaters soon

A documentary chronicling Beyoncé‘s just-concluded 39-city Renaissance World Tour will premiere in North American theaters Dec. 1, AMC Theaters announced Monday.

This image released by Neon shows a scene from "Ferrari." (Eros Hoagland/Neon via AP)

At the New York Film Festival, a sluggish fall movie season seeks a higher gear

Momentum has lately been hard to come by at the movies. The big trio of fall film festivals — Venice, Telluride, Toronto — came and went without the usual amount of buzz.

Actor and SAG-AFTRA negotiator Frances Fisher, middle, raises her sign on a picket line outside Netflix studios on Tuesday, Sep. 26, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

In Hollywood writers’ battle against AI, humans win (for now)

After a 148-day strike, Hollywood screenwriters secured significant guardrails against the use of artificial intelligence in one of the first major labor battles over generative AI in the workplace.