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Movie Review: ‘Blue Moon’ is a poignant, funny valentine, and Ethan Hawke has never been better
By Canadian Press on October 15th, 2025
For a filmmaker once synonymous with slackerdom, Richard Linklater has proven to be one of the most prodigious and consistently excellent American filmmakers. A small but rich vein of the two dozen features he’s made have been portraits of artists, including “Me and Orson Welles” and, if you like, “School of Rock.” This fall brings ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
By Canadian Press on October 15th, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power. The U.S. government has called the new rules “common sense.” News outlets were nearly unanimous in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young describes ‘dirty work’ of civil rights movement in new documentary
By Canadian Press on October 15th, 2025
Former U.N. ambassador Andrew Young says that he was often responsible for “the dirty work” during his time fighting for civil rights with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s. It seems an unsavory phrase. Grunt work is more like it — efforts that may not produce headlines but keep the momentum of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ is a darkly moving and funny look at revenge
By Canadian Press on October 15th, 2025
The mundane act of a car breaking down one night on a road in Iran sets in motion one of the most moving movies of the year in “It Was Just an Accident.” The sputtering car comes to a stop outside a business. The driver comes out and asks those inside for help. He’s just ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Movie Review: Josh O’Connor plays an artless thief in the artful ‘Mastermind’
By Canadian Press on October 15th, 2025
Not far into Kelly Reichardt’s “The Mastermind,” a very different kind of art heist film starring Josh O’Connor, the title’s irony becomes painfully clear. Because whatever one can say about J.B. Mooney, the mediocre art thief played by O’Connor with a brooding, hangdog sort of anti-energy, it’s obvious what one can’t. This onetime art student, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In ‘Mr. Scorsese,’ fitting a filmmaking titan into the frame
By Canadian Press on October 15th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The first time the filmmaker Rebecca Miller met Martin Scorsese was on the set of 2002’s “Gangs of New York.” Miller’s husband, Daniel Day-Lewis, was starring in it. There, Miller found an anxious Scorsese on the precipice of the film’s enormous fight scene, shot on a sprawling set. “He seemed like ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In ‘Frankenstein,’ Guillermo del Toro confronts the monster in the mirror
By Canadian Press on October 15th, 2025
TORONTO — Guillermo del Toro first met “Frankenstein” at the age of seven, and in the creature’s tortured gaze, he saw himself. A local television channel in Guadalajara, Mexico ran horror films on Sundays from morning to night, and when he stumbled across the 1931 monster movie, Boris Karloff’s performance struck him deeply. “I identified ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rick Mercer’s ‘Stand-Up for Canada Comedy Tour’ heading to TV
By Canadian Press on October 15th, 2025
TORONTO — Rick Mercer is bringing his comedy stylings back to the small screen. The Saint John, N.B., performance of his “Stand-Up for Canada Comedy Tour” will be recorded for broadcast on CBC and CBC Gem. Production companies Bruce Hills Entertainment, Counterfeit Pictures, and Hemmings Films say they’ll announce a premiere date for “Stand Up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ricker Mercer’s ‘Stand-Up for Canada Comedy Tour’ heading to TV
By Canadian Press on October 15th, 2025
TORONTO — Rick Mercer is bringing his comedy stylings back to the small screen. The Saint John, N.B., performance of his “Stand-Up for Canada Comedy Tour” will be recorded for broadcast on CBC and CBC Gem. Production companies Bruce Hills Entertainment, Counterfeit Pictures, and Hemmings Films say they’ll announce a premiere date for “Stand Up ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!European Commission fines Gucci, Chloé and Loewe for price fixing
By Canadian Press on October 15th, 2025
MILAN (AP) — The European Commission has fined luxury fashion houses Gucci, Chloé and Loewe a total of over 157 million euros (nearly $183 million) for anti-competitive practices restricting independent retailers’ ability to set prices for their goods. The commission said the companies’ fixing of resale prices, discovered in a 2023 investigation, breached the bloc’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In ‘Blue Moon,’ Richard Linklaker and Ethan Hawke’s portrait of an artist
By Canadian Press on October 15th, 2025
Richard Linklater likes to joke that if he and Ethan Hawke didn’t know each other so well, Hawke probably would have punched him during the making of “Blue Moon.” The two Texans have been friends and collaborators for over 30 years. They had made eight films together when they started “Blue Moon,” about the lyricist ... Read More »
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