Make room in an already stellar year of horror debuts for Sundance breakout LEVITICUS, which nails a tricky tone and lingers long after. @jenyamato.bsky.social has the story. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Lovely reminiscence by our Glenn Whipp about how the TOY STORY movies take root. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

If you've seen DISCLOSURE DAY, you've noticed Courtney Grace, who, as a news anchor, carries the climax almost wordlessly and delivers a knockout turn. Our @davidviramontes.bsky.social spoke to her about the shoot. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

DISCLOSURE DAY works best as someone’s desperate fantasy to recreate the monoculture, made by an artist who used to define it. (The villain clearly prefers one-to-one streaming.) The ending is basically Spielberg begging us to rewatch E.T. He believes in movies more than aliens.

Threats from another world? Or “vaguely benevolent interstellar therapists trying to help humanity get its act together”? Our staffers have thoughts. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

"When lens flares continually beam right at the screen, the whole movie feels like enlightenment under duress." @theamynicholson.bsky.social on fire with this one. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

These are excellent picks, especially Killer Films. Such a huge impact on the indie world. Much cooler than the Oscars usually get. Deepest congrats to Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Rush, now with with monster drummer Anika Nilles, killed last night at the Forum in a show that marks a new phase for them. Here's everything that happened: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

EDDINGTON is the most blackly funny American satire in a decade. Come hear me speak with Ari Aster after the @amcinematheque.bsky.social Bleak Week screening on Friday night. www.americancinematheque.com/series/ari-a...

Romania's Cristian Mungiu now joins an extremely exclusive group of two-time Palme winners — a club of only 10. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

@theamynicholson.bsky.social and I leave Cannes with 10 winners, though we honestly wish it were more. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

“This far into an underwhelming festival, good films have a way of looking like great ones,” says @theamynicholson.bsky.social at a Cannes studded with high-profile misfires, one that’s taking its time to come into focus. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

"Throughout the entire process of making this film, I was bloodthirsty. I was thirsting for blood. I have another script written already." Talked to Na Hong-jin about his big swing HOPE. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

“TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH is a bold step forward. It’s got bravery and heart and a masked killer costumed like an air conditioning vent. Ultimately, it’s about challenging yourself to get vulnerable." @theamynicholson.bsky.social on the the first few days of Cannes. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

ALL OF A SUDDEN is about the toughest subject, death, but also about something trickier: How do we help people approach that moment with dignity and even vigor? In the friction between those two ideas, the movie lands on something truly sublime. We are lucky to have a Hamaguchi.

Don't even pretend you're not curious about the 20-year-old director who made BACKROOMS for A24. We got Kane Parsons to tell us the whole story. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

I often found myself sitting with Rex at critic screenings because I loved hearing his steady stream of sotto voce commentary. My favorite, after we saw SUPERMAN RETURNS: "Well, it wasn't as good as *my* Superman." He was the star of it. I'll miss him. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

“I don’t have many fears. In a generalized Spanish sense, here we’re not afraid to call things for what they are,” director Pedro Almodóvar tells The Times. www.latimes.com/entertainme...

Cinerama Dome could be the linchpin of an already glorious L.A. repertory scene if/when it finally reopens. @indiefocus.bsky.social reports on yesterday’s permit hearing and developments. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

@theamynicholson.bsky.social and I have a back and forth about this years lineup — there’s much that we’re anticipating.

Lucrecia Martel makes fiercely political movies. She also led the Venice Film Festival jury that chose JOKER as its winner. @carlosfilm.bsky.social talked to her about both of those things, plus her Hollywood adventures. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Billie Eilish brings the intimacy, James Cameron the 3D sweep, to a concert documentary (opening today) that, it's safe to say, pleased longtime fan @mikaelwood.bsky.social and made a new one in @theamynicholson.bsky.social. They chatted about it. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

The last time I saw Rush, it was with @darkforcesswing.bsky.social at MSG, front row. His story for the NYT, about the rehearsals for their upcoming tour, is the one that every superfan wants to read. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/a...

BACKROOMS is horror stripped to its essentials: a hallway, a door, knowing that you will go through it. Conceptually, it’s a triumph, a nightmare with its own weather. Kane Parsons may be 20 years old but he knows what haunts us.

On your way to see ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN at #TCMFF? Here's a piece I've been wanting the great Ann Hornaday to write for us for a while. The movie's lessons aren't just for reporters. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 doesn't find its own footing until it acknowledges that a Cinderella story about making it in journalism no longer fits, writes our Amy Nicholson: "The real devils wear Fitbits." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 opens like a knock-off of itself but finds its own footing once it acknowledges that a Cinderella story about making it in today's downsized journalism no longer fits. Here, the devils are MBAs in Fitbits www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Casually @carlosfilm.bsky.social told me that his roommate @conorholt.bsky.social has over 1,100 tapes. I knew that guy because, once upon a time, he was me. A beautiful piece about nostalgia, obsession and "time-traveling." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

This is some thrilling news for film journalism! Congrats @guylodge.bsky.social — we are all the richer for this.

Here's a 🧵 of what we've been covering: We're not about to spoil the Big Secret of THE DRAMA but, in its first moments, there's a beautiful love song from 1974 by a largely forgotten folk artist, Shira Small. @timgrierson.bsky.social tracked her down for some wisdom. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Good hiring news — this is an excellent decision by @nytimes.com. As sharp as Leah is as a critic and thinker, she's an even better editor. www.nytco.com/press/leah-g...

Checking in with Paul McCartney, well into his "cool-little-place era," here's @mikaelwood.bsky.social on Friday night's underplay at the Fonda for a very lucky 1200 people. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

This SXSW feature by @indiefocus.bsky.social has a stealth emotional pull to it — it's impossible not to be happy for these families who wanted to work together. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Warner Bros. ties the studio record for most Oscars on a single night, winning 11 for three films combined. Three other studios have won 11 Oscars on a single night in the past: MGM (BEN-HUR), Paramount (TITANIC) and New Line (LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING).

But what *should* win best picture? If you ask our critic @theamynicholson.bsky.social it's SINNERS all the way. She also has picks for movies that should have been nominated. (Yes, I'd love to live in a world in which EDDINGTON was a factor.) www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

What's going to take home the night's final Oscar, best picture? If you ask my esteemed colleague Glenn Whipp, It's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. Here are his predictions for all 24 categories, along with some persuasive reasoning. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Looking for a quick and easy blank ballot for your Oscar pool? Today’s Sunday LAT has two of them, ready for the clipping!

I’ve already mentioned my craziest Oscar prediction to people privately but here it is: Voters looking for the adult in the room aren’t necessarily shifting to MBJ. I think it’s Wagner Moura. If THE SECRET AGENT takes international, look out.

"I haven’t even had a close encounter of the first or second kind. Where’s the justice in that? If you’re listening out there, I’m talking to you.” Here's @indiefocus.bsky.social on the fun-sounding Spielberg panel at @sxsw.com (stay for his ballet & opera comment). www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

These days, identity horror is too sharp for the half-realized makeover of SLANTED. Bringing the fire (and FACE/OFF references) @jenyamato.bsky.social reviews. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Last year was too soon, but this turned out to be a fascinating story. Some Oscars have straight-up melted. What then? Our Josh Rottenberg investigates. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Here's what should win on Sunday. And here's what should have been nominated gosh dang it. Justice for EDDINGTON, ANN LEE, HEDDA, LURKER, SPIDER WOMAN, PHOENICIAN SCHEME -- and even Ariana Grande in WICKED: FOR GOOD who is the best part of the whole dang thing. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

"I think so many women are told that we’re too much, over and over again, from the moment we get here. And so I’m used to that.” @indiefocus.bsky.social sat down with Maggie Gyllenhaal to chat about the road to making her uninhibited "The Bride!" www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Here's our report by @emilyzemler.bsky.social from inside the room at the BAFTAs (including material that didn't make the BBC One telecast). www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Robert Duvall had too many wonderfully combustible performances to count, but we somehow managed to get it down to an essential 10. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

CRIME 101, welcome to the “Dumb Heat” canon. My review in @latimes.com www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

You loved our 101 best L.A. movies list — and hundreds of you had no problem telling us what we forgot to include. Here are your 14 top picks for the movies we left off. (Consider us repentant about "American Gigolo," but no quarter given on "Crash.") www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

More Emerson Lake & Palmer in movie trailers, please.

It's a good weekend for going to the movies. Here's a taste (🧵). First, @emilyzemler.bsky.social spoke with Alexander Skarsgård about his turn in PILLION, an achingly romantic love story that happens to be about a BDSM couple. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

I’m hesitant to call MELANIA propaganda because I can’t imagine anyone watching this movie and thinking that Melania Trump comes off well. If it had subversive designs of being a satire about the first lady, there’s not much it would have changed. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...