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This image released by Neon shows Woo-sik Choi, from left, Kang-ho Song, Hye-jin Jang and So-dam Park in a scene from "Parasite."

From ‘Joker’ to ‘Hustlers’ to ‘Parasite,’ filmmakers explore the gap between the haves and have-nots

October 13, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

On the face of it, the gritty comic-book blockbuster "Joker," the hit female-led crime drama "Hustlers," the darkly comic Korean-language thriller "Parasite" and the upcoming Agatha Christie-style whodunit "Knives Out"...

‘Joker’ ending explained: Director Todd Phillips on fan theories and open questions

October 5, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

When the words "The End" appear onscreen at the conclusion of "Joker," that really is the end. Unlike virtually every other modern comic-book movie, the film — which rides into...

How the ‘Gemini Man’ visual effects team created a young Will Smith

September 6, 2019 at 3:10 p.m.

Painting in the digital medium of ones and zeroes, today's visual effects artists can conjure almost any creature imaginable. A flying elephant? Sure. A rampaging 400-foot lizard? You bet. Talking...

Todd Phillips, director of "Joker," said he went for a deeper dive on the antihero.

In ‘Joker’ the stakes are life and death, and comic book movies may never be the same

August 29, 2019 at 2:39 p.m.

Director Todd Phillips will be the first one to tell you that he's not exactly a huge comic-book person. Sure, Phillips -- best known for raucous hit comedies like "Old...

Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar, co-directors of the Netflix documentary "American Factory."

Q&A: Why the Obamas became producers of the Netflix documentary ‘American Factory’

August 19, 2019 at 4:03 p.m.

When General Motors shuttered its factory outside of Dayton, Ohio, in 2008, filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar — who documented the plant's closing in their Oscar-nominated short "The Last...

‘Toy Story 4’ director Josh Cooley was 15 when he saw the first movie. Now, he’s in charge

June 17, 2019 at 11:20 a.m.

In 1995, a 15-year-old aspiring cartoonist named Josh Cooley walked into a movie theater in his hometown of Livermore, Calif., bought a ticket to a much-buzzed-about new animated film called...

Actress Naomi Scott, who stars as Jasmine in the live action remake of Disney's "Aladdin," photographed in Beverly Hills on May 19, 2019.

How the ‘Aladdin’ remake redefines a Disney princess with Naomi Scott’s Jasmine

May 29, 2019 at 10:48 p.m.

Growing up in England, Naomi Scott, like so many other young girls, fell in love at an early age with Disney's animated heroines — particularly Mulan, Pocahontas and Jasmine from...

Clarence Williams III, Michael Cole and Peggy Lipton in "The Mod Squad"

Actress Peggy Lipton, star of ‘The Mod Squad’ and ‘Twin Peaks,’ dies at 72

May 14, 2019 at 12:08 p.m.

Actress and former model Peggy Lipton, who rose to stardom in the late 1960s on the counterculture police series "The Mod Squad" and later starred on TV's "Twin Peaks," has...

The summer’s biggest movie franchises — ranked

April 26, 2019 at 9:16 a.m.

Traditionally, the summer movie season has become synonymous with Hollywood's biggest franchises. But as big titles invade every month in the moviegoing calendar (Disney's mother-of-all-tentpoles "Avengers: Endgame" is already in...

Director Tim Burton, whose latest film is a live-action reimagining of the 1941 Disney animated classic "Dumbo."

Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’ isn’t your grandfather’s Disney classic

March 22, 2019 at 9:21 a.m.

Despite what you might imagine, Tim Burton has never cared for circuses. Sure, many of Burton’s films — from “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure” to “Beetlejuice” to “The Nightmare Before Christmas”...

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