Michael Phillips

Noémie Merlant, left, and Makita Samba in a scene from "Paris, 13th District."

‘Paris, 13th District’ movie review: Searching for love, when it’s right there in front of you

April 26, 2022 at 1:06 p.m.

A sleek French amalgam of several stories by the American writer and illustrator Adrian Tomine, "Paris, 13th District" stays close to the lives, hearts and beds of four Parisians, all...

In the Starz series "Gaslit," Julia Roberts plays Martha Mitchell, the first public figure (and wife of Nixon crony John Mitchell, played by Sean Penn) to blow the whistle on the Watergate scandal.

‘Gaslit’ review: Julia Roberts humanizes Watergate in new Starz series co-starring Sean Penn

April 26, 2022 at 10:17 a.m.

Behind every great political scandal, there are players whose stories get shoved to the side by the first, second and even third drafts of history. "Gaslit," overpacked but compelling, shoves...

Actor Robert Morse in 2010. He starred in many film and stage productions, most notably "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."

In memory: Actor Robert Morse, dead at 90, succeeded in show business his way

April 21, 2022 at 12:25 p.m.

Robert Morse died at 90 recently, on April 20. Decades before introducing himself to millions as the eccentric, bow-tied, frequently barefoot advertising honcho in "Mad Men," he built a zigzagging,...

‘The Northman’ review: Alexander Skarsgard and Nicole Kidman star in a wild beast of a Viking saga

April 20, 2022 at 5:45 a.m.

In 1982, "Conan the Barbarian" enticed audiences with a poster promising four phases of a rough man's rough life: "Thief. Warrior. Gladiator. King." "The Northman," which wanders narratively but, as...

Nicolas Cage plays "Nic Cage," a desperate variation on his real-life self, in "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent."

Review: In ‘Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,’ Nicolas Cage plays himself, with feeling, finding laughs in an empty action-movie plot

April 20, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Now 58, with nearly 100 film credits since he was "Brad's bud" in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" in 1982, Nicolas Cage has handled a lion's share of money grabs...

Review: ’61st Street’ is a Chicago-set crime drama grounded by a career-best Courtney B. Vance, premiering Sunday

April 10, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

For decades, series creators have been tripping over "The Wire" and its first wave of imitators, trying to re-capture a strand or two of that inspired Baltimore mosaic's scope and...

Oscar Levant in a photograph from his guest appearance on the 1949 television program "Inside U.S.A. with Chevrolet."

Who was Oscar Levant? Sean Hayes is playing him in ‘Good Night, Oscar’ — between his wit and neuroses, the talk shows kept asking for him

April 6, 2022 at 7:15 p.m.

Oscar Levant detested success as much as he craved it. He was a singular, sardonic mid-20th century cultural phenomenon — the first and still the most authentically revealing reality television...

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