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A Teenager Adrift: Felix Van Groeningen's 'Beautiful Boy' is a true story of addiction's toll

A Teenager Adrift: Felix Van Groeningen's 'Beautiful Boy' is a true story of addiction's toll

Steve Carell profoundly flunked the stepdad test in 2013’s 'The Way, Way Back,' but nowadays he’s mightily making amends, playing the emotionally taxed father of Amazon’s 'Beautiful Boy.'
Beyond the Velvet Rope: Matt Tyrnauer explores the short-lived heyday of Studio 54

Beyond the Velvet Rope: Matt Tyrnauer explores the short-lived heyday of Studio 54

As a fairly new arrival in Manhattan and soon-to-be-dropout of my second college, I had but one ambition in life in 1977: to work in a disco. It was all tied up in my coming out gay and a love for dancing to the innovatively sexy, funky sound then being invented by the likes of Donna Summer,...
Speaking Out: George Tillman, Jr.'s timely 'The Hate U Give' centers on a teenage witness to a police shooting

Speaking Out: George Tillman, Jr.'s timely 'The Hate U Give' centers on a teenage witness to a police shooting

Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter has just arrived at a party in her impoverished neighborhood of Garden Heights feeling terrifically out of place.
The Symbiote Inside Me: Ruben Fleischer guides Tom Hardy’s split personalities in Marvel’s 'Venom'

The Symbiote Inside Me: Ruben Fleischer guides Tom Hardy’s split personalities in Marvel’s 'Venom'

No one can accuse filmmaker Ruben Fleischer of repeating himself—his directorial credits include the post-apocalyptic horror comedy 'Zombieland,' action crime drama 'Gangster Squad' and superhero film 'Venom.'
Lethal Weapons from Space: Shane Black revives the carnage of 'The Predator'

Lethal Weapons from Space: Shane Black revives the carnage of 'The Predator'

One of the best articles on screenwriting was published by 'The Guardian' back in 2009, in which filmmaker Shane Black talked about the fundamentals of action cinema such as having high and lows, awkward moments and humor under pressure.
The Waiting: Emmanuel Finkiel dramatizes Marguerite Duras' 'Memoir of War'

The Waiting: Emmanuel Finkiel dramatizes Marguerite Duras' 'Memoir of War'

The Gestapo deported Marguerite Duras’ husband to Dachau for his role in the Resistance.
Butterflies Aren't Free: Michael Noer's 'Papillon' revisits a legendary prison-escape story

Butterflies Aren't Free: Michael Noer's 'Papillon' revisits a legendary prison-escape story

The first question to ask Danish director Michael Noer is: “What’s the first question interviewers ask you about your 'Papillon' remake?” The answer, he says, is “Why?”
Blaze of Glory: Ethan Hawke captures the life of legendary roots musician Blaze Foley

Blaze of Glory: Ethan Hawke captures the life of legendary roots musician Blaze Foley

Roots musician Blaze Foley was revered by a small circle of insiders when he died in 1989.
Nobel Savages: Glenn Close triumphs as the enigmatic spouse of a fabled author in Bjorn Runge's 'The Wife'

Nobel Savages: Glenn Close triumphs as the enigmatic spouse of a fabled author in Bjorn Runge's 'The Wife'

In Sony Pictures Classics’ 'The Wife,' Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) has always been the perfect, serene and elegantly groomed wife/caretaker of esteemed novelist Joe (Jonathan Pryce), forever at the ready with a helpful medication, fortifying cocktail or turn of phrase.
A Monster with Many Faces: Justin McConnell's 'Lifechanger' has its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival

A Monster with Many Faces: Justin McConnell's 'Lifechanger' has its world premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival

Of the monsters on-screen at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, there are some ghosts, some demons, a fish creature, zombies galore… and a skinwalker named Drew....