Diane Thomas was a waitress when she made headlines for the script sale of what would become a box office smash. But the Cinderella story had a sad ending.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/29/movies/romancing-the-stone-writer.html
Will the Who’s rock opera about a traumatized boy hit the jackpot again?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/theater/the-whos-tommy-review-broadway.html
The latest in the Warner Bros. Monsterverse franchise shows signs of an anemic imagination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/movies/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-review.html
Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley elevate a comedy about a weird true tale of defamation and dirty words.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/movies/wicked-little-letters-review.html
In her latest dreamy movie, the Italian director Alice Rohrwacher follows a tomb raider, played by Josh O’Connor, who’s pining for a lost love.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/movies/la-chimera-review-alice-rohrwacher.html
This documentary by Nicolas Philibert drifts along, with unnamed patients and their caretakers, on a large houseboat in Paris.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/movies/on-the-adamant-review.html
Directed by Dan Reed (“Leaving Neverland”), the documentary offers a lesson in how conspiracy theories work and shows how parents confronted Jones in court.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/movies/the-truth-vs-alex-jones-review.html
If you’ve got six bucks and want to be adventurous, try this streaming service for some wild fringe programming.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/movies/night-flight-plus-streaming-netflix-alternative.html
Ethan Coen’s survey of a rock ’n’ roll icon, Frederick Wiseman’s take on haute cuisine and a searing portrait of PTSD are this month’s picks.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/movies/three-great-documentaries-to-stream.html
An electrifying Caleb Landry Jones plays the damaged heart of this oddly wonderful tale of resilience and revenge.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/movies/dogman-review.html
A college professor gets a grim diagnosis in this comedy from Bob Byington.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/movies/lousy-carter-review-blackboard-bungle.html
This heart-string-tugging Netflix movie about a homeless soccer team, featuring Bill Nighy and Micheal Ward, puts the emphasis on play and uplift.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/movies/the-beautiful-game-review.html
Sean Penn plays a flinty paramedic showing a rookie the ropes in this maddening drama about emergency medical workers in New York.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/movies/asphalt-city-review.html
Tessa Thompson’s still and luminous performance makes this post-Covid drama about loneliness, directed by Steve Buscemi, worth watching.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/movies/the-listener-review-buscemi.html
The Oscar-winning director is the latest Hollywood name to sign up for the Fox News streaming platform, joining Kevin Costner, Rob Lowe and Dan Aykroyd.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/movies/martin-scorsese-fox-nation.html
The new horror-thriller “Late Night With the Devil” isn’t the only time late-night hosts, shows and sets become fodder for on-screen moments in film and TV.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/movies/late-night-tv-movies.html
The revival, birthed in London, is a radically reimagined version of the 1993 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on a 1950 Billy Wilder film.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/25/theater/scherzinger-sunset-boulevard-broadway.html
Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a pro fighter turned bouncer at a juke joint in the Florida Keys, taking on Patrick Swayze’s role in the original.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/movies/road-house-review-jake-gyllenhaal.html
He’s also still working through his childhood trauma. Considering his musical’s legacy, he sees a story about how “we prevail ultimately, by turning toward the light.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/23/theater/pete-townshend-tommy-broadway.html
Language constructors for the movies started with words Frank Herbert made up for his 1965 novel but went much further, creating an extensive vocabulary and specific grammar rules.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/23/movies/dune-language-fremen.html
This month’s picks include brotherly revenge, ghoulish specters and more.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/movies/five-action-movies-to-stream-now.html