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'Spotlight' and 'Mad Max' top our best movies of the year
I complain about bad movies all the time, but there was lots of pure cinematic gold among the dross in 2015 — too many to limit my list to just...
The Golden Globes think 'The Martian' is a comedy
The Golden Globe nominations aren’t as ridiculous as they used to be — but Thursday’s nods for Matt Damon as best actor and “The Martian" as best picture in its...
No one expected these weird SAG Award nominations
It’s hard to know exactly what to make of Wednesday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations. Arriving a month earlier than usual, they contain way more head-scratchers than the norm —...
'Carol' gaining momentum for Oscar nominations
The lesbian romantic drama “Carol" gained Oscar momentum on Wednesday, snagging four key awards from the New York Film Critics Circle, including best picture, best director, best screenplay and best...
Brilliant 'Spotlight' is one of the year's best films
"Spotlight" is a gripping, Oscar-worthy thriller that brilliantly shows how the Boston Globe exposed the longtime coverup of the sexual abuse of minors by dozens of priests in that city’s...
Is ‘Spotlight’ the best newspaper movie ever?
The superb “Spotlight," opening Friday, may be the first major movie this century that actually focuses on newspaper work (more recent films like “Spider-Man,’’ “Top Five’’ and “True Story" have...
Alessandro Nivola films Mark Madoff suicide for HBO movie
The actor was at a VIP East Hampton dinner when he was overheard saying he’d just arrived from shooting a dramatic scene for HBO's Bernie Madoff film "The Wizard of Lies."