Universal is riding high at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. Not only does it have the major Oscar contender First Man here, with its local premiere Monday night after smash showings at Venice and Telluride, it also has snatched the world premiere of the terrific drama Green Book, which debuts here Tuesday and…
Anton Yelchin, one of the rare examples of a child actor whose talent grew with age and whose early, attention-grabbing charisma carried into adulthood, died in a tragic accident, prompting an outpouring of grief from his colleagues and friends. Whether you first noticed him in 2001’s Hearts in Atlantis, 2006’s…
Director Jeremy Saulnier's thriller Green Room charmed audiences in its initial run at three theaters, grossing a cool $91K, easily topping the per theater average of the weekend's newcomers. New York's new Metrograph theater, however, had an impressive run with its exclusive showing of the 1984 doc Los Sures, taking…
Just two days after its World Premiere at the Opening Night gala of the Tribeca Film Festival, Magnolia Pictures’ The First Monday In May is in theaters. Andrew Rossi's doc about New York’s annual Met Gala is a glittery mash of fashion, art and culture as it chronicles one of the city’s biggest events on the social…
Jeremy Saulnier's Blue Ruin came to Cannes out of nowhere two years ago to announce the arrival of a new talent looking at film in a different way. He's back, now, channeling Sam Peckinpah with Green Room, a horror thriller that stars Patrick Stewart, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat and Anton Yelchin.
For Yelchin, who…