CANNES, France -- At a Cannes Film Festival where the purposes and parameters of art have been much debated, with Netflix, virtual reality and television series making rare and sometimes first-time appearances, it was only fitting that the Palme d'Or was awarded Sunday night to "The Square," Swedish director Ruben Ostlund's blisteringly funny ...Read more

Gregg Allman, the gravel-voiced singer who helped lift the Allman Brothers Band to prominence with a hard-churning brand of soulful rock that became part of the soundtrack of the 1960s and '70s and set the coordinates for a musical genre known as Southern rock, died Saturday at 69.

According to a statement posted on his website, Allman, who had...Read more

I'm "Twin Peaks"-challenged -- always loved the pie, but please don't ask me why the Arm now looks like the tree from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" -- so after the Showtime premiere of "Twin Peaks: The Return," I sought professorial help.

Daniel A. Robinson is the Homer C. Nearing Jr. Distinguished Professor of English at Widener University, in ...Read more

Last week, I met with a friend and I told him my secret.

"I'm going to watch the first 'Star Wars' movie for the first time," I said.

"Oh, so you're going to watch 'Four'?" he replied.

"No, the first."

"Right, but like, 'Episode Four'? And then do the prequels?" he said.

"Sure," I said, not sure, quietly carrying the burden of having ...Read more

Donald Trump might just be the end of Frank Underwood.

That's the thought I kept having as I watched the 13 episodes of Season 5 of "House of Cards."

There is no way the new season that arrives Tuesday on Netflix can be discussed without reference to Trump, who was elected in November while Season 5 was still in production in Baltimore. That ...Read more

You have questions. I have some answers.

Q: I was just wondering if there will be a season 2 for the TV show "Star"? The season finale had a lot of unanswered things going on.

A: Fox has ordered a second season of the drama. It is set for Wednesday nights following "Empire."

Q: I was so saddened to hear about the temporary shutdown of "The ...Read more

"Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation" isn't a standard sports documentary. Its focus is on spiritual matters as well as the physical because it deals with a game its adherents believe is just about as old as time.

That would be lacrosse, a sport the Iroquois, who originated it, call "the creator's game," something they believe was played between ...Read more

American movies are traditionally of two minds about our military might, celebrating it in John Wayne epics and mocking it in everything from "MASH" to "Dr. Strangelove." But "War Machine" has decided, with exceptional results, that it wants it both ways.

Starring Brad Pitt and written and directed by the gifted David Michod, "War Machine" is ...Read more

NEW YORK -- Fox News may be seeing a repeat of advertiser backlash that eventually drove out its former top anchor, Bill O'Reilly.

At least seven advertisers -- Cars.com, Leesa Sleep, Casper, USAA, Peloton, the Crowne Plaza hotel chain and doorbell company Ring -- have reportedly asked to be pulled from Sean Hannity's prime-time program.

The ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood keeps getting it wrong when it comes to diverse and accurate portrayals of LGBTQ communities in film. A study released Thursday by LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD finds that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people are "nearly invisible or outdated punchlines in big Hollywood movies."

Of the 125 ...Read more

The regular broadcast-television season might be winding down, but that doesn't mean your TV screen is going dark.

The summer will again bring waves of fresh programming, from new dramas (Will you sink you nails into "Claws"?) to well-established favorites like "Game of Thrones," "House of Cards" and "Orange Is the New Black."

And a few shows ...Read more

The subject of "Manifesto," a new film by German artist Julian Rosefeldt, is as much Cate Blanchett, its star, as it is the radical manifestos by more than 50 Futurists, Dadaists, Suprematists, Conceptual artists and others that anchor the movie's 13 vignettes.

Blanchett assumes the guise of a different character to perform each one. Her ...Read more

There was a time when Hollywood executives were convinced that television would end the movie industry. They were certain no one would want to pay for entertainment when there was free TV to watch.

Both the film and television worlds not only survived but also thrived. To keep up with the growing demand for new products to film, the movie ...Read more