CANNES, France -- Times critic Justin Chang is filing regular dispatches from the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival, which runs through Saturday in France.

A surge of excitement runs through the crowd at the beginning of every gala screening at the Cannes Film Festival, as the movie's director walks into the Grand Thetre Lumiere and is ...Read more

In a Kansas farmhouse, a young couple is engaged in romantic intimacy when the woman feels the earth move.

It's the tremors from an alien spaceship (not a spoiler, it's in the synopsis), which has deposited a humanoid baby nearby. The woman (Elizabeth Banks) has struggled with fertility problems and takes it as a sign from heaven, so she keeps ...Read more

CANNES, France -- There were plenty of hard questions Quentin Tarantino could have faced as he greeted reporters for the first time following the Cannes premiere of "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood."

Did he change his approach to on-set safety after Uma Thurman alleged in February 2018 that the director pushed her to perform a "Kill Bill" ...Read more

There's no slowing the Disney live-action remake train. The chance to cash in on fan nostalgia for their favorite Disney animated films can be quite lucrative, even though there have been some misses among the hits. It's a fraught endeavor to try and update a film while maintaining what fans essentially love about it. Fortunately, Disney nails ...Read more

CANNES, France -- The day before the Cannes premiere of "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood," his hotly anticipated movie set in Los Angeles during the tumultuous events of 1969, Quentin Tarantino published an open letter online. He addressed it to audiences at the festival, opening with the words "I love Cinema," which may be the most redundant ...Read more

The top 10 DVD rentals at Redbox kiosks for the week of May 13:

1. Cold Pursuit -- Lionsgate

2. Fighting with My Family -- Universal

3. What Man Want -- Paramount

4. The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part -- Warner

5. Happy Death Day 2U -- Universal

6. Glass -- Universal

7. Serenity (2019) -- Universal

8. The Mule -- Warner

9. Miss Bala (...Read more

"Booksmart" takes a familiar blueprint and uses it to build a movie we haven't seen often enough: an R-rated teen comedy (meaning, a comedy about teenagers) focusing on a great female friendship.

The movie's not always as wonderful as that friendship. Some bits are hilarious yet life-like, while others belong to medium-high-grade situation ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- South Florida rapper Kodak Black lied on official documents in January when he applied to buy three weapons, one of which was found at the scene of a Pompano Beach shooting in March, according to federal investigators.

A rival rap artist was the apparent target of the shooting, which happened in Golden Acres, the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Sundance Institute will fete "The Farewell" filmmaker Lulu Wang as the recipient of its 2019 Vanguard Award. The honor is slated for June 26 at the Los Angeles premiere of the acclaimed dramedy starring Awkwafina.

The screening and afterparty will be held at The Theatre at Ace Hotel DTLA as Sundance Institute's summer fundraiser ...Read more

Olivia Wilde didn't have to go this hard -- but she did. For her directorial debut, "Booksmart," the actress-turned-director comes out swinging with not only one of the best movies of the year, but one of the best high school movies of all time. With a stacked supporting cast, a script crackling with densely packed jokes and a bravura, awards-...Read more

If there's one thing we've learned from movies and TV in recent years, it's this: There is no age limit to falling in love.

A romantic subgenre has developed over the last few years in which older people fall in love -- often to their own surprise -- including the 2015 hit indie "I'll See You in My Dreams" with Blythe Danner and Sam Elliott and...Read more

If the last couple election cycles have taught us anything, it's that the road to the White House is paved with more town-hall meetings than any one human with a functioning soul should ever be forced to watch.

If the last eight seasons of "Game of Thrones" have taught us anything, it's that the American electorate pays much closer attention ...Read more

In need of summer reading? Bill Gates has some recommendations for you.

In what's become an annual tradition, the Microsoft co-founder, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and avid reader has released a list of books he's recently enjoyed. They're all, he admits on his blog, not exactly light reads; if you want something more ...Read more