Set almost entirely during an urgent car ride, Babak Anvari’s “Hallow Road” begins as an intensely performed, deftly minimalist family thriller about two parents driving to the scene of their daughter’s accident while keeping her on the phone. That’s all you need to know going in, and all you should really learn beforehand, given how […]
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‘Holland’ Review: A Kitschy Dutch-Themed Midwestern Town Plays Backdrop to a Twisty Mystery
Holland, Mi., is one of those high-concept American towns where nothing feels real. Modeled after someone’s fantasy of an 18th-century Dutch village, it has windmills and tulip fields and ersatz canal houses. To Nancy Vandergroot (Nicole Kidman), it seems quaint, but to our eyes, it’s pure kitsch — which is a mode Kidman does well, […]
Nicole Kidman’s Surreal Infidelity Thriller ‘Holland’ Divides SXSW’s Typically Easy-to-Please Crowd
SXSW is known for being the most welcoming stop on the festival circuit, with audiences who are eager to jump to their feet and shout themselves hoarse for every outlandish joke or gory kill. In fact, a sizzle reel shown before every screening on Sunday to highlight the previous day’s programming included clips of filmmakers […]
Ben Stiller and Eddy Cue Talk ‘Severance’ and Talk Shop at SXSW
Longtime Apple content chief Eddy Cue told a SXSW crowd on Sunday that Apple TV+ doesn’t make as many TV shows and movies as its competitors for the same reason that the tech giant doesn’t make as many hardware products as some competitors. Cue, Apple’s senior VP of services and a 36-year company veteran, took […]
‘The White Lotus’ Star Charlotte Le Bon on Filming Yacht Scenes and Why ‘Attention Whore’ Chloe Is Also a ‘Douche’: ‘She Really Doesn’t Give a S—!’
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 3, Episode 4 of “The White Lotus,” now streaming on Max. For Charlotte Le Bon, playing Chloe in the third season of “The White Lotus” meant tapping into the character’s blunt, wholly assertive disposition. Chloe, the quick-witted French Canadian who’s been living in Thailand with her much older […]
Banker Mark Carney to Replace Justin Trudeau as Canada’s Prime Minister and Liberal Party Leader
Economist and former Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney has been elected to succeed Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader and Canada’s prime minister. The election comes at a critical time in foreign relations between Canada and the United States, as both nations impose historic tariffs and prepare for an impending trade war. […]
Ingrid Andress Talks Frankly About the National Anthem That Made Her ‘America’s Punching Bag,’ What She Learned in Rehab, and Being ‘Terrified’ Before Her Joyful Do-Over: ‘You Can’t Mess It Up Twice’
When Ingrid Andress sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” before a pro hockey game in Denver earlier this month, it certainly counted as one of the most fraught renditions of the national anthem in our collective pop-culture history. Andress, one of the most acclaimed young singer-songwriters in country music this past decade, had made headlines last summer […]
‘We Are Storror’ Review: In Michael Bay’s Hands, the Parkour Team Comes Off Looking Like Real-World Action Heroes
For 15 years, the best thing the ballsy U.K.-based parkour team known as Storror could say for a successful stunt — whether jumping off a cliff together or leaping between tall buildings for videos they uploaded to YouTube — was that none of them had died in the process. But now, with a wealth of […]
Aliens Are Real, U.S. Government Officials Have Admitted. ‘The Age of Disclosure’ Director Dan Farah Wants You to Know There’s More to the Story
If you don’t believe in aliens yet, you’re behind. The United States has been secretly working to capture UAPs — unidentified anomalous phenomena, the more formal term for UFOs — since as early as 1947, according to many high-ranking figures throughout the government, military and intelligence community. There is evidence and documentation of all kinds […]
Jenna Ortega Says Working with Lady Gaga on ‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Has Been ‘The Best’: ‘Definitely One of the Most Talented Individuals I’ve Ever Worked With’
Lady Gaga will appear in Season 2 of Netflix’s “Addams Family” spinoff “Wednesday,” and series star Jenna Ortega could not be happier. “It’s the best. She’s the best, definitely one of the most talented individuals I’ve ever worked with,” Ortega told IndieWire at SXSW. “It was just a really, really special environment to be there […]