For the Record
Movie Projector: In the Oct. 31 Business section, an article about the projected box-office performance of new movies this weekend referred to “Eddie the Eagle” director Dexter Fletcher as Dustin Fletcher.
Oct. 31, 2018
Movies
There’s a moment during “Rocketman” when Elton John literally blasts into space, launching from the stage of Dodger Stadium as he sings the titular song, a trail of flames behind him.
May 31, 2019
Charlie Highway, the irrepressible hero of the slight, bittersweet romantic comedy “The Rachel Papers” (at the Westside Pavilion), is nothing if not tenacious.
Sept. 6, 1989
“My definition of a film director,” Orson Welles says early on in the new Netflix documentary “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead,” “is ‘the man who presides over accidents.’”
Nov. 7, 2018
In the murky psychological drama “Twisted Obsession” (at the Century City Cineplex Odeon) it’s easier to understand why Jeff Goldblum accepted its starring role than why the screenwriter he plays so well succumbs to an amorphous project seemingly fraught with disaster.
Aug. 3, 1990
Less than 24 hours after “Rocketman” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, the Elton John musical is already generating comparisons to “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
May 17, 2019
“The Dead Don’t Die,” writer-director Jim Jarmusch’s zombie comedy starring Adam Driver, Bill Murray, Chloe Sevigny and Tilda Swinton, has been selected to open the 72nd Festival de Cannes.
April 10, 2019
Bob Hoskins is such a ferociously gifted actor that there’s a built-in curiosity factor attached to his directorial debut, “The Raggedy Rawney.”
July 4, 1990
A police captain with a conscience turns to robbing banks in ‘Stander,’ which is set in 1976 South Africa.
Aug. 6, 2004
TORONTO -- How far would you walk for a fun screening? Would you walk 500 miles?
Sept. 12, 2013