Movies
Based on the true story of a 2005 crime spree in Atlanta, the performance-driven “Captive” starring David Oyelowo and Kate Mara manages to take the high road, mostly, in depicting a sensational kidnapping story.
Sept. 17, 2015
Monty Python’s messiah relives his days on the cross, as ‘Life of Brian’ returns to the big screen. Call it crucifixion lite.
April 25, 2004
World & Nation
It took eight years, but the South African government’s censoring body, the Publications Appeals Board, finally has given approval to the release of the 1979 comedy “Monty Python’s Life of Brian” in that country--but only in one cinema in Johannesburg.
July 20, 1987
Obituaries
Hugh O’Brian, who helped tame the Wild West as the star of TV’s “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp” and was the founder of a long-running youth leadership development organization, has died.
Sept. 5, 2016
“The Great Alaskan Race” recounts the story of a champion musher and his team of sled dogs racing to deliver medication to Nome, Alaska, in the 1920s.
Oct. 25, 2019
Awards
There are few genres that get filmmakers more excited, and audiences more bored, than the music biopic.
Sept. 8, 2014
A lonely inventor builds a sentient robot friend from spare parts in the Sundance comedy “Brian and Charles.”
June 16, 2022
Entertainment & Arts
Director Tom Shadyac (“Ace Ventura,” “Evan Almighty”) was golden until a bike accident changed everything. Brian Banks brought him back to Hollywood.
Aug. 8, 2019
Gale Sayers’ death reminds us of the beauty, power and longevity of the film “Brian’s Song,” which was based on a deep and unexpected friendship he cherished. Want to see a grown man of a certain age cry? Just hum a few bars.
Sept. 24, 2020
Kristen Stewart and real-life bodybuilder Katy O’Brian play characters drawn together in a violent, dead-end Albuquerque where Rose Glass’ throwback thriller is set.
March 8, 2024