Pope Leo XIV is expected to host several film stars and directors at an event on Nov. 15 as part of the Roman Catholic Church Jubilee.
Mr. Nakadai in Akira Kurosawa’s “Ran.” Though he was in his early 50s, he played an 80-year-old man modeled after Shakespeare’s King Lear. Shinnosuke Ikehata, left, who goes by the stage name Peter, played the court fool.
With their slow-mo punch sequences and actors’ body transformations, pugilistic films from “Rocky” to “Christy” have aimed for the academy’s approval.
The director Guillermo del Toro narrates a sequence in which Dr. Victor Frankenstein presents his findings at a disciplinary tribunal.
An obsessed table-tennis player (“Marty Supreme”) and musicians in a Neil Diamond tribute band (“Song Sung Blue”) are among the season’s screen gifts.
The film captures the friendship between an Iranian filmmaker and a Gaza City resident. They never actually meet but speak movingly via video calls.
Pauline Collins in 1989. She was known for playing everywoman characters on television and in films.
Aidan Zamiri, a photographer and director, has loomed large over popular culture this year.
Material excess can never be too excessive for the central character of this gilded Broadway musical, based on the 2012 film.
Nikki Glaser hosted this “Saturday Night Live” episode, while Pete Davidson returned to update viewers on the boat he bought with Colin Jost.
Peter Watkins directing “The War Game.” Considered “too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting,” the film was shelved by the BBC for 20 years, though it was shown elsewhere.
The latest installment from the director of “Prey” finds a Predator and an android played by Elle Fanning teaming up against some big baddies.
Prince was mysterious, sexy. This adaptation of his 1984 film, onstage in Minneapolis, explains too much and comes off as disorienting.
The humanoid creature has been on the big screen since 1987. With “Predator: Badlands” in theaters, here’s the back story on the franchise.
This month’s picks include the new “Superman” reboot and an adaptation of a beloved Roald Dahl book.
This month’s picks include a loner on the razor’s edge, a witch on a bloodthirsty mission and an actress walking a doomed path.
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.
“Mishima,” which explores nationalism, sexuality and ritual suicide, was screened in Tokyo for the first time since its 1985 release.
Guillermo del Toro narrates a sequence from his film, starring “Oscar Isaac.”
A prolific journalist and author, he wrote the only authorized biography of Alfred Hitchcock and heaped early praise on the future Nobel laureate Harold Pinter.