In ‘A Complete Unknown,’ Timothée Chalamet captures the idea of Bob Dylan
A Complete Unknown isn’t a traditional biopic. Instead of covering Bob Dylan’s life story from birth to old age, it covers the period shortly after his arrival in New York City, as he first begins to fall in with the city’s folk music scene. Timothée Chalamet plays Dylan — and does all his own singing. We see Dylan become a superstar, as well as his famous set at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival —where he and his band plugged in for an electrified set that’s often viewed as a cultural turning point in America.
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‘Deny, deflect, delay’: Jeremy Strong channels Trump’s mentor in ‘The Apprentice’
Best-known for his role as Kendall Roy in HBO’s Succession, Jeremy Strong plays lawyer and political hitman Roy Cohn in The Apprentice. Originally broadcast Oct. 10, 2024.
50 wonderful things from 2024
Pop culture critic Linda Holmes has been making this annual list since 2010. Big, small, inspirational, silly — what these items have in common is that they are all wonderful and brought her joy.
Remembering the actors, musicians, writers and artists we lost in 2024
Every year, we remember some of the writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers and performers who died over the past year, and whose lifetime of creative work helped shape our world.
Nicole Kidman’s erotic thriller makes us ask, ‘Babygirl,’ what are you doing??
In the new movie Babygirl, Nicole Kidman plays a high-powered CEO who has an affair her mysterious intern (Harris Dickinson). Their affair gets complicated by the many power dynamics involved — not just in the office, but also in a sexual relationship …
An Indian movie, loved abroad, is snubbed at home for Oscar submission
All We Imagine as Light explores the lives of working-class women in Mumbai and won the Grand Prix at Cannes. But it was deemed not Indian enough to submit to the Oscars.
The intersecting lives at the center of ‘All We Imagine As Light’
Despite being the first Indian film to win the Grand Prix award at the Cannes Film Festival in over 70 years, “All We Imagine As Light” was not nominated for an Academy Award.
‘Close Your Eyes’ is the best film of 2024 — but these 10 others are also contenders
Fresh Air’s film critic takes stock of the past 12 months’ worth of movies, pairing 10 of his favorites, and picking one that stands alone.
‘Juror #2’ is a great idea for a movie and an … okay movie
Some people hate jury duty, but in Clint Eastwood’s new film Juror #2, one guy’s experience is worse than most. Nicholas Hoult plays a man assigned to serve on a jury who gradually realizes that the defendant might not be guilty. And he might just know who is. The film also stars Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, and Kiefer Sutherland. It’s streaming now on Max.
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2024’s ACTUAL Sexiest Men Alive? We have thoughts.
PEOPLE Magazine has done it again. Last month they revealed this year’s “Sexiest Man Alive”…John Krasinski. And, Brittany and the hosts of the Who Weekly podcast, Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber, are not satisfied. The three of them get into the disco…
9 movie scenes I couldn’t stop thinking about in 2024
From a heart-wrenching epiphany in the drama Tuesday to a meme-able moment in Challengers, these were the lines that critic Aisha Harris has remembered all year.
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