When news leaked last week that the highly regarded chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art had been summarily fired, replaying a similar scenario that had roiled the institution six years earlier, the usual question loomed large: Why? Today, about a week later, we still have no answer...

In “Mission: Impossible — Fallout,” the upcoming sixth installment of Paramount’s action franchise, Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) travels to Paris where he engages in vehicular mayhem on the city’s narrow streets, dangles from the ceiling of the Grand Palais and guns his motorcycle around the Arc de...

The actor is the love interest in "Love, Simon," the first movie of its kind, a gay teen romantic comedy, from a major studio.

Of all the things I get asked as a film critic, I’m always tickled, though no longer surprised, by one of the most frequent questions: “How do you decide what you’re reviewing?” Buried within that question is really another. It’s not just a matter of “What do you like and dislike?” but also “How...

In the 21st century, cinematic universes housing the canons of Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Harry Potter and other franchises have largely replaced movie stars on the big screen. As Netflix and Amazon Prime gobble up content for their streaming services, and cable networks such as HBO and FX attract...

Though he was deliberately not a household name, the music that producer and DJ Matt Dike created, sampled and spun helped define both underground Los Angeles club culture and commercial rap music in the 1980s. Dike, whose death in mid-January at 55 was announced last week through the label he...

Harvey Weinstein’s embattled movie studio — once a premier maker of award-winning films — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy more than five months after sexual misconduct allegations against its co-founder sent the company spiraling out of control, the company’s board said late Monday night. The....

MGM Holdings announced Monday night that Gary Barber, who helped rebuild the once-iconic studio, is stepping down as chief executive in a surprise shakeup. The company’s board of directors said that Barber would be replaced after eight years as CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and that it had launched...