New on Blu-ray “Downsizing” (Paramount DVD, $29.98; Blu-ray, $34.99; 4K, $39.99; also available on VOD) A major departure for the “Sideways”/“Election” team of director Alexander Payne and screenwriter Jim Taylor, the science-fiction comedy “Downsizing” was a flop theatrically, but deserves to...

As the world honored women this week, a fierce battle has emerged here about rights to the image of one of the 20th century’s most celebrated: Frida Kahlo, the Mexican artist who died in 1954 but has now made a reappearance — as a Barbie. The dispute pits Kahlo’s descendants in Mexico against the....

The recent success of “Lady Bird” pointed toward a heightened interest in the kind of mother-daughter stories rarely portrayed onscreen. And certainly nothing quite like “Jinn” has been seen before. Premiering as part of the narrative competition at the South by Southwest Film Festival, the movie....

Architecture’s most notable prize and the real-life soldier that inspired a trilogy of plays. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, with your week’s hot and spicy art news and TMZ references: IMAGE OF THE WEEK AN UNEXPECTED PRITZKER Ninety-year-old architect Balkrishna...

A reality show shocked fans, an awards show got less attention, an old show got a second life and a superhero got a new nemesis: Here’s all that news and more from this week in entertainment. Arie, you should have just gone … The finale of “The Bachelor” wound up actually being the most dramatic...