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Adelaide Film Festival (Aff) has revealed the full lineup of its 2025 edition, which includes 10 competition titles and will close with the world premiere of Warwick Thornton’s Wolfram.

The festival, set to take place in the capital of South Australia from October 15-26, will comprise 123 films from 27 countries, including 27 world premieres.

These include Wolfram by Indigenous Australian filmmaker Thornton, which follows his acclaimed 2017 feature Sweet Country, winner of Venice’s special jury prize and Toronto’s Platform award. Set in the 1930s, Wolfram is a frontier western where Aboriginal child labourers in the mines confront colonial brutality and injustice.

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The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester has announced full casting for its forthcoming revival of Raz Shaw’s new production of Singin' in the Rain. Singin' in the Rain is playing in the round at the Royal Exchange from 29 November 2025 to 18 January 2026. Next year marks 50 years of the Royal Exchange, which is now led by new Artistic Director Selina Cartmell. Singin' in the Rain will star Louis Gaunt as Don Lockwood, with Laura Baldwin (101 Dalmatians The Musical) as Lina Lamont, Danny Collins (Cats) as Cosmo Brown, and Carly Mercedes Dyer (Anything Goes)...

Al Pacino has seen and starred in countless films over his long career, but when it comes to picking his personal favorites, the legendary actor doesn’t hold back.

In an interview with the American Film Institute (AFI), he was asked about his favorite movies of all time. He paused for a moment and admitted, “My favourite movie of all time? Oh, I have about five or six – not any I’ve done – but I have five or six movies that I really think are the greatest. I’d have to think about them; they’re varied.”

Even though he was still thinking, Pacino revealed one of his top choices.

Al Pacino has been in some of the most famous movies in history, but when it comes to his personal favorite films, he doesn’t pick his own work.

In an interview with AFI, he was asked about his all-time favorite movie and took a moment to think. “My favourite movie of all time?” he said. “Oh, I have about five or six – not any I’ve done – but I have five or six movies that I really think are the greatest. I’d have to think about them; they’re varied.”

Even though he didn’t give a full list, Pacino did reveal two films he holds in high regard.

There’s a conventional wisdom when it comes to Martin Scorsese‘s 1977 musical “New York, New York” — largely exacerbated by the director himself — that it’s an experiment that didn’t quite come off, an unwieldy attempt to combine the Hollywood classicism Scorsese revered with the New Hollywood emphasis on improvisation and gritty authenticity that Marty had learned from his mentor John Cassavetes, and had applied to his previous three feature films.

The fact that the movie was a commercial disappointment when it came out didn’t help its reputation; the perception was that Scorsese had broken his winning streak the same way Steven Spielberg would break his own two years later with another old/new Hollywood mashup, “1941.” Like William Friedkin’s “Sorcerer,” another auteur passion project that opened the same week, “New York, New York” was pummeled at the box office by “Star Wars,” a movie directed by...

David Stratton, the longtime film critic for The Australian and Variety and co-host of the television series “The Movie Show” and “At The Movies,” has died. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports that Stratton’s family announced his death Thursday, saying that he died in a hospital near his home in the Blue Mountains outside of Sydney. He was 85.

Stratton was born in Trowbridge, England in 1939 before moving to Hampshire for the duration of the second World War. After the end of the war, he returned to Trowbridge, where his family ran a local grocery business for five generations. He was expected to carry on the family business, but fell in love with cinema from an early age. In 1953, he dropped out of secondary school to fully immerse himself in local film societies.

Stratton moved to Australia in 1963 and within a year joined the board of the Sydney Film Festival. By 1966, he was the festival director.

Hello, it's me again. The guy who somehow managed to develop a sense of humor despite never having seen the original "Naked Gun" movie. Now, after /Film higher-ups threatened to take me out into a field and shoot me with an anti-matter laser gun that looks surprisingly like a garden trowel, I've finally sat down to watch the fishnet-covered fever dream that is Jim Sharman's "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" in time for its 50th anniversary. My first impressions? Well, it's pretty wild, isn't it? But then again, that's hardly surprising coming from the musical's co-creator and Riff Raff himself, Richard O'Brien, who to me will always be the flute-playing, leopard jacket-wearing U.K. game show host of "The Crystal Maze" (think "Legends of the Hidden Temple" for grown-ups).

Now, what I need to clarify from the start is that musicals have never been my thing, no matter how new or old they are.

Spoiler Alert !!!This article has spoilers for The Summer I Turned Pretty, Season 3, Episode 6.

Belly’s bridal shower was nearly a picture-perfect celebration in Episode 6 of The Summer I Turned Pretty, complete with laughter, friends, and even a surprise appearance from Laurel until one particular Jeremiah moment. Jeremiah’s reminiscence about their childhood stirred an unspoken fear that has lived in the back of Belly’s mind – a fear that maybe she doesn’t know him as well as she thinks.

Belly and her friends start playing the Honeymoon Game. This basically means how much she knows about Jeremiah. While she answers all the questions correctly, “Does Belly know the name of Jeremiah’s first pet?” makes her question everything.

Here she says Rosie the dog, and that he found her on the beach. To this, Steven says that it was Conrad who found Rosie, and not Jeremiah. Belly later called Jeremiah to confirm,...

In 2017, MCU starTom Holland performed a forever iconic lip sync to Rihanna's "Umbrella" in a battle against his now-fiancé Zendaya, and now, he's opening up about it. Lip Sync Battle was a reality competition show that first aired on Paramount Network (formerly Spike) on April 2, 2015. The show ran for 5 seasons from 2015 to 2019.

Lip Sync Battle's concept involved two different celebrities competing against each other every week, who would have to prepare two lip-sync performances, and then the audience would decide the winner. In addition to Holland, many other notable celebrities who have appeared on the show include Channing Tatum, Kathy Bates, Kaley Cuoco, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, and more.

While a guest on Gordon Ramsay's talk show Scrambled, Holland opened up about his 2017 performance in Lip Sync Battle in drag, and how wearing fishnets was his idea. During Ramsay's show, Holland admitted that he loved showcasing his...

Tom Holland is reflecting on his now iconic performance on Lip Sync Battle!

The 29-year-old actor got in drag for the show as he performed a mashup of “Singin’ In the Rain” and Rihanna‘s “Umbrella,” as part of his battle against now fiancée Zendaya.

While appearing on Gordon Ramsay‘s Scrambled cooking series recently, Tom looked back on the performance and how his dad thought it wasn’t the best idea to do the show.

Keep reading to find out more…

“What was really great about that is people didn’t know that I could dance. I kept that quiet, I don’t know why,” Tom told Gordon. “It’s so funny, Zendaya and I, we were chatting at the time about what we were gonna do, and we had agreed that we would take it easy. That was the agreement, that it was like, ‘I’m not gonna do anything crazy,...

Tom Holland’s “Lip Sync Battle” performance was a family affair.

On a recent episode of Gordon Ramsay’s “Scrambled,” the “Spider-Man” star went behind the scenes on his 2017 rendition of Rihanna’s “Umbrella” on the Spike competition show.

Holland’s performance was a bait and switch for the audience, starting as a performance of “Singin’ in the Rain” before quickly switching to “Umbrella.” During the transition, Holland trades his suit for a dress, fishnets and a wig. He appeared on the episode with his fiancée Zendaya.

“It’s so funny, Zendaya and I, we were chatting at the time about what we were gonna do, and we had agreed that we would take it easy,” he said. “That was the agreement, that it was like, ‘I’m not gonna do anything crazy, you’re not gonna do anything crazy, we’re just gonna keep it nice and easy breezy.

The joy was palpable at the recent invited dress rehearsal for Lenox Hill Neighborhood House’s production of Singin’ in the Rain Sr. Fresh on the heels of theatrical licensor Music Theatre International’s official announcement of Broadway Senior — a collection of musicals specifically developed for the needs and abilities of older adult performers — Lenox Hill had its seniors singing, acting, and yes, tap dancing up a storm. Mti’s senior series currently includes 60-minute editions of Into the Woods, The Music Man, Guys and Dolls, Fiddler on the Roof, and Singin’ in the Rain. Organizations can pay a flat fee of $595 and receive everything they need to mount a production, including scripts, performance tracks, and a production guide. <span...

Film critics watch hundreds of movies every year, and invariably get a little cranky when they hit a patch of lousy movies. So it is occasionally therapeutic to take out one's frustrations on a film that is egregiously putrid — particularly if that film is from a serial befouler of movie theaters (I think I logged 12 blissfully uninterrupted hours of sleep after filing my pan of Paul W.S. Anderson's "Death Race").

Scathingly negative reviews are not often illuminating, but when written by masters of the craft, they can be immensely satisfying reads. When The New Yorker's Pauline Kael got a burr in her saddle, she could inveigh at length or fire off a one-sentence kill-shot (her full review of Herbert Ross' "Steel Magnolias" was published as follows: "Chalk scraping across a chalkboard for two hours"). Roger Ebert was also practiced in the skill of invective, as he demonstrated in his...

David Corenswet recently spoke with GQ about his role as Superman in James Gunn’s upcoming film, which is hitting theaters worldwide this week. While the interview mostly focused on his experience working on the project, GQ also gave a small early review of the movie, calling it “one of the most distinct superhero films in a long time.”

According to GQ, the movie really stands out. They said it feels true to who Superman is, honest, hopeful, and not trying to copy other superhero movies that are dark or gritty. Gunn’s version is full of color, both in the way it looks and in the costumes.

It’s also pretty wild in a fun way, with robots, flying orbs, portals, giant monsters, and even Krypto the Superdog. There’s a part near the end where Superman gives a passionate speech about who he is. That moment really sums...

When Quentin Tarantino emerged on the scene with "Reservoir Dogs" in 1992, he proudly wore his influences on his sleeve. Tarantino is as much of a student of the screen as he is a creator of movies for it, marrying the cinematic language of the violence in exploitation and martial arts films with the character-driven writing of high-art, American auteurism. All of the trademarks of Tarantino's filmography were on display in his debut feature, like eclectic soundtracks, non-linear storytelling, and buckets of blood. Even before the film was released, Hollywood legends like Don Coscarelli were baffled by the brilliance on display from a first-time filmmaker.

Tarantino had made a crime thriller, but instead of it being about a group brought together to carry out the crime in the climax, it focused on the aftermath when six individuals operating under pseudonyms — Mr. White (Harvey Keitel), Mr. Orange (Tim Roth), Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen), Mr.

What is a classic? It's hard to define, and definitely overused. How many new things claim to be a "classic," yet fall from favor once the hype train moves on? Classics take time. Once the initial praise has passed and moved onto something shiny and new, we're left with the movies that people still talk about years or even decades later. Sure, many Academy Award winners are now considered classics, but many more are not (check out the worst Best Picture Oscar Winners here). Meanwhile, some certifiable classics never won Best Picture or were even nominated.

For this list we're defining "classic movie" as a film that was made before 1990. Not to make you feel old, but that gives the movie more than three decades to make its case for being a classic. I'll also only be including one director's best movie, lest this list become exclusively Alfred Hitchcock, John Ford,...

All About Come Fall In Love – The Ddlj Musical ( Photo Credit – Facebook )

In a monumental moment for Indian cinema and cultural collaboration between India and the UK, Aditya Chopra’s Come Fall In Love – The Ddlj Musical opened at the historic Manchester Opera House on June 4, 2025. The musical will play until June 21, 2025, putting Manchester and the UK’s support for international artistic collaboration at the centre stage.

Following the opening, Lisa Nandy, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, UK, said the two nations are focused on deepening their cultural bonds by transforming Bollywood’s beloved story Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge into a musical in the UK. Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Manchester, also shared that the city was honored to host the collaboration.

What Is Come Fall in Love – The Ddlj Musical About?

Come Fall in Love—The Ddlj Musical is a new English musical comedy based on...

Tom Hiddleston is "always open" to starring in a musical.The 44-year-old actor has a number of dance sequences in his latest film 'The Life of Chuck' - in which he plays the adult Charles Krantz - and though it took a lot of work to hone his footwork, he admitted he has long admired movies that feature big musical numbers and he'd be happy to be approached about starring in one himself.He told The Hollywood Reporter: “I’ve never danced quite like this before and I had some steps to dance, some miles to go before I felt skilled enough and practiced enough to pull off some of the techniques and styles that Chuck pulls off.“I have a great affection for movie musicals, I really was thinking about them a lot in making this — thinking about 'Swing Time' and 'Singin’ in the Rain...

After building his career on dramatic roles and as Marvel’s Loki, Tim Hiddleston is trying out a new title in his upcoming movie The Life of Chuck: dancer.

The film, which won the audience award at TIFF last year, is adapted from a Stephen King novella and follows three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz (played in part by Hiddleston) whose death coincides with the end of the world. Along the way, it also features plenty of dancing from the actor.

“I’ve never danced quite like this before and I had some steps to dance, some miles to go before I felt skilled enough and practiced enough to pull off some of the techniques and styles that Chuck pulls off,” Hiddleston told The Hollywood Reporter at the film’s Los Angeles premiere on Monday. “I have a great affection for movie musicals, I...

Like Netflix and HBO Max, Amazon’s Prime Video has a film and TV library that is vast and deeper than most of its subscribers may realize. Hidden beneath its most easily accessible recommendations are underrated, oft-forgotten movies that you likely have never seen before. These films run the complete genre gamut, which means that, regardless of whether you are in the mood for a light-hearted Hollywood adventure or a darker thriller, you can always find exactly the kind of movie you’re looking for on the platform.

With all that in mind, here are seven great hidden gem movies that are streaming on Prime Video right now.

“The Third Man” (Selznick Releasing Organization) “The Third Man (1949)

Rightly regarded as one of cinema’s greatest films, director Carol Reed’s “The Third Man” is a jovially constructed noir about betrayal, justice and loss. Written by Graham Greene, it follows an...

Two-time Olivier Award nominee Scarlett Strallen will temporarily replace Kate Jennings Grant in Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends. Grant will be stepping away from the production for approximately two weeks due to a non-production-related injury. Scarlett Strallen is a two-time Olivier Award nominee. Her Broadway credits include A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Mary Poppins, and Travesties. Off-Broadway/Regional: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hartford Stage), The New Yorkers (NY City Center/Encores!), The Pirates of Penzance (Barrington Stage Company), Macbeth (Park Avenue Armory). West End: She Loves Me, Candide, A Chorus Line, Mary Poppins, Singin’ in the Rain (Olivier Award nomination), Clara in Passion, The Music Man, Merry Wives of Windsor, H.M.S. Pinafore (Olivier Award nomination), Cymbeline, Twelfth Night. Concert Performances: Laurey in Oklahoma! at Royal Albert Hall with the John Wilson Orchestra, as well as numerous other concerts with symphony orchestras globally. Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends stars two-time Tony.

In Photo (Left to Right) – Ashley Day, Shah Rukh Khan and Jena Pandya Photo credit – Danny Kaan

Ahead of the UK Premiere of the musical based on the Bollywood blockbuster Shah Rukh Khan, star of the Aditya Chopra-directed historic blockbuster Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Ddlj), made a surprise visit to the London rehearsal room of Come Fall in Love – The Ddlj Musical. This new stage adaptation of the beloved 1995 Hindi romantic film, in which Khan starred as Raj and Kajol as Simran, is set to make its UK premiere at Manchester Opera House from 29 May to 21 June 2025.

Come Fall in Love – The Ddlj Musical is directed by Aditya Chopra, the original director of the record-breaking, award-winning Hindi-language film. Ddlj is the longest-running title in Indian cinema, and it has been playing continuously in Mumbai since its release in 1995. Ddlj is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

Cultures collide, and...

[Editor’s note: This article was first published in April 2023, and has since been updated].

She only has three solo directorial efforts under her belt, but Greta Gerwig has quickly become one of the most highly respected filmmakers working today. Her 2017 coming-of-age drama “Lady Bird” was an instant teen classic upon release, and her 2019 adaptation of “Little Women” received similar rapturous acclaim, becoming the definitive film version of the classic book.

And in July 2023, after an agonizing four year wait and acting a lead role in partner Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise,” Gerwig came back to theaters as a director with the biggest film of the year. “Barbie” is a colorful studio comedy based on the classic dolls from Mattel, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as the titular Barbie and her heartthrob Ken. (He’s just Ken!) And it smashed box office numbers to gross over $1 billion globally.

Gerwig perhaps wasn’t the obvious director to choose for bringing the thematically thorny Barbie universe to cinemas; before “Lady Bird,...

Find out the answer for today’s Wheel of Fortune Bonus Puzzle below!

Plus, get all the answers for the tossups and regular puzzles, plus find out the winner for the Friday, 11 April 2025 episode.

Wheel of Fortune Contestants & Who Won Tonight Friday, 11 April 2025 WinnerOther Contestants Jay Tope & Jason DeruloAndrew Goodman & Andy Grammer; Mekdes Octhau & JoJo Tonight’s Puzzles & Toss Ups Friday, 11 April 2025 Puzzle Solutions $1,000 Toss Up: Music Festival (Event)

$2,000 Toss Up: Leather Jacket And Boots (What Are You Wearing?)

Round 1: All-you-can-eat Sushi (Happy Hour)

Round 2: Grinning At The Paparazzi (Say Cheese!)

Round 3 (Prize): City Of Angels (Place)

Triple Toss Up 1: Singin’ In The Rain (On My Playlist)

Triple Toss Up 2: Here Comes The Rain Again (On My Playlist)

Triple Toss Up 3: It’S Raining Men (On My Playlist)

Round 4: Performing A Duet (Showbiz) Bonus Puzzle & Was the Bonus Round Won? Friday, 11 April 2025 Bonus Puzzle...

Tonight, we’ve got the latest on everything – the bonus puzzle, all answers and contestants – that you need to know about tonight’s episode of Wheel of Fortune!

The post is updated as soon as it airs, so stay on TV Regular for all the latest on Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy! and all the latest TV news and previews.

Wheel of Fortune Contestants & Winner – Friday, 11 April 2025 WinnerOther Contestants Jay Tope & Jason DeruloAndrew Goodman & Andy Grammer; Mekdes Octhau & JoJo Wheel of Fortune Prize Puzzle & All Solutions – Friday, 11 April 2025 $1,000 Toss Up: Music Festival (Event)

$2,000 Toss Up: Leather Jacket And Boots (What Are You Wearing?)

Round 1: All-you-can-eat Sushi (Happy Hour)

Round 2: Grinning At The Paparazzi (Say Cheese!)

Round 3 (Prize): City Of Angels (Place)

Triple Toss Up 1: Singin’ In The Rain (On My Playlist)

Triple Toss Up 2: Here Comes The Rain Again (On My Playlist)

Triple Toss Up 3:...

A new statue will be joining the exciting ‘Scenes in the Square’ movie trail in Leicester Square, with Yash Raj Films’ historic blockbuster Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (Ddlj) becoming the first-ever Indian statue erected in Leicester Square, London! This will mark the start of the 30-year celebrations of Ddlj, one of the most loved blockbuster Hindi films of all time, the timeless and multi-award-winning rom-com that also marked the directorial debut of Aditya Chopra.

The bronze statue will depict the two Bollywood megastars, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, in an iconic Ddlj pose. Set to be unveiled in Spring this year, today’s Heart of London Business Alliance announcement signifies how the film is loved by the over five million strong British South Asian community. Ddlj is a pop culture milestone for India and South Asians globally.

The new statue will be positioned along the eastern terrace outside the Odeon Cinema,...

Travel back in time to Hollywood’s heyday with these streaming services.

While the Streaming Age of TV and movies has no doubt made its stamp on the history of video entertainment in the United States, the Golden Age of Hollywood is still considered one of the best periods of film and TV production by most viewers. Roughly spanning the 1930s through the 1960s, the Golden Age produced scores of titles that are still beloved today, and even younger viewers are taking an interest in content that was first introduced a long time ago.

With that in mind, we decided to assemble this bundle of streaming services that will allow you to watch shows and movies from the Golden Age of Hollywood for only $10! Check out the three services in our expert-curated bundle below.

Which services will allow you to watch Golden Age content for $10 per month?

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The late Stanley Donen was born on April 13, 1924. The legendary filmmaker -- the last of the directors from Hollywood's golden age -- passed away on February 21, 2019, leaving behind a legacy of classic movies filled with color, song, and dance. Let's take a look back at 15 of his greatest films, ranked worst to best.

Donen got his start as a dancer. It was in the chorus line for George Abbott's production of "Pal Joey" that he met Gene Kelly. The two became quick friends, and Donen started working as Kelly's assistant, helping him choreograph his intensely acrobatic dance sequences.

The two turned to filmmaking with "On the Town" (1949), a lavish Technicolor musical about three sailors on a 24 hour shore leave in New York City. They teamed up again for perhaps the greatest movie musical of all time: "Singin' in the Rain" (1952). A satire of Hollywood's rocky transition from silent cinema to sound,...

As fulfilling as it must be to create an actual feature film, there has to be a lot of fun involved in developing the fake films that sometimes appear in movies. Think about it. You don't have to deal with all the finicky details and logistics of turning this brief concept into a fully-fledged picture -- you just get to come up with an idea, execute the best bits of it, and move on. 

Whether they add to the narrative or simply serve as an excellent punchline, fake movies can pack an out-sized punch, considering how we often only see a few minutes of them within a larger narrative. But it speaks to their quality that despite the small amount of time they're shown on screen, they tend to lodge themselves into the mind of the viewer, giving audiences a stand-out moment. And the very best of these make us all think,...

Star Trek's cultural dominance spans decades, peaking in the 1980s and 1990s when series like The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager made waves on syndicated television. The franchise petered out for a while after the failings of Star Trek: Enterprise, laying dormant for a while until the advent of streaming services brought Star Trek television back into the fold.

Arguably the best new series to come from the modern wave of Trek streaming shows, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has successfully captured the spirit of what made the franchise so popular to begin with. The series understands, better than any other, that mixing genres and tones is what makes the franchise so indelible, as best exhibited in one of Strange New World's best episodes.

Strange New Worlds Brought Classic Star Trek Back

Many of the Star Trek series that have run on CBS All Access and...

There’s something magical about the movie Singin’ in the Rain. No matter how many times you watch it, the film feels just as fresh and joyful as the first time. It’s more than just a classic musical; it’s a beautiful and joyous story about love, ambition, and the challenges of an evolving time in Hollywood.

Set at a time when the film industry was transitioning from silent films to talkies, the movie showed creativity and charm in the chaos of that era. But everything was portrayed with a lighthearted touch.

Gene Kelly in the musical romantic comedy movie Singin’ in the Rain | Credit: Warner Bros.

At its core, however, there is a celebration of passion that was beautifully brought to life by its three stars, Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, and Debbie Reynolds. Their chemistry and energy turned every scene into a cinematic treat.

While the movie brims with memorable moments,...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.

Roxy Cinema

Martin Scorsese has programmed Living, Breathing New York, which starts with Shadows and a 35mm print of Heaven Knows What on Sunday; The Rubber Gun (watch our exclusive trailer debut) plays Saturday with a Stephen Lack Q&a; Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, and Wild at Heart screen.

Anthology Film Archives

Robina Rose’s Nightshift (watch our exclusive trailer debut) begins playing in a new restoration; Matías Piñeiro-curated series offers Antonioni, Hollis Frampton, and Straub-Huillet.

Film Forum

Luis Buñuel’s Él begins screening in a 4K restoration; Lou Ye’s Suzhou River and Spring Fever screen; Play It As It Lays and Godard’s A Woman Is a Woman continue; Space Jam screens on Sunday.

IFC Center

Hideaki Anno’s Love & Pop plays in a new restoration; eXistenZ, Mulholland Dr., Paprika, Best in Show, Palindromes, and Pink Flamingos show late.

Since the early days of Hollywood, the movie musical has reigned as a favorite genre among movie fans and was initially popularized by classics such as The Wizard of Oz, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and Singin' in the Rain. By the 1950s, the movie musical had started to fizzle out, overshadowed by other rising film genres and a more modernized audience, but the classic genre wasn't left for dead and had moments where it thrived on the silver screen.

Musicals are something of an acquired taste, especially the old-school or more traditional ones. Not everyone is into the whole “people breaking into song” thing, but that is something you can get on board with, there’s no shortage of remarkable musicals from cinema history. There are two versions of West Side Story, Singin’ in the Rain, Cabaret, and all the animated Disney movies, maybe even too many to count.

On paper, the heist movie “Reindeer Games” should have been a slam-dunk. It had action master John Frankenheimer at the helm, a buzzy cast of rising stars and reliable character actors chewing the scenery, and a clever premise in which a crew dressed as Santa Clauses robs a casino at Christmastime.

Yet “Reindeer Games” landed with a thud 25 years ago — critics mostly hated it, and it flailed at the box office, opening at number three behind the kids’ movie “Snow Day” and the Bruce Willis vehicle “The Whole Nine Yards” before disappearing from theaters entirely just a few weeks later. Was it really that bad, or just a victim of bad timing? And was there a better film to be found in the footage Frankenheimer shot before test screenings led to months of reshoots and editing-room meddling by financiers Harvey and Bob Weinstein?

These questions can largely be answered via...

The movie musical has been a staple of cinema and filmmaking for nearly as long as filmmaking has been a thing. It makes sense, as musicals and stage performances have been a powerful expression of art and storytelling long before the silver screen, so adapting and creating musical events for the medium of film was a necessary adaptation. There have been many iconic movie musicals over the years, from genuine classics like Singin' in the Rain to more recent hits like La La Land.

From the beginning of motion picture history, films have been capable of evoking the strongest emotions from the audience. From terror and fright in horror films to shock and awe in action movies, cinema has always been able to tug at some of audiences' deepest feelings and emotions, expressing deep sentiments that only the big screen can capture.

But the most emotionally resonant movies are often the sad ones, the films that tug at the heartstrings of the audience by offering cursed romances, tragic failures, or historic events that showcase the darkest sides of world history. These heartbreaking films are must-watch experiences for moviegoers, so long as they have a box of tissues beside them.

La La Land Hits With a Surprisingly Melancholic Ending

A throwback to classic Technicolor musicals of the Golden era of Hollywood, movies like The Music Man and Singin' in the Rain, Damien Chazelle's La La Land...

The latest in our series of writers choosing their favourite comfort movies is the charmingly filthy John Waters classic

It may seem like a stretch to call a film that features scenes of rape, murder, incest, castration, cannibalism, bestiality and, most famously, shit-eating, a “feelgood” movie, but I can’t think of a film more worthy of the title than Pink Flamingos. To me, it’s like Singin’ in the Rain, but with scat, a thing of pure beauty and joy disguised as the most disgusting thing ever filmed.

The will to create a movie for the specific purpose of appalling anyone unaware of its true meaning turned Pink Flamingos into the ultimate litmus test. You either got its sick jokes or you didn’t. But those who did got something far more lasting than a laugh. We got a one-way ticket to an underground populated by parallel dissidents, an...

The Golden Age of Hollywood musicals ran from the 1930s to the late 1950s/early 1960s in Hollywood, with Gene Kelly being a key fixture in some of the greatest productions. Films like Singin' in the Rain and An American in Paris have permeated through our culture, still resonating with audiences today. Kelly is renowned for integrating ballet into the modern musical and for his inimitable charm on screen. He was also an accomplished director in Hollywood, with his work ranging from Westerns (The Cheyenne Social Club) to straight comedies (A Guide for the Married Man).

It’s become an annual ritual: Every Jan. 1, more classic works of art or characters enter the public domain, and exploitation filmmakers with a tiny budget and a big taste for grisliness are scouring the list, looking for suddenly free intellectual property to turn into horror fare. Hence the slasher films that have already been created or are in the works turning beloved characters into homicidal maniacs, like the infamous “Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey.”

But these Pd-sploitation filmmakers are really picking low-hanging fruit and not digging nearly deep enough into the lists for ideas. So we’ve identified some films, novels and even memoirs and pop songs that are brand new to the public domain, as of the beginning of 2025, just begging to be bloodied up. Yes, including Popeye, the seeming innocent who arguably always had a bit of the glint of a serial killer in his eye — but also...

The first iteration of Popeye the Sailor, literary classics by Dashiell Hammett and William Faulkner, Alfred Hitchcock’s first sound film, and songs like “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” are among the copyrighted works that will enter the public domain on Jan. 1.

As the calendar turns on New Year’s Day, thousands of copyrighted works across literature, film, and music from 1929 become open to fair use. This year’s slate also includes the French comic icon Tintin, Disney’s still-iconic The Skeleton Dance short (38 million views on YouTube!

Australian writer-director Michael Gracey was already several years into developing “The Greatest Showman,” his grand and ambitious musical biopic that took the filmmaker eight years to realize, when his star Hugh Jackman started having cold feet.

“Hugh was losing a bit of confidence in the music,” Gracey recalled in a recent conversation with IndieWire. “When we were really close to going into production, other people started getting in Hugh’s ear about the music not being good enough.” At the time, Gracey was a respected and prolific director of music videos, with deep roots in VFX and animation, as well as music. But he had not yet made his feature filmmaking debut. Feeling like he was losing the power of his voice with Jackman, he thought, “What if it wasn’t just me telling him the songs are actually good? What if someone like Robbie Williams told him that?”

The former “Take That” superstar,...

While the Jeopardy! studio is state-of-the-art and constantly updated, one thing remains constant: The show always honors its long-time host, Alex Trebek. There is even one area that fans never get to see. However, the contestants and people working on the show can see it up close and honor Alex’s memory.

Here is what the show has done to ensure his memory remains alive.

Jeopardy! Studio Honors Alex Trebek

The Jeopardy! studio has a section that fans and audience members can’t see. This is backstage and features Alex Trebek’s former podium in the studio. This is not there as a gimmick, but is mostly unseen by outsiders and is there to honor Alex Trebek and his contributions to the show.

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Not only is the podium on display for everyone to see, but there is also a hallway display case with the dozens of Emmy Awards...

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In the end, Ethan Edwards can’t go home again. The central figure of The Searchers, director John Ford’s epic Western, spends most of the movie’s runtime as a murderous, racist bastard. Though Ethan eventually does save the day and rescues his abducted “niece,” Debbie, domestic bliss will forever elude him. In the final shot of the movie, he watches as his family enters their cabin to live happily ever after. Ethan, however, cannot join them, forever damned to the Hell of the Old West.

More than 60 years after its original release, The Searchers lands on just about every list of The Greatest Movies Ever Made. Released in 1956, the movie adapts the novel of the same name by Alan Le May. Ford, the director most closely associated with the classic Western, helms the film from...

Writer/director Mike Flanagan shares several recommendations for uplifting movies. Flanagan is best known for his work in the horror genre with films such as Hush, Oculus, and Ouija: Origin of Evil. He saw success with Netflix series, including The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass, and Fall of the House of Usher. He also adapted the Stephen King novels Doctor Sleep and Gerald's Game. He has three more King adaptations in the works with The Life of Chuck, Carrie, and the genre-crossing epic The Dark Tower. In addition to those, Flanagan is busy with a new Exorcist movie.

Although Flanagan's career largely focuses on horror, the director has said his future work will end on a hopeful note, despite some previous bleak endings. Flanagan stated that when his children eventually watch his work he does not want to leave them with a sense of hopelessness and that "no matter how dark a story gets,...

As a genre, movie musicals have had some serious ups and downs throughout Hollywood history. Right now, they definitely seem to be on an upswing, especially now that the long-awaited "Wicked" movie blew everyone away at the box office — and it was only the first half of the musical to boot.

In recent years, movie musicals like "Wonka," "Mean Girls," "The Greatest Showman," "La La Land," and even the filmed stage version of "Hamilton" have become enormous hits, though critical reception has been decidedly mixed across these projects. So what are the best musicals ever according to the official Rotten Tomatoes ranking of movie musicals? Only three musicals earned 100% ratings on the review aggregate, which is — I have to say — a little surprising, largely because some all-time classics apparently missed the cut. For example, "The Sound of Music" and the original "West Side Story" only earned 83% and 92%, respectively, despite being two staples of the genre,...

Margot Robbie appeared on the “Talking Pictures” podcast and expressed her continued bafflement over moviegoers hating “Babylon,” her infamous 2022 box office flop co-starring Brad Pitt. Directed by “La La Land” Oscar winner Damian Chazelle, the Hollywood epic centered on silent movie stars in the 1920s as they struggle to adapt during the industry’s transition to talkies. “Babylon” was made for a budget in the $80 million range but bombed with $15 million at the domestic box office and $63 million worldwide.

“I am still saying that,” Robbie said when podcast host Ben Mankiewicz expressed confusion over people not liking “Babylon.” “I love it. I don’t get it either. I know I am biased because I am very close to the project and I obviously believe in it, but I still can’t figure out why people hated it. I wonder if in 20 years people are going to be like, ‘Wait, “Babylon...

Movies and musicals take our normal, ho-hum human experiences and turn them into ginormous explosions of emotion. On their own, these forms provide catharsis, but when you combine them? Buckle your culture-lovin' seatbelts, baby. Movie musicals have been around since the very beginning of film history, which begins with the borrowing of devices and talent from the creators of stage musicals. With the ability to finesse and craft set pieces you simply could not in a real-life time-and-space theatrical setting, movie musicals like The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain, and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg became the symbols of filmic creativity, ingenuity, prestige, and good old-fashioned popcorn fun.

As of recent years, there has been a correlation with musical performances being recognized in the Best Supporting Actress category at the Oscars, with eight nominated since 2002, and half emerging victorious. This year, we have potentially three actresses from two movie musicals competing for the five slots: Ariana Grande for Universal Pictures’ “Wicked,” and Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez for Netflix’s “Emilia Pérez.” Let’s take a look back at the many scenarios where song-and-dance performers were cited for Best Supporting Actress and what that could mean for this year’s contenders.

There have been a myriad of supporting actresses recognized for film musicals at the Oscars predominantly during the inception of the genre, which include Jean Hagen for “Singin’ In The Rain” (1952), Peggy Wood for “The Sound of Music” (1965), and Kay Medford for “Funny Girl” (1968). But the first victory came for Rita Moreno for “West Side Story” (1961), who...

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Broadway is back on the big screen thanks Wicked, which sees the first movie in its two-part adaptation hit theaters on November 22. Of course, its pedigree precedes the stage, as the musical was adapted from Gregory Maguire's novel of the same name, which in and of itself serves as a prequel to L. Frank Baum's classic novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Wicked centers on Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), a student of Oz's prestigious Shiz University whose life has been made more difficult due to her skin being an unnatural shade of greeen.

Audiences know Elphaba as the Wicked Witch of the West, but Wicked pulls back the curtain to reveal her sensitive and thoughtful nature, her complex friendship with Glinda the Good (Ariana Grande) back when she was just Galinda Upland, and her deep devotion to her sister Nessa. Nessarose...