The Watcher: 'survivor' Stumbles To Its End

The prize catch of the title isn’t exactly who you might expect in “A Nice Indian Boy,” a romantic comedy that brings a welcome queer angle to that substantial subgenre of love stories tangled up in Indian social mores and cross-generational family politics. In many such films, Naveen (Karan Soni) would be the most desirable […]

The almost unimaginable grief of a husband and father is chronicled in “Papa,” an affecting drama based on the true story of a 15-year-old boy whose murder of his mother and sister shocked Hong Kong in 2010. Featuring an outstanding lead performance by Sean Lau, “Papa” is played in a low key that produces high […]

When a baby was born to Irina Shayk and Bradley Cooper in 2017, the pair had been a couple for two years. And though they split up not long after their daughter Lea's second birthday, they have

Cardi B delivered an impassioned speech for Vice President Kamala Harris’ rally in Wisconsin on Friday. The Grammy-winning rapper appeared at the “When We Vote We Win” concert event in Milwaukee, following performances by GloRilla, MC Lyte, the Isley Brothers, Flo Milli and DJ Gemini Gilly. “Just like Kamala Harris, I too have been the […]

Among the great what-ifs for students of L. A. rock history is: What if Lone Justice had remained a somewhat obscure band…. and how many great records could they have put out if they had? It’s almost a ridiculous scenario to imagine, because lead singer Maria McKee’s vocal talent was such that quick discovery and absorption […]

Americans have all sorts of ways of learning about the Blitz from movies, chief among them John Boorman’s exuberant 1987 Hope and Glory, a memoir film about Boorman’s own boyhood experience during that period of roughly eight months, from 1940 to 1941, when London suffered persistent air attacks from the Luftwaffe.