
Natalie Portman: ‘Human beings need to be told stories’
The actress produces and co-stars in ‘May December,’ a film by Todd Haynes based on a teacher who had a relationship with a student more than 20 years her junior

The actress produces and co-stars in ‘May December,’ a film by Todd Haynes based on a teacher who had a relationship with a student more than 20 years her junior
The legendary Spanish filmmaker has just screened his medium-length movie ‘Strange Way of Life’ at the Cannes Film Festival. The Western flick stars two gay cowboys, played by Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal, and makes an effort to subvert the genre: ‘I just hope the Americans don’t find it too daring’
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The German director won the Palme d’Or at Cannes for his movie—written by Sam Shepard and starring Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski—about heartbreak and starting life over again
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A documentary 10 years in the making follows the lives of people whose fates were forever sealed by a very famous name

The three-time Oscar winner is considered a Hollywood acting legend and a moral standard-bearer against the attacks of the far right
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The premiere of ‘Renfield,’ with Nicolas Cage playing the Transylvanian vampire, brings one of the most fascinating villains of the horror genre back to the big screen
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The book ‘Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman’ analyzes the influence of the film adaptation of Truman Capote’s novel about the creation of the independent, liberated female
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A true story of the 200-pound beast found dead of a cocaine overdose in 1985 becomes a Hollywood blockbuster
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Over two decades after he gave up acting because of a lack of appealing roles, the former child star is one of the awards season’s biggest comeback stories
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The famous film rides a wave of nostalgia back into theaters 25 years after its first release
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Many professionals acknowledge having suffered or known about abuses that were not reported, indicating that the #MeToo movement has failed to make inroads in the country

The sci-fi comedy-drama shot before the pandemic premiered without fanfare at the SXSW festival, but went on to be a box-office hit in the US
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In the movie ‘Decision to Leave,’ the Korean filmmaker turns his interest in femmes fatales into an homage to the female characters in the movies of the Spanish director and Alfred Hitchcock

Damien Chazelle’s drama about the late 1920s in the film industry recreates a period of debauchery, art and business, when stars like John Gilbert and Clara Bow disappeared overnight
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James Gunn has been tasked with rebuilding the Superman and Batman movie house, but has faced a backlash over his decision not to include certain characters in his plans
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With ‘Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths,’ the Mexican director of ‘Babel’ and ‘Amores perros’, has once again divided critics and the public
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The actor is currently promoting his latest film, ‘A Man Called Otto,’ in which he plays a taciturn, lonely retiree. ‘There is a crisis of faith in the future,’ he reflects
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The sequel to the blockbuster, which runs for over three hours, will hit movie theaters on Friday. But will it be as successful as the original?
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The Rock was the highest earning actor in 2021. But his latest release, ‘Black Adam,’ is a departure from his usual trajectory of playing the hunk with a heart of gold
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EL PAÍS talks to one of the researchers of a new study that argues that the martial arts star may have succumbed to hyponatremia
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The New York director’s ‘Armageddon Time’ is inspired by his own childhood and experiences at a private school supported by the former US president’s father
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Guillermo del Toro, Mariana Enríquez, Álex de la Iglesia and other leading figures in the genre explain what truly frightens the public now
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The premieres of ‘Halloween Ends’ and ‘Piggy’ bring back female fighters who defeat ruthless killers in worlds brimming with evil
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Several performers, including Geena Davis, Lucy Liu, and Seth Green, have come forward about unpleasant incidents with the ‘Ghostbusters’ star
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The movie, which is an adaptation of Lucia Berlin’s collection of short stories, was set to be the director’s English-language feature debut
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The Australian filmmaker is releasing ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing,’ which describes the relationship between a scholar and a djinn that comes out of a bottle
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A forthcoming, highly researched account by a former Hollywood Academy executive puts a long-running controversy to bed, and confirms that it was not actress Bette Davis who came up with the nickname