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Tammie Rosen, Sundance and Tribeca Communications Chief, Dies at 49 Following Cancer Battle Tammie Rosen, a chief communications officer at Sundance and Tribeca, has died at 49 after a battle with cancer.

Gutted by this news. Over long breakfasts we hashed out 15 Tribecas, then several Sundances. It’s a cruel irony that Tammie won’t be able to taste Boulder, an outcome she worked so hard for. Her passion was continuity in a field with little of it. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Oh yes. So it begins. Well played @nyfcc.bsky.social

Review: Speed to the theater for 'Sisu: Road to Revenge,' Finland's madcap take on 'Fury Road' Hollywood just hired Finnish director Jalmari Helander to reboot "Rambo" and this grisly, hilarious, full-throttle chase movie easily proves why.

Our @theamynicholson.bsky.social has found an action movie to hug and love, SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE, Finland's answer to FURY ROAD and a story "told through explosions and gunfire, glares and smirks." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson chase a dream in 'Song Sung Blue,' the year's stealth Oscar contender Based on the ups and downs of a real-life Neil Diamond tribute act, the movie, directed by Craig Brewer, required charm, realness and vocal firepower to spare.

We ugly-cried through SONG SUNG BLUE — Neil Diamond is only the doorway in. The film is a scrappy, Demme-like tale of American dreamers at their highest and lowest. @themaureenlee.bsky.social chatted with stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, both revelatory. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

She's the wizard who shot both 'Wicked' movies. Her road to a Hollywood career was far from magical Seven years ago, Alice Brooks thought her dream of becoming a cinematographer would never come true. A phone call from director Jon M. Chu led her to 'In the Heights' and more.

Cinematographer Alice Brooks graduated USC a rising star. “And then, everything was really hard for the next 20 years,” she tells Mary McNamara, who talked to her about setbacks and perseverance on the path to shooting two WICKED movies. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

For Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, making 'Hamnet' was 'something bigger than the moon' Their film wrecks audiences with its exploration of romantic intimacy, grief and the inner lives of artists. Working with director Chloé Zhao — and each other — changed them forever.

Our team at @latimes.com is producing some killer work. Here's a taste of recent features (🧵) @emilyzemler.bsky.social sat down with Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal in London, going deep into Chloé Zhao's process for HAMNET. You'll want to go pubbing with them: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

American Cinematheque Ups Chris LeMaire To Director Of Programming Chris LeMaire, who behind the American Cinematheque's This Is Not a Fiction, Bleak Week and Beyond Fest events, has been promoted at the nonprofit.

When Good Things Happen to Good People Dept. deadline.com/2025/10/amer...

Bruce Springsteen wanted a 'Scott Cooper movie.' We asked the director what that is Filmmaker Scott Cooper talks to us about getting the Boss' blessing on "Deliver Me From Nowhere," working with Jeremy Allen White and how his movies resist easy answers.

Scott Cooper has built an impressive filmography over the years, making movies that touch upon childhood trauma and the pursuit of a belated grace. @pamelachelin.bsky.social spoke to him. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Humbled to be nommed with all these critics. Critics rule.

Review: A daughter of horror royalty makes her bloody, liberated mark in 'Queens of the Dead' Katy O'Brian, Jaquel Spivey and Margaret Cho battle the undead in Tina Romero's feature debut, one that honors her father's legacy while standing proudly on its own.

There’s huge fun to be had with Tina Romero’s QUEENS OF THE DEAD. She understands her dad’s legacy better than most and queers it exuberantly. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

The 13 best horror movies to see in L.A. from now until Halloween What if you can't wait for Halloween? We round up the best horror classics playing in L.A. over the next eight days: special 35mm prints, giant screens, huge monsters.

And if you live in L.A. and consider Halloween a week-long affair at minimum, here's a handy guide to the scariest screenings in town over the next several days. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

John Carpenter has been thinking about death lately. Not in the way you imagine In advance of his four-night residency at the Belasco, we sat down with the legendary director of "Halloween" and "The Thing" to talk about Bach, rock and, of course, evil.

When it becomes faux-fall in L.A. (you know, sunny with an occasional leaf on the ground), our thoughts naturally turn to HALLOWEEN's John Carpenter, who @tgreiving.bsky.social caught in a contemplative mood. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

He exposed My Lai and Abu Ghraib. Now ‘Cover-Up’ turns the lens on Seymour Hersh The legendary investigative reporter and Oscar-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras discuss the price of exposing what others want hidden in a documentary about journalism.

There's never a bad time to check in with legendary journalist Seymour Hersh, the man who exposed My Lai and Abu Ghraib, who spoke to @joshrottenberg.bsky.social about his new doc profile COVER-UP (coming in December). www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Review: Tessa Thompson is the ultimate restless housewife in a viciously updated 'Hedda' 'Candyman' director Nia DaCosta and her star bring Henrik Ibsen's mean girl to vibrant life in a raucous period drama co-starring Imogen Poots and Nina Hoss.

Critic @theamynicholson.bsky.social calls HEDDA divine, vibrant and viciously alive: "With apologies to Ibsen’s ghost, DaCosta’s tweaks have sharpened its rage." www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Parallel paths brought Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson back together for 'Hedda' Their collaboration as confidantes goes back years, but for DaCosta and Thompson, their bold adaptation of "Hedda Gabler" is a peak for both the filmmaker and the actor.

Director Nia DaCosta and actor Tessa Thompson have known each other for a decade. They've become friends, confidants and (when we're lucky) collaborators, as with their boldly reimagined HEDDA. @indiefocus.bsky.social spoke to them out of Toronto. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Review: It's Emma Stone's planet now as the alien comedy 'Bugonia' proves Director Yorgos Lanthimos and Stone follow 'The Favourite' and 'Poor Things' with a nasty-fun conspiracy movie that also features Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis.

Meanwhile, @theamynicholson.bsky.social loved BUGONIA, was floored by Emma Stone and called the film "a hilarious movie with no hope for the future of humanity." That's my idea of high praise. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Commentary: Friends of this L.A. teen will soon find out his big secret: He's co-starring in 'Bugonia' An autistic actor playing an autistic character, Aidan Delbis is one of Hollywood's overnight success stories, going straight from high school to the set of a Yorgos Lanthimos movie.

What's happening this week, movies-wise? (🧵) If you've seen BUGONIA, you may have left wondering: Who's that kid? His name is Aidan Delbis and he went straight from high school to acting in a Yorgos film. Our Mary McNamara spoke to him: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Like so many kids, I played along to Kiss riffs in my bedroom. Ace Frehley doesn’t seem gone because he can never be gone for me. #RIPitout

I saw If I Had Legs I'd Kick You at the NYFF and it's...a horror movie with laughs? The scariest comedy ever? A sweet and gentle gift to those of us who decided not have kids? A completely harrowing experience? A perfect vehicle for the phenomenal Rose Byrne? Possibly all of the above.

She's used to finding laughs in catastrophe. But Rose Byrne is only now going to the edge After stealing focus in everything from "Bridesmaids" to "Insidious," Rose Byrne unravels beautifully in "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You," a bold, career-best turn.

Rose Byrne should have three Oscars by now but the indie IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU is truly a moment for her. @ezwrites.bsky.social sat down with her in Cobble Hill. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

All the movies of Paul Thomas Anderson, ranked from worst to best The director's latest, 'One Battle After Another,' is now in theaters, but the career of the Valley's No. 1 filmmaker stretches over three decades. What's his best?

PTA finds his own beautiful way into Thomas Pynchon with ONE BATTLE — part of that is the needle drop of the year ("Dirty Work"), part is an even funnier phone argument than the one in PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE. But it's all him. @indiefocus.bsky.social ranks the 10 features. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Tim Curry on the sexual whirlwind of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' then and now After countless screenings, the classic midnight movie turns 50. The story of its success owes much to L.A.’s Roxy Theatre — and to the audiences who found themselves in it.

“It’s actually really nice to be here because it was another home for me. I had to appear as though I owned it — and I kind of did.”

We brought Tim Curry back to the Roxy to chat about THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, now 50. @steveappleford.bsky.social has the story. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Review: The revolution gets energized in Paul Thomas Anderson's dynamite 'One Battle After Another' Paul Thomas Anderson's brutally hilarious political thriller brings together Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro and newcomer Chase Infiniti.

Spinning off from Thomas Pynchon's "Vineland," Paul Thomas Anderson’s "fun and fizzy adaptation views its Molotov cocktail as half-full," says our @theamynicholson.bsky.social in her review, a beautiful piece of writing. Make time for this one. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

FILM CRITICS’ GROUPS DENOUNCE NEXSTAR AND DISNEY-ABC DECISIONS TO SUSPEND “JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!” We, the members of the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics, strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air. For decades, our organizations have represented a profession that is enabled by the First Amendment. Kimmel’s long-running talk show promotes free speech, including when it gives film artists the chance to discuss their work. There is only one word to describe the decision by powerful media corporations to silence an individual’s perspective due to fear of repercussions by the government: censorship. This is the antithesis of the values embodied by our work. We demand a reversal of this decision and encourage our colleagues across the industry to do the same.

We strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! off the air.

FILM CRITICS’ GROUPS DENOUNCE NEXSTAR AND DISNEY-ABC DECISIONS TO SUSPEND “JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!” We, the members of the New York Film Critics Circle, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics, strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air. For decades, our organizations have represented a profession that is enabled by the First Amendment. Kimmel’s long-running talk show promotes free speech, including when it gives film artists the chance to discuss their work. There is only one word to describe the decision by powerful media corporations to silence an individual’s perspective due to fear of repercussions by the government: censorship. This is the antithesis of the values embodied by our work. We demand a reversal of this decision and encourage our colleagues across the industry to do the same.

We strongly condemn the actions taken by Nexstar and Disney-ABC to pull JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! off the air.

He’s made the most incendiary movie of the year. But Paul Thomas Anderson remains an optimist The director of "Boogie Nights" and "There Will Be Blood" returns with an angry epic about American dissent, born from grappling with Thomas Pynchon's "Vineland."

Sitting for his first solo interview about his new movie ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, director Paul Thomas Anderson chats with Glenn Whipp about fathers, daughters and fascism. A deep read on what is unquestionably the American film of the year. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

The 9 best movies we saw at the Toronto International Film Festival Strong turns by Tessa Thompson, Amanda Seyfried and Jessie Buckley arrived in movies that rose to the top of a stacked slate at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Toronto is finally in the rearview and @theamynicholson.bsky.social @indiefocus.bsky.social and I have our favorites from a lineup that kept us guessing. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Reserving my thoughts on THE SMASHING MACHINE for a moment, but it is a stroke of absolute brilliance to close on the Alan Parsons Project’s “Limelight,” which is the emotionally overwhelming Moroder song he never wrote. That’s 100% @bowedtie.bsky.social

Review: Canadian pride booms, dual Hamlets duel and Rian Johnson's knives are out (again) at a 50th TIFF The first days of TIFF were jam-packed with Oscar hopefuls and genre thrillers: Rian Johnson's "Wake Up Dead Man," Chloé Zhao's "Hamnet" and Potsy Ponciroli’s “Motor City.”

A dispatch from TIFF where I've been ordering Canadianos -- not Americanos -- while watching a bunch of movies about guys gone wild, including a gasp-inducing local comedy where the director shouted an onstage apology to the mayor of Toronto. (She liked the movie!)

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His apocalyptic art film 'Sirât' dances in the face of oblivion. Maybe that's why people love it Quietly, Oliver Laxe's euphoric, shocking movie, set at the end of the world, is winning over critics and audiences alike, a hopeful sign for challenging cinema.

I’ve been thinking about SIRÂT for months — it’s a movie that crystallizes my apocalyptic mood. Sitting down with its filmmaker Oliver Laxe was a pure pleasure. He’s a director who doesn’t wait for permission. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...