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When the name Cillian Murphy pops up, what immediately springs to mind is his widely celebrated performance as Tommy Shelby in the BBC period drama series Peaky Blinders. But long before that career-defining role and his Oscar-winning performance in Oppenheimer, Murphy anchored one of the most emotionally powerful films of his career, and now, that forgotten gem is finding new life on Tubi. For younger fans of Murphy's or anyone looking for something that perhaps flew under the radar, Broken is a must-stream.

Set in a seemingly quiet North London cul-de-sac, Broken follows eleven-year-old Skunk Cunningham (played by newcomer Eloise Laurence in a breakout role), a diabetic girl whose innocence slowly gives way as the dark realities of adulthood confront her all too abruptly. Her coming-of-age is anything but gentle. A single act of violence sets off a chain reaction of heartbreak, trauma, and hard truths. The story weaves together...

Matthew McConaugheyused to be a rom-com legend before he was Coop in Interstellar. He made movies with leading ladies like Kate Hudson in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and one of his most underrated rom-com adventures is Failure to Launch. McConaughey plays Tripp, a man in his 30s, who lives with his parents despite being a ladies' man, and his parents (played by Kathy Batesand Terry Bradshaw) hire Paula (Sarah Jessica Parker) to get him out of their home.

It isn't the best romantic comedy of all time, but the movie is genuinely funny. But with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 23%, you'd think that it was responsible for the death of someone's mother. Yes, you have to experience a naked Bradshaw while watching the movie, but it does have an all-star cast. Alongside McConaughey and Parker are Bradley Cooper, Zooey Deschanel, and Justin Bartha as Tripp and Paula's friends,...

Films have a magical ability to transport us across worlds and time when done right. While fictional tales have their own magic, some stories are so extraordinary, so deeply human, that they deserve to be told on the silver screen.

Such biographical dramas, rooted in real-life events, have the rare power to not only captivate and entertain but also to educate and inspire. These films peel away the layers of history and paint a picture of the triumphs, struggles, and complexities of some of the most remarkable individuals who helped shape the world and occasionally, and made it a better place.

From tales of heroism in the face of unimaginable horrors and adversities to stories of quiet resilience, Hollywood has no shortage of biographical dramas that resonate. Although there are times when the creative flair takes over and adds a bit of dramatic flourish to create a story worthy of cinematic appeal,...

At times of political and cultural upset, literature has often been a way for society to process, understand, and push back against unethical policies or administrations. Many of the most well known books are direct political statements, like Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Octavia Butler’s Kindred, and Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird. These works easily break down some of the biggest political challenges Americans faced at the time of their publication. Books have power — and sharp authors aren’t afraid to wield that. But what’s...

After headlining NCIS for almost two decades, the face of the franchise, Mark Harmon, finally called it quits from the role of Leroy Jethro Gibbs. However, this wasn’t the end for Harmon’s NCIS journey, as prior to returning to NCIS: Origins, which follows a younger Leroy Gibbs, the actor ventured into the realm of writing.

Although he was offered to center his first book around the procedural CBS show, Harmon on the flip side, was adamant about going back to NCIS‘ roots with Ghosts of Honolulu.

Mark Harmon refused to pen an NCIS book to preserve his original vision

For the unversed, the CBS show was loosely based on the real-life division of NCIS, and with his venture into the realm of writing, Mark Harmon was adamant about penning real-life stories involving this division. But before he joined forces with retired NCIS Special Agent Leon Carroll Jr. to...

The sun turns into a mute spectator for once. The desert sands shift in the wind. History holds its breath, still trembling in the aftermath of the bloodbath it has just witnessed. A locomotive—a proud symbol of the Ottoman Empire—lies in ruins. Smoke rises from the smoldering tangle of metal and flesh. And then, the camera shifts focus. Amid the war cries of a band of Bedouin warriors, he rises—Thomas Edward Lawrence—in a flowing white robe, his face smeared with soot and dust. His footsteps are deliberate, almost exaggerated, like a king surveying his new dominion. His white robe flutters like a conqueror’s standard. The obstinate warrior is now more than a cog in His Majesty’s army. He has buried his past in the sun’s anvil and emerged as a mythical figure. His gait proves his point. The war-cry of the rifle-brandishing Bedouin warriors reaches a crescendo.

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The Awards season catch up doesn't just begin and end with 2024 movie releases. With the 97th Academy Awards on the horizon, it is time to revisit old winners, and really consider if they deserved that victory. Conversations have emerged on social media recently about which award the academy is most commonly "wrong" about. Unfortunately for fans, the general consensus was that they usually stumble when it comes to one of the most important awards of the night.

Those who don't keep up with the Academy Awards may think that the Best Supporting Actor/Actress award is just a stepping stone to greatness, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Just last year, Robert Downey Jr. tore through the awards season with his portrayal of Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer,...

We have a brand new documentary that works like a road-trip movie – where an old man receives an email from an old friend who now wants to be recognized as a woman, and the two of them hit the road, just like that. But in Netflix’s latest documentary, Will and Harper, Will is world famous actor and comedian Will Ferrell and Harper is the famous SNL writer who used to be known as Andrew Steele. Obviously that adds a layer of value to the documentary, which could just as easily have been about two random friends. But Will and Harper soars thanks to its honesty, and the way director Josh Greenbaum films the whole thing. It’s a genuine, heartfelt, emotionally impactful story that (rightfully) focuses on Harper, and Will sort of represents the audience.

What Happens In The Documentary?

After introducing himself as the greatest actor in the...

On November 16, 1959, The New York Times ran a short wire story headlined Wealthy Farmer, 3 of Family Slain with a dateline of Holcomb, Kansas, the previous day. Novelist Truman Capote sensed a story in the brief but ghastly item: They had been killed by shotgun blasts at close range after being bound and gagged. Within days, Capote and his cousin author Nelle Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) were on the ground in Holcomb surveying the crime scene and interviewing police and townspeople. Capote had intended to write the story of the effects of the murders on the small rural community, but when the suspected killers were found and brought back to Kansas to face trial, the focus of Capotes investigation shifted to the two killers and why they had done what they did.

Many of the greatest films of all time have come from some of the great novels, creating a perfect synergy between cinema and literature. The Lord of the Rings trilogy by Peter Jackson comes from J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork of fantasy, Harper Lee's much-studied To Kill A Mockingbird gave Gregory Peck one of his greatest ever performances, and Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep was adapted into one of the best films of the noir genre.

During the Jeopardy! shows, the players are often asked questions about themselves so the audience can get to know them during the games. On a recent episode, one man offered his Q&a and gave his family a sweet shout-out. However, fans trolled him online, saying his story “wasn’t unique.”

However, many Jeopardy! players personally read the Reddit comments, and in this case, the player responded to the people saying he wasn’t unique enough. Here is what he had to say.

Jeopardy! Fans Mock Contestant For Kids’ Names

On Wednesday’s episode, Larry P. Wellington, an entrepreneur from Madison, Mississippi, came onto the show. He did well and finished in second place with $16,801, but he lost out to Isaac Hirsch, who is in the middle of a huge Jeopardy! winning streak.

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However, fans decided to poke fun at Larry based on his Q&a answers as...

To Kill a Mockingbird was filmed on a Universal Studios backlot in Hollywood, not in the actual town of Monroeville, Alabama. Art Director Henry Bumstead won an Academy Award for recreating the small Southern town setting effectively. The iconic "Mockingbird Square" on the Universal Studios lot was later renamed "Courthouse Square" after the Back to the Future movies.

The setting of To Kill a Mockingbird is a critical piece of the film and book's legacy, considering how important the racial attitudes of the town are to telling the story. This has some fans of the 1962 movie wondering, "Where was To Kill a Mockingbird filmed?" To Kill a Mockingbird is not just one of the best movies of the 1960s, but many consider it a classic of cinema, and the book it's adapted from a critical piece of American literature. Atticus Finch, Boo Radley, Scout, Jem, and Tom Robinson are iconic characters of the courtroom genre.

The black and white images of "To Kill a Mockingbird" are seared onto my brain. Just the film's monochrome snapshots of young, rambunctious Scout with her friends in the sweltering days of summer -- or being scolded for her unkindly manner -- are enough to conjure memories of childhood without tipping over into nostalgia. 

Compare that to the scenes set at nighttime where Scout and her companions investigate their elusive, reclusive neighbor, Arthur "Boo" Radley (Robert Duvall). These sequences evoke the terror of being a helpless child with their long shadows and sinister ambience, culminating with the film's intense climax (and its profoundly touching aftermath). Even in the movie's agitated courtroom scenes, the black and white visuals serve to augment the fiery emotions on display rather than distract from them.

Director Robert Mulligan's classic 1962 adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winner, itself a bildungsroman loosely inspired by Lee's own upbringing,...

The Judge, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall, subtly references Duvall's feature film debut in To Kill A Mockingbird. Both The Judge and To Kill A Mockingbird share themes of corruption and murder, creating ethical dilemmas for the characters. Despite mixed reviews, The Judge gained popularity on Netflix for its powerful legal drama and strong cast performances.

Robert Duvall's role in The Judge includes a major callback to his feature film debut that was released more than 6 decades ago. Directed by David Dobkin, The Judge is a powerful legal drama that gained popularity on Netflix in May 2024 after originally being released in 2014. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, earning just a 48 Metascore and a 49% on Rotten Tomatoes, The Judge has strong ratings among audiences.

Duvall, the celebrated actor who starred in The Godfather (1971), The Godfather Part II (1974), Network (1976), and Apocalypse Now (1979), leads the cast of The Judge alongside...

Exclusive: Netflix just boarded a buzzy one. The streamer has joined The Thursday Murder Club, the Chris Columbus-directed feature adaptation of Richard Osman’s bestselling novel.

Just days after casting on the flick was confirmed with Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley in lead roles, we can reveal that Netflix is now also attached.

The film has been on the boil since September 2020, when Steven Spielberg acquired the adaptation rights from Osman, the British gameshow host, TV exec, screenwriter and novelist. Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment is making it, with Columbus the writer and director.

The film will be the latest to come through Netflix’s film partnership with Amblin, which has already spawned the the upcoming Jaume Collet-Serra action thriller Carry-On, starring Jason Bateman and Taron Egerton.

The story follows a group of elderly friends in a retirement home who gather to solve murders for fun,...

Chicago – During Oscar week, all eyes turn to Unit Photographer Dale Robinette, who got the assignment on the Oscar nominated “Barbie.” The following on-set pictures were snapped during the production’s time in Los Angeles, which including the iconic cowpoke wardrobe of Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

“Uncle Dale” Robinette first contacted me via email in 2013, to give information about some photos he took on the film “Lovelace.” Ever since then he has been a reliable email pal, sending me image after image from the movie sets that he is “blessed” (his word) to work on. He has plied his skills in Hollywood as a Unit Still Photographer since 1988, after a career as a stage and television actor in New York and Los Angeles. Starting with a TV short called “The Big Five” (1988), he has worked his way up the ladder, and has built an impressive photo resume through familiar films like “Donnie Darko,...

When reflecting on Gregory Peck's extensive career, a few films like Roman Holiday come instantly to mind. The biblical epic David and Bathsheba, the swashbuckling Moby Dick, both versions of Cape Fear, and the iconic horror film The Omen all made their mark in movie history. He's also played villains such as Nazi scientist Dr. Josef Mengele in The Boys in Brazil, and heroes like Catholic priest Hugh O'Flaherty in The Scarlet and The Black. Of course, his most famous role comes from the 1962 feature film adaptation of Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird, where he wowed audiences everywhere as Atticus Finch. His powerful performance has since been hailed as one of the greatest in cinema, and for good reason. In every way, Peck transforms himself into the physical embodiment of the ideals that Finch stood for, ripping the character straight from Lee's page and immortalizing him on screen.

In 2006, a movie came out starring Daniel Craig, Sandra Bullock, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Peter Bogdanovich, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Toby Jones. That’s a murderer’s row of talent bringing to life writer/director Douglas McGrath’s script — and very few people paid it much mind. But “Infamous” was a victim of bad timing, not bad filmmaking.

One can’t blame audiences for greeting it with a collective shrug. McGrath’s movie tackled the exact same topic as the previous year’s “Capote” (the movie that earned Philip Seymour Hoffman his first and only Oscar): Truman Capote’s time spent researching and writing his true-crime classic “In Cold Blood.” After the buzzy release of “Capote” and months spent in awards season campaigning mode, no one was ready to revisit the subject.

What a shame, because “Infamous” restores much of what was missing from Bennett Miller...

Characters with flaws are more relatable and interesting, but may be less likable. Positive character traits like moral courage, generosity, and charisma make characters likable. Secondary characters can serve as examples or support for the protagonist's journey.

Different people have different opinions on their favorite movie characters, but some characters are universally adored. It's common for movies to try and forge a connection between the audience and their main characters, but this is more successful in some cases than others. Protagonists are far more interesting and relatable if they have some kind of demonstrable flaw, although this can have the side effect of making them less likable. Secondary characters don't always need such obvious drawbacks. In some cases, they can even be an example of what the protagonist hopes to become.

Positive character traits are the same in fiction and real life. People like those who are morally courageous, generous,...

1986 was an important year for DC Comics. "Crisis on Infinite Earths" rebooted the decades-old continuity, and Frank Miller reinvigorated Batman with "The Dark Knight Returns." Miller's tale depicted an aged Bruce Wayne coming out of retirement to fight the evils of the 1980s, from street gangs to the Cold War to Ronald Reagan. If you've ever wondered what the beginning of dark and gritty Batman was, it was this book.

The next year, DC was relaunching the main "Batman" title for the "Post-Crisis" era, and Miller was the obvious choice to kick it off. The result was "Year One," running four issues from "Batman" #404-407. The book follows Bruce Wayne's early days as a crime fighter when Gotham City was menaced by the mob, not super-villains. Batman refines his tactics through trial and error and slowly wins the trust of James Gordon — not yet a commissioner, but a rare...

Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" is about as quintessentially American as a classic book can get. The 1960 novel, which is still commonly read in schools today, follows young Alabaman girl Scout Finch as she endures the trials and tribulations of her pre-teen years -- and witnesses the grim realities of the Jim Crow-era South. Some aspects of "To Kill A Mockingbird" haven't aged perfectly, but the book remains beloved for good reason. It's funny, sharp, and emotional, full of wisdom and harsh truth, and builds a world that's vividly alive.

That world made the leap from the page to the big screen in 1962, when director Robert Mulligan and playwright Horton Foote adapted "To Kill A Mockingbird" as a film. The movie version is indelible in its own right. It's anchored by a precise performance from Gregory Peck, who plays compassionate defense attorney Atticus Finch. In the 60 years since...

The animated adaptations of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings from the 1970s and 1980s have a bit of a bad reputation these days, but these are not entirely deserved. In particular, Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass’ 1977 TV movie of The Hobbit, with a screenplay by Romeo Miller, gets a lot of things right that Peter Jackson’s three-part live-action film adaptation did not.

The most obvious advantage that the animated version has over the live-action films is its length. The fact that the live-action movies are too long is pretty well-established, but by way of a reminder, the book of The Hobbit is about 300 pages long, with slight variations in each edition. Other books of similar length that have been adapted into films include Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Emma Donoghue’s Room, John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.

To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic novel that deals with serious topics like racism and sexual assault, but it is known for its warmth and levity. The book was adapted into a highly acclaimed movie, which also ends with Boo Radley's name being cleared and protected by the sheriff. The title of the book refers to Scout's analogy of a mockingbird, symbolizing the innocence that should be protected rather than destroyed. Atticus Finch is considered the real hero of the story.

At the end of To Kill a Mockingbird, Boo Radley is protected by the sheriff, but he isn’t praised as a local hero. A staple of middle school and high school libraries, Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is widely considered to be a quintessential work of American literature. Although it deals with serious subject matter like racism and sexual assault, To Kill a Mockingbird is...

12 Angry Men started as a teleplay, not a book, and gained popularity through its stage production and subsequent movie adaptation. The original movie received numerous awards and nominations, proving the story's enduring appeal. While there are books available based on 12 Angry Men, they contain the published script rather than a novelization of the story. A novelization may be possible in the future.

While many believe the 1957 movie 12 Angry Men started out as a book, this assertion is incorrect. In the courtroom drama movie, a jury deliberates whether a young boy is guilty of murdering his father and if he should get the death penalty. Though only Juror 8 initially dissents from a guilty verdict, he provides a compelling enough argument to sway the other jurors. This story is considered one of the cornerstones of the courtroom drama genre. It increased interest in the judicial process and addressed many...

The third episode of The Changeling finally revealed what Emma did to Brian and Apollo, and it is terrifying. The series seems to be coming into its own, and in the third episode, we got a hint about the ‘fairytale’ aspect of the series, which up until now had just been lurking in the background. The incident with Emma gutted Apollo, and he found a few things in the aftermath. He was told a secret that his mother, Lillian, had kept hidden from him right from the beginning. It demystifies Apollo’s childhood to a certain extent, but Lillian’s secret may not reveal the entire truth to Apollo about Brian, his father. There is a lot to unpack, so here is a recap:

Spoilers Ahead

What did Emma do to her son, Brian?

In the previous episode, Emma was on the verge of doing something drastic because no one seemed to understand her anxiety.

After setting up the backstory of Apollo in the previous episode, the second episode of The Changeling deals with Emma and her backstory. She gave birth to her son, whom Apollo named Brian after his father. Emma initially enjoyed the miracle of motherhood, but as time passed, something started to shift in her. All this seems linked to the wishes she had made in front of the old woman, who had tied a red string on her wrist. As far as Apollo was concerned, he was a great father, taking care of the family and involving his mother, Lillian, as well. The second episode was more restrained than the first one, as it got more psychological. The horrors that surround Emma are much more mysterious, and nobody seems to be helping her.

Spoilers Ahead

How Were Emma’s First Few Months As A Mother?

After bringing Brian in this world,...

A specially signed copy of Harper Lee’s classic novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” could be the golden ticket to new beginnings for Apollo Kagwa’s (Lakeith Stanfield) family in a new trailer for the Apple TV+ series “The Changeling.”

“To Kill a Mockingbird?” Emma, who is played by Clark Backo, said in the clip titled “What a Day,” which you can watch above, released Thursday exclusively via TheWrap.

The scene in the clip began with Apollo coming home and seeing Emma holding their son Brian. Apollo, book dealer, showed Emma his latest find.

“That’s right, a true first edition, original cover. It’s in pristine condition — not a scratch,” Apollo responded. “Now, a book like that could get us… $10,000.”

In shock, Emma questioned, “10?”

Apollo then proceeded to go more in depth with how that particular copy is even more unique than what he led with, mentioning that Lee...

Jessica Lange, Jim Parsons and Celia Keenan-Bolger will star on Broadway this spring in a world premiere production of Paula Vogel’s new Mother Play, to be directed by Tina Landau.

The Second Stage Theater production will begin a limited engagement at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater on Wednesday, April 3, with an official opening on Thursday, April 25.

Mother Play by Pulitzer Prize winner Vogel (How I Learned to Drive) is described by Second Stage as “a bitingly funny and unflinchingly honest new play about the hold our family has over us and the surprises we find when we unpack the past.”

The synopsis: “It’s 1962, just outside of D.C., and matriarch Phyllis is supervising her teenage children, Carl and Martha, as they move into a new apartment. Phyllis has strong ideas about what her children need to do and be to succeed, and woe be the child who finds their own path.

A few weeks ago, we heard that the Apple TV+ series The Changeling – which is not a remake of the 1980 Peter Medak horror film of the same name (which you can watch at This Link), but rather an adaptation of author Victor Lavalle’s recent novel (and you can buy a copy of Lavalle’s novel Here) – is set to premiere on Friday, September 8th. With that date now exactly one month away, a trailer for The Changeling has arrived online, and you can watch it in the embed above.

Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage screenwriter Kelly Marcel (who is now directing Venom 3) wrote the adaptation of Lavalle’s story and served as showrunner, while Queen & Slim‘s Melina Matsoukas directed the pilot episode. Coming to us from Annapurna and Apple Studios, The Changeling is described as “a fairytale for grown-ups. A horror story, a parenthood fable...

The American Film Institute defines courtroom drama as a genre of film in which a system of justice plays a critical role in the film's narrative. Courtroom dramas have captivated audiences for decades. Battles between lawyers, innocent victims fighting for justice, and the procedures of the legal system are capable of providing endless hours of entertainment.

Courtroom dramas also situate among cinema's most astute genres for examining social and political issues. Racial injustice, moral dilemmas, miscarriages of justice, and abuse of power are all hot-button topics explored by the greatest courtroom dramas.

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Breaker Morant (1980)

Bruce Beresford's Breaker Morant is a landmark work of Australian New Wave cinema that tells the story of the 1902 court-martial of Breaker Morant. During the Second Boer War, Harry "Breaker" Morant and five other officers (two others in the film) stood trial for the murders of prisoners of war and unarmed civilians.

History repeated itself last week when actors went on strike at the same time as writers, who have been picketing for more than two months. This is only the second time in the history of the industry that both guilds have halted work simultaneously, with advancements in technology at the root of their cause, and it’s been 63 year since that event shook Hollywood. Today, writers and performers are fighting for their fair share of residuals in a world that has now largely turned to streaming services, and to protect their work from being taken over by AI, whereas in 1960, they were fighting for residuals from reruns and theatrical films being shown on a relatively new medium — television. Let’s turn back time and flashback to life during that history-making time of the 1960 strikes.

The WGA began their strike on January 16, 1960, followed by the actors strike on March 7. Future United...

A couple years have passed since we heard that Lakeith Stanfield of Get Out and upcoming Haunted Mansion had signed on to star in the Apple TV+ series The Changeling – which is not a remake of the 1980 Peter Medak horror film of the same name (which you can watch at This Link), but rather an adaptation of author Victor Lavalle’s recent novel. (Buy a copy of Lavalle’s novel Here.) Now Apple TV+ has announced (via Deadline) that The Changeling will premiere on Friday, September 8th… and along with that announcement, they have also unveiled a batch of first look images, which you can check out at the bottom of this article.

Venom and Venom: Let There Be Carnage screenwriter Kelly Marcel (who is now directing Venom 3) wrote the adaptation of Lavalle’s story and served as showrunner, while Queen & Slim‘s Melina Matsoukas directed the pilot episode.

Clockwise from left: Rocky (Warner Bros.), Do The Right Thing (Universal), Scarface (Universal), Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Paramount), Marcia Straub (Getty Images)Graphic: AVClub

In Field Of Dreams, when Kevin Costner is asked of his homemade baseball diamond, “Is this Heaven?” there’s a reason he doesn’t answer,...

Courtroom movies tend to have a winning formula that appeals to our sense of justice. We never want to see innocent people sent down for crimes they didn’t commit, so a reliable story can usually be built around the process of defending unlucky characters in a court of law. But because so much of that drama transpires on a single set, making a really good courtroom movie requires certain elements to work spectacularly.

You’ll need a great, charismatic lawyer whose life, career, or reputation depends on winning the case. Then there are your defendants, who must be at least a little relatable. After all, any one of us can get mixed up in some unfortunate circumstances given the right series of events! Then there are the witnesses, who must be cajoled into telling the truth, and the opposing counsel, who is often as antagonistic as the injustice itself.

The top honorees at the 2023 Laurence Olivier Awards were plays that focused on cultures outside of London. “My Neighbour Totoro,” which is based on the beloved Japanese film of the same name from Studio Ghibli, won six trophies, the most of the night, including Best New Comedy, Director, and four craft categories. A revival of the American classic “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams claimed three: Best Play Revival and for lead Paul Mescal and featured player Anjana Vasan. Meanwhile, the British-based “Prima Facie,” which is set to bow on Broadway this month and will thus compete at the Tony Awards, took home two prizes for Best Play and for star Jodie Comer.

The only other productions to win more than one trophy were all musicals. “Standing at the Sky’s Edge” won two of the top prizes: Best Musical and Best Original Score or New Orchestrations. “Tammy Faye,...

The 1962 adaptation of Harper Lee's classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture and won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. It's easy to understand how that could happen given the classic novel that serves as the source material for the film. Lee's story centers around the morally squared-away, well-spoken lawyer Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) who represents a Black man and accused rapist Tom Robinson (Brock Peters) in the racially divided Maycomb, Alabama. His earnest and quietly dignified performance won him the Best Actor Oscar in 1963. The role was just the latest in a litany of award-winning films Peck would star in. But another actor in the movie was making his big screen debut in a cameo role that you may have not been aware of. It's understandable if you missed this future icon of Hollywood as he would only appear on-screen for just a few minutes,...

Awards season always turns up note-worthy moments: showstopping outfits, witty speeches or egregious faux-pas are instantly turned into memes and circulated endlessly on social media.

In 2021, one moment in particular captivated viewers worldwide, and that was watching eight-year-old actor Alan Kim – dressed in a tuxedo – tear up while accepting a Critics Choice Award for his scene-stealing part in the critically acclaimed film Minari.

After a successful season, however, which included a Bafta nod, the young star was eventually shut out of the Oscars. It was a shame – in a year of history-making nominations for the Academy Awards, seeing Kim recognised would have been the cherry on top.

But it was always a long shot. Child actors are a welcome but infrequent inclusion at the Oscars – their rarity though, does make every instance especially memorable.

In the run-up to next month’s ceremony, here is a list of the 13 youngest stars...

Gregory Peck’s leather-bound copy of the To Kill a Mockingbird screenplay will soon hit the auction block.

That wildly significant Hollywood artifact is one of 250 items from Peck’s personal collection — along with items belonging to his late philanthropist wife, Veronique — that will go to the highest bidders on Feb. 23 as part of the Property from The Estate of Veronique and Gregory Peck event, hosted by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.

Peck’s performance in Mockingbird, a landmark 1962 civil rights drama based on the best-selling 1960 novel by Harper Lee, earned Peck the Academy Award for best actor in a leading role — his only competitive Oscar win out of five nominations throughout his career.

Other items up for sale include a copy of the Mockingbird source material inscribed by Lee; copies of Peck’s scripts for classic films like the 1945 Alfred Hitchcock thriller Spellbound, 1953’s romantic comedy Roman Holiday and the 1976 supernatural...

Extensively researched with the help of childhood chum Harper Lee, Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood was a true-life horror story written in a poet’s voice. There’s poetry in Richard Brooks’s 1967 movie adaptation as well, thanks to cinematographer Conrad Hall who contributes some of the finest black and white imagery in movie history. Robert Blake and Scott Wilson are terrifying as the killers Perry Smith and Dick Hickock.

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The actor and environmentalist on playing Atticus Finch, the character’s importance today, and why he dyed his hair white for Stranger Things

Actor Matthew Modine, born in California in 1959, came to fame in the 1980s, most notably in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket (1987). More recently, he’s best known for playing Dr Martin Brenner, the sinister scientist in the Netflix series Stranger Things. Next week, he steps into the role of the crusading Atticus Finch, a lawyer defending an innocent black man on a charge of rape, in Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird in the West End. Married since 1980, he has two children and lives in New York.

What made you want to play the part of Atticus Finch?

The content of the story – it’s specifically about the history of racism in the United States. The past is not something that’s ancient history.

Douglas McGrath, the director and writer whose work spanned film, stage and television and earned him a Tony nomination for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and an Oscar nomination for the Bullets Over Broadway screenplay he co-authored with Woody Allen, died suddenly yesterday in New York City. He was 64.

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At the time of his death, McGrath was starring in the Off Broadway solo show he’d written, Everything’s Fine, an autobiographical play directed by John Lithgow at the Daryl Roth Theatre. With McGrath’s death, the show played its final performance on Wednesday, November 2. The show was to have played at least through Jan. 22, 2023.

Details on a cause of death were not immediately available.

His death was announced by the Everything’s Fine producers Daryl Roth, Tom Werner and John Lithgow.

“The company of Everything’s Fine was honored to have presented his solo autobiographical show,...

One could be forgiven for thinking every Halloween costume based on a movie is from Star Wars​​​​​​. Even E.T. wore a Yoda costume in his movie. However, costumes have been made for films of every genre, and that extends beyond the fandom and applies to the movies themselves.

The Jedi costume worn by Spielberg's beloved extraterrestrial is just one example, as there are plenty of characters over the years who have gotten dressed up in one silly or scary outfit or another. The best of them tend to involve a dash of meta with a hint of funny, but there's something to be said for the more serious ones, as well.

The Ham - To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

So much has been written about both Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird and Robert Mulligan's phenomenal 1962 film adaptation. But the most glaring difference...

Aaron Sorkin’s hit stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” will not return to Broadway. The show, which closed in January amid Jeff Daniels’ departure from the cast and a severe Covid-19 surge, was always thought to be on a temporary hiatus. But a series of emails unearthed by the New York Times reveal the tension among Sorkin, director Bartlett Sher, and producer Scott Rudin, who still maintains the stage rights to the production even though he reportedly stepped away from an active role after misconduct allegations emerged against him. At the last minute, Rudin apparently pulled the plug on the entire production and scrapped plans to re-mount it at the Shubert Theatre this fall.

Sorkin and Sher wrote that “at the last moment, Scott reinserted himself as producer and for reasons which are, frankly, incomprehensible to us both, he stopped the play from reopening.”

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To Kill A Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin’s hit stage adaptation of the Harper Lee novel currently on a lengthy Covid-prompted hiatus, will not return to Broadway after all, and both Sorkin and director Bartlett Sher are blaming the original lead producer Scott Rudin.

According to emails obtained by The New York Times, Sorkin and Sher notified the cast and crew late yesterday about the show’s cancelation. “At the last moment, Scott reinserted himself as producer and for reasons which are, frankly, incomprehensible to us both, he stopped the play from reopening,” Sorkin and Sher wrote, according to The Times.

Rudin, of course, is the Broadway and Hollywood producer who ostensibly stepped away from all of his productions, including Mockingbird, following allegations of bullying and physical abuse of his staff.

Rudin, according to an email obtained by The Times, informed Sorkin and Sher that his decision “not to bring back...

When she was 23, Sonia Friedman was—to use her expression—thrown into a rehearsal room with Harold Pinter at London’s National Theatre. She was his deputy stage manager during production for the premiere of his one-act play Mountain Language starring theatrical royalty Michael Gambon and Eileen Atkins.

“I was the person sitting right next to [Pinter],” she recalls. “He would whisper into my ear all the way through,” about how he wanted it to look, where’d there’d be a cue. She says the playwright would make almost no changes to his script. “Though he did at one point add a pause and asked me to write that into the script,” she says, smiling at the memory. It was a life-changing moment for her, working with playwrights who directed their own work. “I fell in love at that point, particularly with new work, watching actors mine something that no...

It was a superlatively glib photo-op: A set restaurant table, a stack of pristine books, and Gov. Gavin Newsom doing his best impression of Rodin’s The Thinker. “Reading some banned books to figure out what these states are so afraid of,” the caption read.

The California Democrat posted that photo to Twitter late last month. In his hands, Toni Morrison’s Beloved, opened to an early page. On a table before him: Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, George Orwell’s 1984, and Art Spiegelman’s Maus — a Pulitzer...

A new month means new movies on your favorite streaming service, and HBO Max has plenty of new titles to thumb through in April. While there’s a lot to dig into, we’ve singled out seven newly added films we think are absolutely worth your time, across a wide range of genres so there’s a little something for everyone. They include ghoulish dark comedies, prestige Oscar-winning dramas, hidden gem indies and even a unique William Shakespeare adaptation.

Check out our list of the best new movies to watch on HBO Max in April below.

Beetlejuice Warner Bros.

Tim Burton’s comedy classic is a great watch pretty much anytime. “Beetlejuice” revolves around a couple who die in a car accident (played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) and become ghosts trapped inside their home, where they’re forced to witness its sale and renovation by a gauche family from the city.

Aaron Sorkin has found his Broadway follow-up to To Kill A Mockingbird: The West Wing creator will pen a new book for the classic Lerner & Loewe musical Camelot.

The Lincoln Center Theater revival of the 1960 musical will reunite Sorkin and Mockingbird director Bartlett Sher, with previews set to begin at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater on Thursday, November 3, with an opening night of Thursday, December 8. Casting and design team will be announced later.

In announcing the project today, Lincoln Center Theater described “a new version of the classic tale” and said the musical will be “reimagined for the 21st century.” Sorkin’s new book will be based on the original by Alan Jay Lerner.

Camelot, based on T.H. White’s 1958 novel The Once and Future King, features an original score by Lerner and Frederick Loewe, including now-classic songs “If Ever I Would Leave You,” “What Do the Simple Folk Do?...

The American writer known for The West Wing, Moneyball and The Social Network on adapting To Kill a Mockingbird for the stage in the 21st century

Aaron Sorkin, 60, is that rare screenwriter who qualifies as a household name. Starting out in theatre in the 1980s, the former actor broke into movies with the hit 1992 adaptation of his play A Few Good Men. His subsequent credits include Moneyball, Steve Jobs and The Social Network, for which he won an Academy Award. He has also written four television shows, most notably the Emmy-hoovering The West Wing, and directed three movies, including, last year, Being the Ricardos. He has returned to the theatre with a new version of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, which ran on Broadway in 2018 and, after a Covid-enforced two-year delay, is about to open in London.

You adapted To Kill a Mockingbird before the murder of George Floyd...

Girl From The North Country, Conor McPherson’s acclaimed musical that reimagines the songs of Bob Dylan, will return to Broadway from its three-month Covid hiatus, with a return date set for April 29. The production will conclude its 50-performance limited engagement on June 11.

“We are so thrilled to bring this incredible production back to Broadway and to return to our home at the Belasco Theatre,” said producers Tristan Baker and Charlie Parsons. “As Broadway’s recovery continues, we are so grateful to be a part of this exciting season and to give more audiences a chance to visit us in the North Country and experience the magic of Bob Dylan’s songs and Conor McPherson’s remarkable storytelling.”

Girl From The North Country originally opened on Broadway on March 5, 2020, but closed just a week later due to New York’s Covid shutdown. The production re-opened on Broadway last October but...