How 6 filmmakers have artfully elevated horror movies in 2024

Actors arranged in illo for a story about horror movies.

(Nick Taylor / For The Times) Horror movies took one step beyond elevated this year: Startling personal statements were made in the often-zomboid genre; self-image, culture and religion were given freshly dug-up perspectives; and conventions […]

22 of the Most Suspenseful Scenes in Movie History

22 of the Most Suspenseful Scenes in Movie History

More than any other emotion, there are levels of fear that are best experienced as a spectrum. Like, if you want a movie to make people happy, you obviously hire John Goodman, but you don’t really benefit […]

Martha Stewart Says It Was ‘Very Easy’ To Keep Decades-Long Affair Hidden

Martha Stewart at Sesame Workshops Annual Benefit Gala

Martha Stewart has disclosed that keeping her decade-long affair a secret while married to Andrew Stewart was “very easy.” The celebrity chef recently admitted that she cheated on Andrew while they were married between 1961 […]

How Marwan Kaabour Wrote the Definitive Guide to Queer Arab Slang

Marwan Kaabour

Marwan Kaabour, photographed by Michael Bullock. When Marwan Kaabour was growing up in Lebanon, a mean kid called him “foofoo”—the English equivalent of “sissy,—a word he had never heard before and didn’t understand. Even at […]

The best movies leaving Netflix, and more at the end of September 2024

George MacKay, Mia Goth, and Charlie Heaton sit around a table in Marrowbone

We’re almost to the end of the month, and that means a lot of coming and going on every major streaming platform. And while plenty of exciting movies are on the way in October, with […]

Hollywood legend Sir Anthony Hopkins ‘wanted to appear in iconic comedy film franchise but never got the chance’

Sir Anthony Hopkins, who played Hannibal Lecter, wanted to get his teeth into a Carry On film

SILENCE of the Lambs star Sir Anthony Hopkins wanted to get his teeth into a Carry On film, it was revealed yesterday. The classically-trained actor, who won an Oscar for his role as cannibal Hannibal […]

20 Bits of Behind-the-Scenes Trivia That Changed How People See Movies

20 Bits of Behind-the-Scenes Trivia That Changed How People See Movies

Listen, we’re not here to knock trivia. It’s our bread and butter, and you bet your ass if you sit down to watch a movie with us, we’re going to hold our breath as long as […]

Nic Cage’s ‘Longlegs’ Making Audiences Cry, Have Panic Attacks

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NEON Just when you think Nicolas Cage has starred in every type of movie imaginable, the Academy Award-winning actor has once again pulled a new trick out of his bag as his new horror film Longlegs is […]

24 of the Best ‘Reveal’ Scenes in Movie History

24 of the Best ‘Reveal’ Scenes in Movie History

When you think about it, movies are really just a series of revelations. Of course, there’s the classic plot twist, but that’s not always the movie’s big reveal. It might be an element thrown in to defy […]

Jodie Foster, 61, reveals intense fitness routine behind ‘ripped’ body that didn’t need ‘touching up’ in new movie

Jodie Foster got into excellent shape for her role in Nyad

JODIE Foster has opened up about her intense fitness routine that helped her reach tip-top shape while filming her new movie, Nyad. The 61-year-old has stunned fans with her ageless skin and figure in her […]

‘Barbie’: Billie Eilish is youngest ever to win two Oscars

'Barbie': Billie Eilish is youngest ever to win two Oscars

Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell just made Oscar history. With their original song win for the existential ballad “What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie,” Eilish, 22, and O’Connell, 26, became, respectively, the youngest and […]

Oscars 2024 preview: New casting award could pose problems

A man stands in front of a seductive stocking-clad leg.

Last month, the motion picture academy’s board of governors announced the creation of a competitive Oscar for casting. You won’t see an acceptance speech for another two years, when the 2026 ceremony honors the releases […]

The 15 Movies That Won the Most Oscars — Best Life

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Anyone who is passionate about the Academy Awards has spent time looking up facts and figures about the nearly 100-year-old awards show. This might happen when a new batch of nominations are announced, during the […]