Sometimes, when an actor says he or she is actually interested in directing, there's a collective eye-roll from those within earshot. It's like a singer saying "But what I really want to do is...act!" These talents don't often overlap, making those who have successfully made the leap from one ...

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You'll watch most of Beautiful Boy with a lump in your throat. The story of a father and son (Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet) navigating the younger man's battle with addiction, the whole film is achingly tender, wounds and vulnerabilities exposed to the light in ways that aren't always easy to ...

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Damien Chazelle has come a long way from his first feature film, the no-budget hipster indie musical Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (it’s in black and white, for Pete’s sake). Like Scorsese with Leonardo DiCaprio, he's also struck up a bit of a creative partnership (and one imagines a friendship) ...

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I first saw the 1954 version of A Star Is Born on the big screen; I got to see it as part of a sidebar program at the Chicago International Film Festival several years ago, and despite its length (the restored cut is just 4 minutes shy of three hours long), I was riveted. Judy Garland's Vicki Lester ...

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Ethan Hawke has been nominated for an Oscar four times, twice for writing and twice for acting. This year, he may just add another for his spellbinding performance in Paul Schrader's gut-wrenching First Reformed. Though not recognized to the same degree, Hawke has also spent his fair share of ...

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