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    Warner Bros. Says All 2021 Films Will Stream on HBO Max Right Away

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }What to WatchBest Movies on NetflixBest of Disney PlusBest of Amazon PrimeHoliday TVBest Netflix DocumentariesAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyWarner Bros. Says All 2021 Films Will Be Streamed Right AwaySeventeen movies will each arrive in theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously, the biggest challenge yet to Hollywood’s traditional way of doing business.Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson in “Dune,” one of 17 films Warner Bros. will release in theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously next year.Credit…Chia Bella James/Warner Bros.By More

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    August Wilson, American Bard

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }What to WatchBest Movies on NetflixBest of Disney PlusBest of Amazon PrimeHoliday TVBest Netflix DocumentariesTo accompany this essay, the Baltimore-based artist Jerrell Gibbs painted “Portrait of August Wilson” (2020), exclusively for T.Credit…Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim. Photo by Joseph HydeSkip to contentSkip to site indexArts and LettersAugust Wilson, American BardPerhaps no playwright has asserted the richness and complexity of everyday Black lives and language so deeply. Now, two screen projects affirm his legacy for new audiences.To accompany this essay, the Baltimore-based artist Jerrell Gibbs painted “Portrait of August Wilson” (2020), exclusively for T.Credit…Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim. Photo by Joseph HydeSupported byContinue reading the main storyBy More

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    ‘Billie’ Review: A Legend, in a Different Light

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }What to WatchBest Movies on NetflixBest of Disney PlusClassic Holiday MoviesHoliday TVBest Netflix DocumentariesAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main story‘Billie’ Review: A Legend, in a Different LightThe journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl worked for years on a Billie Holiday biography before Kuehl’s sudden death in 1978. The director of this documentary bought her research, and uses it well.Billie Holiday, as seen in the documentary “Billie.”Credit…Michael Ochs/Greenwich EntertainmentBy More

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    ‘Crock of Gold’ Review: Shane MacGowan, Still Alive and Laughing

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }What to WatchBest Movies on NetflixBest of Disney PlusClassic Holiday MoviesHoliday TVBest Netflix DocumentariesAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main story‘Crock of Gold’ Review: Shane MacGowan, Still Alive and LaughingRambunctious, even in a wheelchair, the hell-raising Irish musician is the subject of this Julien Temple documentary.Shane MacGowan, as seen in the documentary “Crock of Gold.”Credit…Andrew Catlin/Magnolia PicturesBy More

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    ‘76 Days’ Review: Fortitude on China’s Frontlines

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Coronavirus OutbreakliveLatest UpdatesMaps and CasesWho Gets the Vaccine First?Vaccine TrackerFAQAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyCritic’s Pick‘76 Days’ Review: Fortitude on China’s FrontlinesShot in four Wuhan hospitals during coronavirus lockdown, the film takes a grounded, humane perspective on doctors, nurses and patients.A scene from the documentary “76 Days,” shot at hospitals in Wuhan early in the coronavirus pandemic.Credit…MTV Documentary FilmsBy More

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    ‘Half Brothers’ Review: Distant Relations

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }What to WatchBest Movies on NetflixBest of Disney PlusClassic Holiday MoviesHoliday TVBest Netflix DocumentariesAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main story‘Half Brothers’ Review: Distant RelationsAn uptight Mexican aviation executive and an American doofus learn they’re related in this mawkish comedy.Connor Del Rio and Luis Gerardo Méndez in “Half Brothers.”Credit…John Golden Britt/Focus FeaturesBy More

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    ‘I’m Your Woman’ Review: On the Run With a Baby

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }What to WatchBest Movies on NetflixBest of Disney PlusClassic Holiday MoviesHoliday TVBest Netflix DocumentariesAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main story‘I’m Your Woman’ Review: On the Run With a BabyRachel Brosnahan stars in this unconventional crime movie directed by Julia Hart.Rachel Brosnahan and Arinzé Kene in “I’m Your Woman.”Credit…Amazon StudiosBy More

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    ‘Another Round’ Review: They’ll Drink to That

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }What to WatchBest Movies on NetflixBest of Disney PlusClassic Holiday MoviesHoliday TVBest Netflix DocumentariesAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main story‘Another Round’ Review: They’ll Drink to ThatThe Danish director Thomas Vinterberg’s latest film is a sweet, strangely modest tragicomedy about the pleasures of (mostly banal) excess.Mads Mikkelsen, center, in “Another Round.”Credit…Samuel GoldwynBy More