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    Stream These 15 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in December

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Best of 2020Best MoviesBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest TheaterBest AlbumsAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyCatch These 15 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in DecemberThe year’s end means a ton of licenses are expiring. Stream these movies and bingeable TV series while you can.By More

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    The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and Stan in Australia in December

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Best of 2020Best MoviesBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest TheaterBest AlbumsAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyThe Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and Stan in Australia in DecemberOur streaming picks for December, including ‘The Prom,’ ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’ and ‘Your Honor.’‘The Prom’Credit…NetflixBy More

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    What’s on TV This Week: A Bee Gees Documentary and ‘Couples Therapy’

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Best of 2020Best MoviesBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest TheaterBest AlbumsAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyWhat’s on TV This Week: A Bee Gees Documentary and ‘Couples Therapy’“The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart” debuts on HBO. And a pandemic-focused “Couples Therapy” special airs on Showtime.From left, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb and Barry Gibb, as seen in “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart.”Credit…Ed Caraeff/Getty Images, via HBOBy More

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    Pamela Tiffin, Movie Star Who Shone Brightly but Briefly, Dies at 78

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Best of 2020Best MoviesBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest TheaterBest AlbumsAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyPamela Tiffin, Movie Star Who Shone Brightly but Briefly, Dies at 78Billy Wilder called her “the greatest film discovery since Audrey Hepburn,” and she made an immediate splash in two 1961 movies, when she was only 19.Pamela Tiffin in 1965 in Madrid. A former model, she said she preferred acting. “A model sells herself,” she said, “but an actress sells the characters she plays.”Credit…Gianni Ferrari/Cover/Getty Images.By More

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    How to Enjoy Christmas Movies At Home

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Best of 2020Best MoviesBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest TheaterBest AlbumsAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyGeek Out Over Christmas FilmsEnjoy famous holiday movies communally again at virtual conventions and digital museum exhibits.Peter Billingsley, Scott Schwarts and R.D. Robb in “A Christmas Story.”Credit…MGM, via Everett CollectionBy More

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    Fernando Solanas, Argentine Filmmaker and Politician, Dies at 84

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Coronavirus OutbreakliveLatest UpdatesMaps and CasesC.D.C. Shortens Quarantine PeriodsVaccine TrackerFAQAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyThose We’ve LostFernando Solanas, Argentine Filmmaker and Politician, Dies at 84He helped propel a new wave of politically charged moviemaking and served as a lawmaker. He died of complications of the coronavirus.Ferdinand Solanas at a news conference in Geneva in 2004. A filmmaker-turned-politician, his best-known work was “Sur,” which won him a best director award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1988.Credit…Martial Trezzin/Keystone, via Associated PressBy More

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    A Cinematic Love Letter to Denmark’s Drinking Culture

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Best of 2020Best MoviesBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest TheaterBest AlbumsAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyA Cinematic Love Letter to Denmark’s Drinking CultureThomas Vinterberg’s “Another Round” explores the highs and lows of the Danes’ love of alcohol, at a time when their hard-drinking habits are under new scrutiny.The actor Mads Mikkelsen, left, and the director Thomas Vinterberg on the set of “Another Round.”Credit…Henrik Ohsten/Samuel Goldwyn FilmsBy More

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    Who’s Who in ‘Mank’: A Guide to the Real-Life Players

    #masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }The Best of 2020Best MoviesBest TV ShowsBest BooksBest TheaterBest AlbumsAdvertisementContinue reading the main storySupported byContinue reading the main storyWho’s Who in ‘Mank’: A Guide to the Real-Life PlayersThe Netflix drama about the making of “Citizen Kane” features characters based on Hollywood writers, studio executives and others. Here’s what they were really like.The MGM executives Louis B. Mayer (Arliss Howard) and Irving G. Thalberg (Ferdinand Kingsley) in “Mank.”Credit…NetflixBy More