Kenneth Branagh might have gotten his start as a player in the Royal Shakespeare Company, but these days the Academy Award-nominated actor, director and Knight of the British Empire is working on something a little less classical. His latest film, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, opens January 17, making ... More

There’s nothing average about Carrie Hopewell, the mobster’s daughter and exceedingly dangerous safecracker masquerading as an everyday mom—albeit one about to serve out a jail sentence—on Cinemax’s addictive series Banshee. Surprises are also de rigueur for Ivana Milicevic, the actress who plays Hopewell. The Sarajevo-born, Michigan-raised Milicevic—whose Banshee character ... More

Kaya Scodelario might be the world’s finest surly teenager. From her star-making turn as beguiling bad girl Effy Stonem the British series Skins to her latest role as the title character in the twisted thriller The Truth About Emanuel (out January 10), the English actress takes on troubled teens ... More

Every family has its issues. That’s especially true for the Westons, the family at the center of August: Osage County, director John Wells’ adaptation of Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, out Christmas Day (nationwide January 10). The clan, helmed by malicious matriarch Violet (Meryl Streep), has gathered at its Oklahoma homestead ... More

As if the film’s seven Golden Globe nominations weren’t enough, here are six more reasons to see David O. Russell’s American Hustle over the holidays. The Hair. You’ll inevitably find yourself mesmerized by the hair in American Hustle, the styling of which can only be described as “so awesomely bad, ... More

Bérénice Bejo was ready to roll. For two months, she'd been rehearsing to star as Marie—a Frenchwoman juggling an estranged Iranian husband, a younger new boyfriend (with a comatose wife) and children from different relationships—in The Past, the new film from Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi (A Separation). And ... More

There's a catch-22 that comes with being a movie star. On one hand you've got one of the more recognizable faces in the world; on the other your job is to convince audiences that you're playing a character entirely different from yourself. If this were an easy task, there'd be ... More

When crime gets as much TV coverage as Bonnie & Clyde, it's often thanks to blood-soaked segments of breaking news. Come December 8, however, the extra eyes will come thanks to the film, an enthralling retelling of that most infamous criminal romance, being broadcast over three networks: Lifetime, A&E and ... More

The images are indelible: Molly Ringwald's satiny, shoulder-baring prom dress from Pretty In Pink. Robert De Niro's Prohibition-era three-piece suits from The Untouchables. Julia Roberts' skimpy abs-exposing hooker dress from Pretty Woman. Marilyn Vance, the lauded costume designer behind all of the above, knows only too well that it's rare when a film's ... More

Michel Gondry is no stranger to the offbeat. From the sweet sci-fi of his Oscar-winning 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind to the quirk of his (sometimes banned in America) commercials and his self-released cartoons, the French-born, Brooklyn-based director isn’t one to shy away from an unconventional idea. ... More