A-Town Magazine
Movie Review: Is Palme d’Or winning ‘Fjord’ a movie for these divided times?
In the era of gentle parenting, even the word discipline can feel like a third-rail topic. It’s certainly foreboding when it’s first mentioned in Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord,” the prickly Romanian Palme d’Or winner opening in theaters this weekend. It’s built to get under your skin. Sebastian Stan gets the honor of saying it first. The […]
Movie Review: In Ben Affleck’s ‘Animals,’ a kidnapping threatens a mayoral campaign
We have now gotten two remakes of Akira Kurosawa’s “High and Low,” and yet not a single new rendition of “Stray Dog.” Lamentable though that imbalance may be — you may have your own Kurosawa favorite — it’s not hard to see the contemporary appeal of 1963’s “High and Low.” It’s an ingenious plot. A […]
What to know about the London Film Festival 2026
LONDON | Hot on the heels of Cannes and Venice, it’s London’s turn to shine and roll out the red carpet for this year’s crop of buzzy films and international stars. The 70th London Film Festival, which opens Wednesday, will feature a mix of award hopefuls and world premieres over 12 days of screenings and […]
Mia Goth files for divorce from Shia LaBeouf nearly 10 years after the actors married
LOS ANGELES | Mia Goth has filed for divorce from Shia LaBeouf nearly 10 years after the two actors were married. The petition filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court says the 32-year-old Goth and the 40-year-old LaBeouf have been separated since July 2025. The two met and became a couple while filming “Nymphomaniac: […]
In ‘Tenzing,’ the Everest-scaling Sherpa Tenzing Norgay finally gets the spotlight
TORONTO | The first image ever taken of a human being standing atop Mount Everest was of Tenzing Norgay. When he and Edmund Hillary reached the summit of the world’s highest mountain on May 29, 1953, one of the first things Hillary did was take out his camera and aim it at his fellow climber, […]
From HBO Max to ‘Harry Potter,’ here’s what’s now under the Skydance umbrella
Skydance-owned Paramount on Tuesday closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, ushering in a new Hollywood giant. Skydance Corp. emerges from one of the biggest mergers ever — $111 billion including debt — in the media and entertainment industry. Here is a list of notable films, shows and franchises in the new Skydance […]
Movie Review: Falling rocks, avalanches, heroism and greed converge in ‘The Last First: Winter K2’
“He has to go and live on the edge,” explains Lina Móey about her husband, the Icelandic mountaineer John Snorri Sigurjonsson, in “The Last First: Winter K2.” And she means it literally: He has to go live on the edge of a mountain. In this case, it’s the most forbidding mountain on the planet: K2, […]
Judge says search warrants used to seize property from former Prince Andrew were unlawful
LONDON | Police who searched the properties of the former Prince Andrew and seized his property in the investigation into his links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have agreed the search warrants were unlawful, a London judge said Thursday. Justice Nicholas Hilliard said that the Thames Valley Police had made a significant error […]
Movie Review: ‘The Social Reckoning’ is classic Aaron Sorkin
It is unfortunate for “The Social Reckoning” that “The Social Network” exists. The latter is a modern masterpiece. The former was kind of always doomed to exist in its shadow. Although Aaron Sorkin can be quite good directing his own work (see: “Molly’s Game” ), it’s hard not to fantasize about what might have been […]
Former ‘American Idol’ singer Caleb Flynn is sentenced to life in prison for wife’s murder
COLUMBUS, Ohio | A former music pastor in Ohio who appeared briefly on ” American Idol ” was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, after a jury convicted him last week of murdering his wife while he was having an affair. The judge said Caleb Flynn, 40, used his Christian […]