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Acclaimed overseas for defying censors, Lou Ye is more interested in reaching Chinese audiences, as he holds up a cinematic mirror to their lives in modern China.

Movies about Los Angeles that Times readers love but didn't make our 101 best list include "American Gigolo," "Tequila Sunrise," "Get Shorty" and — yes — "Crash." ...

If you're looking for an introduction to the martial arts genre, there's no better place to start than the film that defined it in the first place.

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The fictional band HUNTR/X from the hit Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters went from a group no one had ever heard of to one of the biggest pop acts of 2025. Now they have five Grammy nominations.

With the final Sundance in Park City underway, revisit the films that made America's premier independent film festival what it is. Isn’t it perfect that the premier American film festival is named ...

Academy Award winner Zoe Saldaña is officially the highest-grossing actor of all time, thanks to “Avatar: Fire and Ash.” Saldaña has starred in the three highest-grossing films of all time — 2009’s ...

Did you partake in Chinese takeout over the holidays? Was passing containers of lo mein, honey garlic chicken and beef and broccoli around the table part of your annual tradition? If so, you’re in ...

As 2025 unfolded, returning to the ritual of asking filmmakers about the films that moved them feels both fragile and necessary. This exercise appears days after yet another grotesque display of ...

Hundreds of science fiction movies have been released over the decades, but only a few have left lasting legacies. From alien invasions to AI apocalypses, these are the greatest sci-fi films of all ...