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The autumn film festival season is upon us, with Telluride, Toronto, and Venice all about to get under way. That means a glut of new films is about to be unleashed – many of which are likely to feature in the awards race in the coming six months. Last year, Chloé Zhao ’s Nomadland launched at all three festivals and...

Chinese internet users have accused Warner Bros of insulting China after the Hollywood studio announced it would make an art heist movie suggesting the Chinese government was behind a series of international art museum thefts. The Great Chinese Art Heist will be directed by Jon Chu, the director of Crazy Rich Asians, and adapted by writers Jimmy O. Yang, Jessica...

In 2018, Henry Golding became an overnight sensation thanks to the runaway success of Jon M. Chu’s ‘Crazy Rich Asians’. In the three years since, the 34-year-old Malaysian British actor hasn’t slowed down, having collaborated with Paul Feig twice (in 2018’s ‘A Simple Favor’ and 2019’s ‘Last Christmas’), holding his own alongside an ensemble cast including Matthew McConaughey and Hugh Grant in Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Gentlemen” and adding action star to his résumé with the...

Print In 2018, Henry Golding became an overnight sensation thanks to the runaway success of Jon M. Chu’s “Crazy Rich Asians.” In the three years since, the 34-year-old Malaysian British actor hasn’t slowed down, having collaborated with Paul Feig twice (in 2018’s “A Simple Favor” and 2019’s “Last Christmas”), holding his own alongside an ensemble cast including Matthew McConaughey and Hugh Grant in Guy Ritchie’s “The Gentlemen” and adding action star to his résumé w...

The creator of the sizzling dance scenes in recent release 'In The Heights' talks about how they came about. Interview by Jenny Gilbert

In the Heights. On the Monday after the release of In the Heights, its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda posted not a congratulatory note but an apology. Over the weekend, the conversation around colorism and In the Heights reached a fever pitch as more viewers began to wonder why there werent any dark-skinned Afro-Latinos in any of the leading roles to represent a place as diverse as Washington Heights. "Im trying to hold space for both the incredible pride in the movie we made and be accountable ...

toggle caption Macall Polay/Warner Brothers Singer and actor Leslie Grace stars as Nina Rosario (center), the beloved and brilliant neighborhood sweetheart in the film adaptation of the musical In the Heights. Macall Polay/Warner Brothers On the Monday after the release of In the Heights, its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda posted not a congratulatory note but an apology. Over the weekend, the conversation around colorism and In the Heights reached a fever pitch as more viewe...

Movies with Mary: Things are happening In the Heights Mary Cox Hearst Newspapers FacebookTwitterEmail 2of3 Anthony Ramos, foreground left, and Melissa Barrera in a scene from “In the Heights.”(Macall Polay/Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP)Show MoreShow Less 3of3 I saw “In the Heights” at the new NCG Cinema-Alton. With all the buzz about the new Lin-Manuel Miranda movie, I thought that the theater would be packed, but I was the only one there, until four teenagers came in. They only sta...

The movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Mirandas Broadway musical In the Heights got everyone up and dancing when it finally premiered in reopened movie theaters (!!) and on HBO Max. Whether you saw Usnavi, Nina, Vanessa, and all the rest light up a small or big screen, you got to join the exuberant party and dream right along with them. The inspiring story focuses on the hopes and struggles of the Latinx community in the New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights. One iconic scene in the mo...

NYPD Blue, LA Law, and The West Wing. He is not known for his work in musicals. But the 65-year old was a fan of In The Heights—”I saw it off-Broadway,” he says—and so he pitched himself to director Jon Chu for the role of Puerto Rican cab company owner Kevin Rosario by putting together a reel of himself singing in NYPD Blue and The West Wing. Based on the Tony-winning Broadway musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes, the movie revolves around an intergenerational, ...