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[Editor’s note: The following piece contains spoilers for “You Can See Everything.”]

In 1995, Emma Thompson adapted Jane Austen’s novel into Ang Lee’s now-iconic film, “Sense and Sensibility.” Thompson also played eldest sister Elinor Dashwood, with a rising Kate Winslet as her sister, Marianne, along with their love interests, Hugh Grant as Edward Ferrars and Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon.

The screenwriter for Georgia Oakley’s 2026 adaptation starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles grew up watching the 1995 version, from screenwriter and star Emma Thompson. When she was initially pitched the idea to create her own interpretation, she wasn’t sure it could be done because of the success of the earlier adaptation. But she went…

Kitao Sakurai’s “Street Fighter” (based on the video game that first appeared in 1987) is a strange film. That’s by design, as the filmmaker told us during a recent interview.

There are, of course, many connections between filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s Oscar-nominated documentary “13th” and her latest film “14th,” including both films world premiering at the New York Film Festival, a decade apart. “What a beautiful symmetry to be able to bookend it. Ten years ago, it’s opening night. Ten years later, it’s closing night,” the…

How do you recommend a porn theater? Steve Koltai, owner of Montréal’s historic Cinéma L’Amour, might start by telling you to watch it on your phone. “You want to watch the newest movie out there? Watch it on your cell phone. That’s not my business anymore,” he told IndieWire. “My business is giving you social…

Everyone knows full well that a full moon is necessary for a person to turn into a werewolf. However, few people realize that an identical pattern applies to the advertising campaign for Robert Eggers’ new film, *Werwulf*. The project’s debut trailer went live on June 29. A new poster was unveiled on August 29. The…

Let’s set aside the risk of AI’s extinction-level capabilities. Even an extended chat with Tilly Norwood, the AI “actress” many see as Hollywood’s villain, left me a little more unnerved about the technology’s implications.

Here’s a challenge: adapt a lauded, Olivier- and Tony-winning play that has played the West End and Broadway, toured around the world, and been adapted into over a dozen languages into a feature film. Wait, stop, add in this: The original play is a one-woman show, essentially just one heart-stopping monologue, that has to be…