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In “A Private Life,” Rebecca Zlotowski offers us not just a movie but a platter of comedy, psychodrama, mystery and character study.

“No Other Choice,” Park Chan-wook’s sly send-up of corporate culture, is a clever reworking of Donald Westlake’s novel “Ax,” one adapted previously by French director Costa-Gavras.

“The Choral” was a much-anticipated film. Not only was it written by the dream team of writer Alan Bennett (“The History Boys”) and director Nicholas Hytner (winner of multiple Tony and Olivier awards), but the cast was starry as well, led by Ralph Fiennes.

“Come Closer,” winner of the Ophir (Israel’s Oscar) for Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Editing, automatically became Israel’s submission to the upcoming Oscars by winning Best Feature Film.

Part 2 of “Drowning in TV” looks at some of the other new series that you may have heard of, if only because of the starry casts. But not all stars emit light.

John Landgraf, the long-serving chairman of FX Networks, made the following comment at the Television Critics Association: “There’s simply too much television.”

The opening night audience at the Pantages was wildly enthusiastic as this historical musical unfolded. 

In a dystopian future society, income inequality rules all aspects of life.

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts hosted the 2025 Brain Health Festival from Oct. 17-19.

James Vanderbilt, as director and writer, has created a thoughtful, if flawed, film based on Jack El-Hai’s book, “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist.”