Andy Paley, producer of Brian Wilson’s comeback LP, dies at 72
Andy Paley, a prolific musician and producer who worked on records by Brian Wilson, Madonna, Jonathan Richman and Jerry Lee Lewis and who wrote music … Read more
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Why Alexandre Desplat was so eager to score ‘The Piano Lesson’
“The Piano Lesson” is a uniquely African American story: Based on the 1987 August Wilson play, it’s about a family torn between its painful past … Read more
Angelina Jolie’s top box-office hits include ‘Maleficent’ movies
Angelina Jolie, an Oscar winner with a long track record appearing before the camera and working behind the scenes on movies, is back in the … Read more
For Jeymes Samuel, his song ‘Nazarene’ is both ballad and prayer
At the end of “The Final Conflict,” the third “Omen” movie from 1981, Damien the Antichrist croaks out the words, “Nazarene, you have won … … Read more
Composer Umberto Smerilli amped up the volume for ‘A Different Man’
“A Different Man” is neither a straightforward drama nor a straight thriller. Director Aaron Schimberg refuses to call it a fable — mainly because there … Read more
‘All We Imagine as Light’ review: Mumbai women forge bond
Life disappoints and, reliably, so do the movies. But then one comes along with the boldness to suggest there’s a connection in simply feeling the … Read more
The Edge discusses U2’s concert movie at Las Vegas’ Sphere
Nine months after U2 wrapped its 40-date residency at Sphere, the veteran Irish rock band is back at the dome-shaped venue just off the Las … Read more
‘Red One’ review: Action and Christmas struggle to connect
There’s a moment in the middle of “Red One,” the Christmas-themed action-comedy starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, where you witness the movie just roll … Read more
Oscars 2025: The pickings aren’t slim, if you take time to look
“Gladiator II,” the enjoyably dumb sequel to the brawny Ridley Scott epic that won the best picture Oscar nearly a quarter-century ago, has just finished … Read more
Why these four Oscar contenders go the musical route
(Jorge Arévalo / For The Times) Over the past year, studio marketing departments seemingly have gone to great lengths to hide the musical elements of … Read more