Oscar-nominated “Past Lives” filmmaker Celine Song's new film “Materialists” was inspired by the brief time she worked as a matchmaker in New York.

Hollywood is pulling out the stops this summer movie season, which kicks off with Friday's release Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*.”.

“Anora,” Sean Baker’s odyssey of a New York stripper, and Jane Schoenbrun’s psychological horror “I Saw the TV Glow” dominated nominations for the Film Independent Spirit Awards with six nods each, including best feature and best director.

Actors Lily Gladstone, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Catherine O’Hara and filmmakers Cord Jefferson, Boots Riley and S.

In Hollywood, the night before the Oscars isn’t a time to rest.

Celine Song’s quiet romance “Past Lives” won two of the biggest awards at the Film Independent Spirit Awards Sunday afternoon.

Christopher Nolan was awarded the top prize at the Directors Guild Awards for “Oppenheimer” Saturday in Los Angeles, solidifying his frontrunner status for next month’s Oscars.

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include “Abbott Elementary” debuting its third season on ABC, Charlie Kaufman's animated movie “Orion and the Dark” and Usher's “Coming Home.”.

Celine Song’s “Past Lives,” Todd Haynes’ “May December” and Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” got a leading five nominations, including best feature, from the Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Celine Song’s wistful romance “Past Lives” has earned top honors at the Gotham Awards at an award-season kickoff where the night’s biggest drama came in a political speech by Robert De Niro that the actor claimed had been edited.

Writer-director Celine Song's “Past Lives" is both an uncommonly grounded love story and an unusually soulful immigrant tale.