Antonio Banderas plays a film director searching for meaning after his physical decline interferes with his ability to create. Manolo Pavón/Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
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In Low Tide starring Jaeden Martell, three teens pay a heavy price after finding a hidden stash of golden coins. A24 hide caption
Why so serious?: In Joker, failing stand-up comedian Arthur Fleck, played by Joaquin Phoenix, is done being the butt of the joke. Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. hide caption
From left: Caleb McLaughlin, Kai, Gaten Matarazzo and Suho, photographed in Seoul, South Korea on June 20, 2019. McLaughlin and Matarazzo star in the popular Netflix series Stranger Things; Kai and Suho are members of the K-pop group EXO. JTBC PLUS/Imazins via Getty Images hide caption
Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and BRON Creative's Joker. Niko Tavernise/Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption
Toni Servillo stars as Silvio Berlusconi in Loro, the biopic movie about Italy's former prime minister. Gianni Fiorito/Courtesy of IFC Films hide caption
Antonio Banderas won the best actor award at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival for his performance in Pedro Almodóvar's new film, Pain and Glory. Manolo Pavón/Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
How A Heart Attack Brought Antonio Banderas Closer To 'Pain And Glory'
Afghan filmmaker Hassan Fazili (bottom left) and his wife, filmmaker Fatima Hussaini (top left), with their daughters, Nargis (top right) and Zahra. Courtesy of Oscilloscope hide caption
A Refugee Family Takes Viewers On A Years-Long Escape In 'Midnight Traveler'
Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver star as a couple going through a divorce in Noah Baumbach's new film Marriage Story. Wilson Webb/Netflix hide caption
Marchánt Davis stars as Moses Al Shabaz in The Day Shall Come, a farcical story of a Miami preacher who is set up as a terrorist by the FBI. IFC hide caption
In a small Alabama town where everybody is in everybody's business, Zeke (Andre Hyland, right) and Earl (Michael Abbott Jr., middle) scramble to hide how their bandmate died. Jonathan Purvis/A24 hide caption
Renée Zellweger plays Judy Garland in the new biopic Judy, which is set in 1969. David Hindley/LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions hide caption
Renée Zellweger On Playing Judy Garland: 'A Different Kind Of Triumph'
Though her physical transformation in Judy is hardly definitive, Renée Zellweger manages to capture something more elusive: Garland's emotional truth. David Hindley/LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions hide caption
Renée Zellweger Dazzles In A Go-For-Broke Portrayal Of Judy Garland
Based on the Funny or Die Web series, Between Two Ferns: The Movie sees Zach Galifianakis embarking on a road trip packed with celebrity cameos. Adam Rose/Netflix hide caption
Bob Iger, CEO and chairman of The Walt Disney Co., and Mickey Mouse rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in November 2017. Iger's new book is an account of what he has learned running Disney. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Disney CEO Bob Iger Has Lessons On Fostering Creativity — And Acquiring It
Audrey Hepburn appears as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. In a letter to director George Cukor, she raved about the script. AP hide caption
In Golden Age Hollywood, Film Stars Slid Into Each Others' Telegrams
Brad Pitt stars in Ad Astra as an astronaut in search of his father, who disappeared on a mission many years prior. Francois Duhamel/Twentieth Century Fox hide caption
Brad Pitt On Making 'Ad Astra,' Processing Trauma And Channeling David Bowie
Laura Carmichael stars as Lady Hexham, Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Grantham and Michelle Dockery as Lady Mary Talbot in Downton Abbey. Liam Daniel/Focus Features hide caption
Toni Servillo stars in Paolo Sorrentino's film, which was recut from a two-part Italian TV series about the decadent life of Silvio Berlusconi. Universal hide caption
More like DAD Astra am I right? Brad Pitt stars as astronaut Roy McBride chasing the ghost of his father across an unforgiving solar system in Ad Astra. Disney hide caption
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Roy Cohn, pictured here sitting on a senate investigation subcommittee, is remembered as a master political manipulator in Where's My Roy Cohn? Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
Jim Carter returns as Charles Carson for a royal visit in Downton Abbey. Jaap Buitendijk/Focus hide caption