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Every so often in “Top Gun: Maverick,” Pete Mitchell (that’s Maverick) is summoned to a face-to-face with an admiral. Pete, after all these years in the Navy — more than 35, but...

To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.“Top Gun: Maverick” turns and burns its way into theaters this week, landing 36 years...

Katt Williams understands the importance of an entrance.In “World War III,” his new hour of stand-up on Netflix, you first see him racing across the stage like Tom Cruise hustling to save...

CANNES, France — Last year at the Cannes Film Festival, there was one question on everybody’s lips: “What’s the next ‘Parasite’?” You can see why people wondered, since that Bong Joon Ho...

Comedies about wild times in high school and college have long scattered the movie landscape like red cups on a frat house porch. The antics of “Animal House” in the late 1970s...

‘The Sadness’Stream it on Shudder.This ultraviolent contagion apocalypse movie is an unhinged joyride through genre madness that will unsettle your guts and your brain. That’s a no-joke warning and an enthusiastic recommendation.Jim...

Here is a select list of noteworthy films scheduled this summer. Release dates and platforms are subject to change and reflect the latest information as of deadline.JuneAFTER BLUE (DIRTY PARADISE) The director...

LONDON — The British authorities have authorized criminal charges against Kevin Spacey on four counts of sexual assault against three men, the country’s Crown Prosecution Service announced in a news release on...

He was known for his intensity, especially in crime dramas, but he was also adept at comedy. “You want to do as many different genres as you can,” he once said.

Loren Bouchard’s accidental career as a comedy mogul has now brought his TV family to the big screen.