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Miloš Forman’s Amadeus, adapted by Peter Shaffer from his 1979 play, isn’t technically a biopic, nor is it historically accurate. Still, it stands as one of the greatest film portraits of an artist for capturing the essence of their work. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has long been regarded as a genius for his innate skill, profligacy, and still-unmatched gift for instrumental melody. But of all his remarkable works across every style of music of his time, nowhere was Mozart more innovative than in the field of opera, and Amadeus is a suitably operatic treatment of his story: loud, emotive, volatile, and sweeping, blowing all facts out of proportion to reveal deeper truths.

Of course, in what feels like one more callous, almost cosmic joke at the expense of its subject, the film’s protagonist isn’t, in fact, Mozart. That would be Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), the court composer...

The new 4K and Blu-ray release of the remastered version of the Oscar-winning period drama “Amadeus”, directed by Milos Forman, is available to purchase digitally, February 25, 2025 in 4K Ultra HD and 4K Uhd Blu-ray Disc:

"...a disciplined Italian composer becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment…

“…towards the genius musical talent of hedonistic Viennese composer ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’…”

Cast includes F. Murray Abraham as ‘Antonio Salieri’, Tom Hulce as ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’…

…Elizabeth Berridge as ‘Constanze Mozart’, Simon Callow as ‘Emanuel Schikaneder’, Roy Dotrice as ‘Leopold Mozart’…

…Christine Ebersole as ‘Katerina Cavalieri’ and Charles Kay as ‘Count Orsini-Rosenberg’.

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Milos Forman’s Amadeus is arriving on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray next month for the first time, and more details are here.

Just over 40 years since it first debuted, the terrific Amadeus is now enjoying a 4K restoration, as it heads to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray for the first time. And it’s landing next month as well.

The winner of eight Oscars, including the big one, the movie stars Tom Hulce and F Murray Abraham, and it’s directed by the late Milos Forman. It’s the film that follows the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, played by Hulce, and his rivalry with Abraham’s Antonio Salieri.

Adapted from the play by Peter Schaffer – and he penned the screenplay himself – the resultant film comfortable stands the test of time. Mind you, you can check that out for yourself when the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray lands on 24th February.

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Playing Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars franchise has been a blessing and a curse for Mark Hamill: a blessing because he has made millions of dollars and become more famous than he ever imagined, and a curse because the character has stuck with him throughout his adult life. Hamill has been a part of over 50 live-action and animated productions, yet for some reason, fans (and his peers) see him as nothing more than the Jedi Master who fought in the Galactic Civil War during the reign of the Galactic Empire. It’s a good problem to have.

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Release Date September 19, 1984Director Milos FormanRuntime 160 minutesCast F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Simon Callow, Roy Dotrice, Christine Ebersole

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame is one of the best movies from Disney's Renaissance Era, and it is rumored to be Disney's next live-action remake. The movie is a musical-animated epic released on June 21, 1996, directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. Tom Hulce, Tony Jay, Kevin Kline, and Demi Moore all expertly lend their voice talents to the film, and it includes extremely catchy and memorable songs written by musical legends Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a marvel of its time; it is beautifully animated and has had a lasting impact on generations of viewers. However, even at a time when everything seems to be getting a reboot, Quasimodo the Hunchback has seemingly been left behind.

Disney seems less interested in moving forward with this project and instead continues to pursue other ideas. To name a few, a live-action portrayal of Lilo & Stitch is...

Rotten Tomatoes has updated its reviews of the film The Hunchback of Notre Dame to give the animated Disney classic a Certified Fresh approval rating from critics. This has resulted in the film earning a score of 80% on the website.

The score was tabulated after a slew of reviews from 1996 were officially added to the site, giving the film an updated score. Critics from the era were largely impressed by the movie with several giving The Hunchback of Notre Dame perfect scores. Much of the reviews were particularly complimentary of the movie's animation, with one critic (Jeffrey Westhoff of the Northwest Herald) calling it "Disney's most powerful animated film since Bambi," predicting that the film would "20 years from now... be considered an authentic masterpiece." Indeed, more than two decades later, the film is beloved by many fans of Disney movies, though a lot of its love was there from most critics at the very start.

Will Ferrell is one of the funniest actors of his generation, with a list of hit comedy movies that have aged brilliantly. Will Ferrell first rose to prominence as a cast member on Saturday Night Live in the 1990s. He had a few minor movie roles during this time, like his memorable cameos in two Austin Powers movies and his flamboyant villain role in Zoolander, but he didn't make his best movies until he left SNL.

Will Ferrell's best comedy movies often see him playing ignorant manchild characters, like in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Step Brothers. Ferrell can go for crude comedy, slapstick and broad humor, but he's also intelligent and reserved when he needs to be. This subtle range means that Ferrell's greatest hits are more varied than they might first appear, with animated movies, sports comedies and more showing that he has endless ways of making his audience laugh.

When it comes to animated movies, there is no name better known than Disney. Children and adults alike have been falling in love with Disney movies for generations, ranging all the way from classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) to modern favorites like Encanto (2021). Audiences around the world love Disney's animated films for their family-friendly stories, fun songs, and lovable characters.

However, not every animated film by Disney falls within this mold. Every so often, the company releases a film that challenges the audience's preconceived notions of what a Disney movie can be. Whether this is done by depicting dark turns or covering mature topics, these films have often surprised their viewers. Of course, this is not to say that the movies that don't fall within the typical Disney mold are bad by any means. Rather, these animated features simply push the boundaries of what a Disney movie can be,...

The Disney company has always been known for its feats in animated films. In 1989, they hit their stride, dubbed the Renaissance period of Disney animation. This period consisted of critically and commercially successful animated musicals, spanning roughly a decade. Some of those films were Rescuers From Down Under, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Tarzan. At the end of this period came The Hunchback of Notre Dame, which was extremely successful, making $21.3 million during its initial release. Not only was it successful, but it also pushed the boundaries of an adaptation. The source material of the same name was quite dark, but directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise wanted to honor the original text to the best they could. The Hunchback of Notre Dame chose to explore themes of discrimination, racism, corruption, lust, infanticide, sin, and damnation.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame was superbly dark, but it worked...

This September, Peacock is bringing you a ton of entertainment with the highly anticipated crime drama series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist starring Kevin Hart and all of the seasons of Fox’s comedy series Martin. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Peacock this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 5 best films coming to Peacock in September 2024 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Get Out (September 1)

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%

Get Out is a psychological horror thriller film written and directed by Jordan Peele. The 2017 film revolves around Chris, an African-American man as he decides to visit his white girlfriend’s parents during a weekend getaway but when he gets there he finds himself in several strange situations but the real horror hasn’t even begun yet. Get Out stars Daniel Kaluuya...

Plot: “Napoleon: The Director’s Cut” stars Joaquin Phoenix as the French emperor and military leader. The film is a fresh and personal look at Napoleon’s origins and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor, viewed through the prism of his addictive and often volatile relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine, played by Vanessa Kirby. The director’s cut delves deeper into Josephine’s origin story and features more extravagant costumes, new larger-than-life sets, and the previously unreleased Battle of Marengo scene. The audience is also given more details about Napoleon’s demise, from his attempted assassination to his failed invasion of Russia.

Review: When Ridley Scott’s Napoleon debuted in 2023, it received a less than enthusiastic welcome. While our own Chris Bumbray gave the film a positive score, he was the exception to the rule. The majority of critics and audiences found the film to be ambitious.

Parenthood, a classic film, showcases different family structures authentically without relying on easy jokes or absurd scenarios. The movie features iconic actors such as Steve Martin and Keanu Reeves, and ranks highly in Ron Howard's movie catalog. Parenthood addresses challenging topics including mental health stigmas and abusive behaviors, making it a thought-provoking watch.

This article discusses abuse and gun violence.

35 years after its premiere, Ron Howard's 1989 film Parenthood is still a classic, despite a few harsh realizations on rewatch. The film focuses on the four Buckman siblings, all of whom are raising their children in their own unusual methods. The film is known as an authentic portrayal of different family structures, which doesn't rely on easy jokes or absurd scenarios. Two television shows have been based on the movie.

The movie has many iconic actors, including Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, Keanu Reeves, and a young Joaquin Phoenix. Parenthood is...

Fearless created a realistic plane crash scene using a specially grown cornfield, a camera truck, and miniature shots. The 1993 film explored profound grief and trauma, earning praise for performances by Jeff Bridges and Rosie Perez. Director Peter Weir's impactful storytelling in Fearless continues to influence filmmakers today, possibly inspiring scenes in later films like Interstellar.

VFX supervisor William Mesa details how Fearless created its plane crash scene. Directed by Peter Weir, with a script written by Rafael Yglesias adapted from his novel of the same name, the 1993 film follows a man who survives a devastating plane crash, and the harrowing experience dramatically changes his personality. Jeff Bridges stars in the lead role alongside Isabella Rossellini, Rosie Perez, Tom Hulce, John Turturro, and Benicio del Toro.

On the latest episode of Corridor Crew's "VFX Artists React" series, Mesa detailed how Fearless created its plane crash scene. Watch the portion of the video below,...

Welcome back to Oscars Playback, in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng revisit Oscar ceremonies and winners of yesteryear. This week, we cover the 57th Academy Awards in 1985, honoring the films of 1984.

“Amadeus” topped the night with eight wins from a co-leading 11 nominations (tied with “A Passage to India”). The period drama nabbed Best Picture (the second of three Best Picture wins for producer Saul Zaentz), Best Director for Milos Forman and Best Actor for F. Murray Abaraham, who defeated co-star Tom Hulce. This marked the 12th and last time multiple performers from the same film were nominated for Best Actor.

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But the ceremony might most be remembered for spawning the oft misquoted line, “You like me! You really like me!” What Sally Field, who won her second Best Actress statuette with “Places in the Heart,...

Intro: Marriage. Divorce. Dating. Unplanned pregnancy. Psychological counseling. Gambling debts. Sexual awakening. Absentee fathers. Balloon animals. Cowboys. It’s all covered in the 1989 comedy Parenthood – which tells the stories of parents, grandparents, and a whole lot of kids. This led to Oscar nominations, financial success, and even a couple TV series follow-ups – and we’re about to hear all about it, because it’s time for Parenthood to be Revisited.

Set-up: Legendary producer Roger Corman gave Ron Howard his first shot at directing a feature film with 1977’s Grand Theft Auto. At the time, Howard was best known for his acting roles, having played Opie Taylor on many episodes of The Andy Griffith Show and then Richie Cunningham on many episodes of Happy Days. It was while he was working on Happy Days that he met the writing duo of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, as Ganz was a supervising...

This July, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment with a sequel of a beloved film like My Spy titled The Eternal City and an animated sequel series to the comedy gold, which was the Sausage Party film titled Foodtopia. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 7 best films that are coming to Prime Video in July 2024 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Animal House (July 1)

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%

National Lampoon’s Animal House is a classic comedy-drama film directed by John Landis from a screenplay co-written by Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney, and Chris Miller. Inspired by National Lampoon stories written by Matty Simmons and Ivan Reitman, the 1978 film follows the story of freshmen Larry and Kent as they join a troublemaking...

The late Donald Sutherland was one of the legendary actors in the industry, who saw a resurgence in his career in the 2010s with his role in The Hunger Games. Sutherland rose to prominence with his role as Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H and went on to become a major presence in several classics and box office hits. Interestingly, he made a financial mistake in the negotiation of a movie role that cost his $20 million.

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Sutherland was reportedly offered the choice of either taking a fixed salary or a percentage cut of profits and the actor chose the former in the film. It almost reminds fans of Matt Damon’s revelation of his worst financial mistake when he rejected the role in Avatar which offered him a percentage cut.

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe has always had a bit of a boys' club vibe. The first official phase of the franchise that built up to "The Avengers" was spearheaded by Tony Stark's hard-partying ladies' man Tony Stark, while the most significant female members of the MCU to date have always been written as, at best, eye-rolling foils forced to acknowledge that most of their male colleagues are overgrown children who come through in the clutch when resolving a crisis that is partially of their own making.

This isn't much of a departure from the almost exclusively male-drawn and -written comic books of the 1960s-1980s that inspired the mostly male-directed MCU films. Aside from a boy scout like Steve Rogers (aka Captain America) or a cerebral conjuror like Doctor Strange, these guys have a good time off the clock. In a way, they have a kind of frat boy mentality.

Mentions of sexual assault, discrimination, manipulation, murder, and more.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame had dark themes, including discrimination and damnation, making it one of Disney's darkest movies. Victor Hugo's original novel was darker, depicting Frollo as obsessed and Quasimodo's tragic death, forcing Disney to make significant changes. The live-action remake of The Hunchback of Notre Dame is facing challenges due to its dark themes, remaining in 'development hell' as of 2024.

Disney is known for changing the original stories its animated movies are based on, but the one of this 28-year-old movie poses a big problem for its live-action version. Disney continues to be a powerhouse in the world of animation, a reign that began in 1937 with the release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first animated feature film produced in the United States and the first cel-animated feature film. Since then, Disney has produced over 60 animated movies,...

Milos Forman’s multi-Oscar-winning epic “Amadeus” has received a major 40th anniversary present thanks to the Academy Film Archive: a 4k digital restoration which will be unveiled May 31st at the Academy Museum. There’s major anticipation for this new restoration; the event is sold out with stand-by tickets available on a first-come, first-serve basis. The restoration by the archive and the Saul Zaentz Co. with funding provided by Teatro Della Pace Film marks the first time the original theatrical release has been available in over two decades.

“Amadeus,” produced by Saul Zaentz and adapted by Peter Shaffer from his Tony Award-winning Broadway play, revolves around the rivalry in last half of the 18th century Vienna between the mediocre court composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) and his rival, the brilliant young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce). Shot on location in Prague, the film was a homecoming for Forman who...

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Disney’s live-action Hunchback of Notre Dame adaptation has been in development for several years, and despite Josh Gad’s involvement and considerable fan demand there’s still much uncertainty around its future. The original animated The Hunchback of Notre Dame was released by Disney in 1996, starring Kevin Kline as Phoebus, Demi Moore as Esmeralda, Tom Hulce as Quasimodo,...

Salieri's vow of chastity was an embellishment in Amadeus - he married and had children in real life. Mozart's heavy drinking in the film is exaggerated - no evidence he was an alcoholic in reality. Salieri wasn't manipulative towards the Emperor in real life - he earned his position through talent.

Based on a beloved stage play and the winner of multiple Academy Awards, Amadeus is one of the most successful and beloved films of all time, but how accurate is Amadeus? As with most biopics, movies often take true-life stories and add embellishments, increasing the film's dramatic elements. These dramatizations are often either heightened versions of events that happened, or they are completely made up to add to the dramatic moments of the finished movie. This Miloš Forman movie is no different.

Amadeus is about the rivalry between Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but not everything in the...

What's the best Disney villain song? I love Scar's devious rallying call "Be Prepared" from "The Lion King." For the feminine villains, "Mother Knows Best" from "Tangled" (sung by Tony winner Donna Murphy as Gothel) is deliciously theatrical.

Ultimately, still, the crown can't go anywhere but to "Hellfire" from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," as Claude Frollo (the late Tony Jay) sings before a searing fireplace about his lust for Romani "witch" Esmeralda (Demi Moore). Jay's mellifluous baritone was like no other — the actor's voice was so powerful it lifted the song with its echoes.

Now, the "Hunchback" soundtrack is nothing to sneer at, but "Hellfire" is on another level of daring ambition. "Out There" (by Tom Hulce as Quasimodo) is the "yearning song" seen in many a Disney movie, a la "Part of Your World" from "The Little Mermaid" or "Belle's Reprise" from "Beauty and the Beast." Esmeralda's...

Netflix is continuing to roll out its celebration of iconic films, this time turning the page to 1984.

As part of the streaming platform’s “Milestone Movies: The Anniversary Collection,” Netflix has unveiled the 1984 films celebrating their 40-year anniversary in 2024 with classics like “Footloose” and “Sixteen Candles” alongside Oscar contenders “Amadeus” and “Iceman.”

The Milestone Movies hail from Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, and Sony — the distributors that license content to Netflix.

Starting today, April 1, 2024, Netflix subscribers can revisit Brian de Palma’s erotic noir “Body Double” and Kevin Bacon’s breakout performance in “Footloose.” How about a double feature? There’s also “Repo Man” and “Beverly Hills Cop,” streaming just in time for franchise reboot “Beverly Hills Cop: Axle F” out this summer.

In addition to the cinematic celebrations in your Netflix queue, in-person special screenings of select films will continue at the Paris Theater in New York and Los Angeles...

Robert M. Young, the adventurous director who called the shots for Edward James Olmos in The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, Farrah Fawcett in Extremities and Tom Hulce and Ray Liotta in Dominick and Eugene, died Feb. 6, his son Andrew announced. He was 99.

After getting his start in educational and documentary films, Young also directed the 1969 Peabody-winning CBS telefilm J.T., written by Jane Wagner. Revolving around a Harlem youngster (Kevin Hooks) and an alley cat, it bowed on a Saturday afternoon and was repeated in primetime as the network preempted its most popular show, Gunsmoke.

Young also served as cinematographer, producer and co-writer with director Michael Roemer on the critically acclaimed drama Nothing But a Man (1964), featuring Ivan Dixon and jazz vocalist Abbey Lincoln as a struggling young Black couple in Alabama.

Young made his feature directorial debut with Short Eyes (1977), which starred Bruce Davison, José Pérez and several real-life prisoners...

Robert M. Young, whose 70-year career included independent and studio documentaries, narrative features, and episodes of Battlestar: Galactica, died Tuesday in Los Angeles at 99. His death was confirmed in a Facebook post by his son.

Two of his films have recently been added to the Library of Congress Film Registry. They include ¡Alambrista! (1977), a film about the life of an undocumented Mexican immigrant, which won the Camera d’Or for best first film at Cannes, and The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, (1982), one of Young’s eight films with actor Edward James Olmos. Based on a true story that inspired a corrido, it tells of a man on the run after a confrontation with police.

Both films are also part of the Criterion Collection.

Those films represented a recurring theme of Young’s career, one which showed his interest in bringing social issues to wider attention.

“We lose important people all the time,...

Robert M. Young, one of the pioneers of American independent cinema whose work began nearly 70 years ago, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. The news was announced via a Facebook post from his son Andy.

In a career that lasted from 1956 to 2011 he directed documentaries, narrative features, both independent and studio releases, and even episodes of “Battlestar: Gallactica.” Two of his films have recently been added to the Library of Congress Film Registry. “¡Alambrista!” (1977), as timely today as when it was made, about the life of undocumented Mexican immigrant won the Camera d’or for best first film at Cannes. “The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez” (1982), one of Young’s eight films with actor Edward James Olmos, produced by American Playhouse but released theatrically, has also been included. Both films are also part of the Criterion Collection.

Though perhaps not as well known as some pre-Sundance independent American directors like John Cassavetes,...

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Disney’s live-action Hunchback of Notre Dame adaptation has been in development for several years, and despite Josh Gad’s involvement and considerable fan demand there’s still much uncertainty around its future. The original animated The Hunchback of Notre Dame was released by Disney in 1996, starring Kevin Kline as Phoebus, Demi Moore as Esmeralda, Tom Hulce as Quasimodo, and the late Tony Jay as villain Judge Claude Frollo. It was notoriously dark for a Disney animated feature, and definitely sits among their more controversial releases.

In 2019 it was announced that The Hunchback of Notre Dame was up for the now-notorious Disney live-action remake treatment. The news was met...

Kenneth Branagh's newest film, "A Haunting in Venice" is his spookiest to date. Based on the 1969 novel "Hallowe'en Party," "Haunting" sees Hercule Poirot (Branagh) hauled out of retirement by a mystery author named Ariadne Oliver (Tina Fey) to investigate the veracity of an itinerant psychic named Joyce Reynolds (Michelle Yeoh). Joyce Reynolds has been hired by a wealthy Venitian socialite named Rowena Drake (Kelly Reilly) to attend a Halloween party for children and, once the lights are out, host a séance. Poirot and Ariadne don't believe Joyce has authentic psychic powers, but can't prove she doesn't. 

There are about seven other main characters, each with a mystery or a personal tragedy of their own.

The bulk of "A Haunting in Venice" takes place in Rowena Drake's labyrinthine, shadowy Venetian manse, with Poirot exploring its many secret passageways and darkened corridors. As this is a murder mystery, one of the...

Phoebus is shown to be a loyal and trustworthy character, choosing to stand up for Quasimodo and Esmeralda instead of blindly following Frollo's orders. Phoebus provides much-needed comedy relief in the film, injecting humor into serious situations with his witty lines and funny interactions. Phoebus embodies humanity and the importance of inner character, as shown through his relationship with Esmeralda and his refusal to partake in Frollo's harmful actions. His character teaches viewers about acceptance and diversity.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1996 animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and is loosely based on the 1831 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, The Hunchback of Notre Dame follows the character of Quasimodo, a bell ringer in the tower of Notre Dame, who has a deformation that give him a hunched back. Quasimodo (voiced by Tom Hulce) wants...

(Welcome to Did They Get It Right?, a series where we look at an Oscars category from yesteryear and examine whether the Academy's winner stands the test of time.)

We are in somewhat of a transitional period with how we think about the acting categories for entertainment awards. This, primarily, has to do with gender. We have had separate categories for female and male performers for decades upon decades, but if you really stop to think about it, there is no difference in what a female actor does compared to a male one. Why shouldn't Colin Farrell in "The Banshees of Inisherin" compete against Cate Blanchett in "TÁR"? Of course, the worry is that in our patriarchal society, men will come to dominate that category and fewer women will be nominated and win. Then you have the added issue of non-binary performers being forced to slot themselves in a particular...

Prime Video is honestly the streaming platform to be on these days. Every month, they just absolutely kill it. So much as you might dislike Bezos, his streaming service has an excellent selection. Now if they could release a season of Invincible more than every ten years, you wouldn't need another streaming platform.

Talking about movies, though, they really outdid themselves this month with plenty of fantastic titles. Just take a look.

Amadeus (Aug. 1)

A true masterpiece in every sense. Yes, it is long, but it is one of the best movies you'll ever witness. An epic film about the life and times of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart told through the eyes of his embittered and resentful competitor, Antonio Salieri.

To him, Mozart is nothing but a frat boy, and Tom Hulce's characterization as a rude and irreverent man with a laugh that will haunt your dreams is spot on.

Kelvin Harrison Jr commands the screen in Stephen Williams’s brashly anachronistic drama about the French composer, violin virtuoso and champion fencer Joseph Bologne

In 1985, Miloš Forman’s screen adaptation of Peter Shaffer’s stage play Amadeus swept the Academy Awards, winning eight Oscars, including best picture. In that acclaimed film, F Murray Abraham’s Antonio Salieri seethed at the divine gift bestowed upon Tom Hulce’s “vulgar” Mozart – a rapscallion whom God appears to have mischievously made his instrument on Earth.

In the new biographical drama Chevalier, from writer Stefani Robinson (a Writers Guild of America and Emmy award winner for the TV series Atlanta) and director Stephen Williams, the polarities are reversed, with Mozart finding his celebrated genius overshadowed by that of a rival. That this rival would later be reductively referred to as the “Black Mozart” adds a further turn of the screw, although according to Bill Barclay,...

Anthony Ramos, the In the Heights star who’ll soon be seen on the big screen in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, revealed in a podcast today that he’s signed on to star as Mozart in a Broadway revival of Peter Shaffer’s 1979 play Amadeus.

“I am excited about going back to Broadway,” Ramos said on the Wtf With Marc Maron podcast today. “I signed on to do Amadeus on Broadway, to play Mozart.” The actor said the production is still looking to cast the Salieri role.

No additional details were shared about the production.

Amadeus is a non-musical and fictionalized account of the lives of composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. First performed in 1979 in London, a subsequent Broadway production, starring Tim Curry as Mozart and Ian McKellen as Salieri, won the 1981 Tony Award for Best Play. Shaffer then adapted his play for the 1984 film starring F. Murray Abraham...

Biographical films are beloved by viewers, the Academy Awards, and Hollywood alike. Their dominance in the cinematic landscape is evidenced by the plethora of Best Picture winners. Numerous actors have been honored for bringing these historical figures to life on screen.

Biopics have been a mainstay in the movie-making industry for years, never failing to deliver both critically acclaimed success and box office hits. Although the genre has seen a surge in popularity over the past few years, its power remains undiminished. Recent additions to the biography genre from 2022 like ‘Thirteen Lives’ directed by Ron Howard and ‘Elvis’ starring Tom Hanks and Austin Butler are proof of this.

Hollywood biopics, from stories of celebrated musicians like Mozart to infamous mobsters like Henry Hill, stand as some of the most acclaimed films. Many directors and actors have seen their careers skyrocket after appearing in a successful biopic – taking it as an...

Exclusive: Darren Criss, Lena Hall, Ramin Karimloo and Solea Pfeiffer will perform a one-night-only benefit concert of the 1986 Benny Andersson-Björn Ulvaeus-Tim Rice musical Chess next month at a Broadway theater to benefit The Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund).

The concert, which will be held at the the Broadhurst Theatre on on Monday, December 12 at 7:30 pm Et, was announced by the Entertainment Community Fund today. The benefit will be presented in association with Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman whose award-winning Broadway credits include Ain’t Too Proud, Green Day’s American Idiot and Spring Awakening.

Criss will perform the role of “Freddie Trumper”, Hall will be “Florence Vassey”, Karimloo will portray “Anatoly Sergievsky” and Pfeiffer will be “Svetlana Sergievsky”.

Ramin Karimloo and Solea Pfeiffer (Getty Images)

Additional casting will be announced at a later date.

“We’re thrilled to help bring this new iteration...

Bill Treusch, an esteemed New York-based talent manager, died at the age of 80 following a long illness on Tuesday in New York City.

Through Treusch’s career, he was instrumental in finding and guiding the careers of Sissy Spacek, Richard Jenkins, Melissa Leo, Christopher Walken, Tom Hulce, Diane Keaton, Eric Roberts, Tom Berenger, Peter Weller, Viggo Mortensen, Carol Kane and Sandy Dennis among many other notable actors.

Treusch began his professional career as an autograph collector, then became the personal assistant to Montgomery Clift, who was a theatrical talent agent with Dudley Field Malone. Most notably, Treusch joined the casting office of Marion Dougherty where he worked with Juliet Taylor, Wallis Nicita and Gretchen Rennell as an assistant.

Dougherty noted Treusch’s great eye for talent and reassigned him to a position where his management career then flourished. This story was chronicled in the 2012 documentary “Casting By” from director Tom Donahue.

Bill Treusch, the New York-based talent manager who ushered the careers of stars like Sissy Spacek, Diane Keaton, Christopher Walken, Melissa Leo and Viggo Mortenson died on Tuesday following a long illness, his niece Shannon Treusch confirmed. He was 80.

The founder of Bill Treusch Management (formerly Bill Treusch & Associates) got his start as an assistant to the Oscar-nominated actor Montgomery Clift and then as a theatrical talent agent with Dudley Field Malone. He would find his true calling while assisting casting director Marion Dougherty, who recognized his ability to spot talent. Treusch launched his five-decade career in talent management from a basement in Dougherty’s office, as told in the 2012 documentary “Casting By.”

Treusch’s company, which began as a one-man operation, went on to shepherd many stars throughout their careers. In addition to those aforementioned, his roster included Richard Jenkins, Tom Hulce, Eric Roberts, Tom Berenger, Peter Weller, Carol Kane,...

Bill Treusch, a longtime New York talent manager who once served as personal assistant to Montgomery Clift and went on help guide the careers of Sissy Spacek, Christopher Walken, Tom Hulce, Diane Keaton, Eric Roberts, Tom Berenger and numerous others, died Tuesday in New York City following a lengthy illness. He was 80.

Following his stint as Clift’s personal assistant, Treusch became a theatrical talent agent with Dudley Field Malone. He joined the casting office of Marion Dougherty where he worked with casting agents Juliet Taylor, Wallis Nicita, and Gretchen Rennell.

Although Dougherty believed Treusch was unsuited to casting, she recognized his eye for talent. Settled into Dougherty’s basement office, Treusch flourished and eventually founded his own one-man operation that evolved into Bill Treusch Management, a leading management company.

Working with film, television and stage performers over a career that spanned more than five decades, Treusch was instrumental in...

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Bill Treusch, the admired New York-based talent manager who jump-started the career of Sissy Spacek and represented Christopher Walken, Diane Keaton, Viggo Mortensen, Richard Jenkins and many others during his five-decade career, has died. He was 80.

Treusch died Tuesday in New York after a long illness, his niece Shannon Treusch, founder and partner of the public relations firm Falco Ink., announced.

Treusch got his big break when legendary casting director Marion Dougherty recognized his eye for talent and gave him an office in her basement at East 30th Street in Manhattan. There, he launched Bill Treusch & Associates, later known as Bill Treusch Management. (The story is told in the 2012 documentary Casting By, directed by Tom Donahue.)

His firm started as a one-man band before evolving into a powerhouse management company.

He was especially helpful to Spacek, who was a struggling singer and actress...

Do you want the truth about how Aaron Sorkin wrote "A Few Good Men," the hit play that became an Oscar-nominated box office smash starring Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson?

Well, we've got good news: You probably can handle the truth, because it's actually a very pleasant and amusing story.

Aaron Sorkin is one of the most celebrated screenwriters of his generation, having created the popular TV series "The West Wing," for which he won six Emmy Awards. He also the acclaimed motion pictures "The American President," "Moneyball," and "The Social Network," the latter of which won him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

But he started his career just like so many others do in the entertainment industry: by working crap jobs. And while most of the time those crap jobs go nowhere, sometimes those crap jobs pay off.

Well, maybe not the one where he dressed up like a moose.

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Founded in 1981 by the American Film Marketing Association, which was headed by the late producer Andy Vajna, the American Film Market in its early years featured a lot of genre fare looking to sell VHS video rights abroad. But with 1984’s Amadeus, AFM also proved that it could be a home for more prestige titles — and few of its offerings would strike a more prestigious tone than Milos Forman’s award-winning film about the rivalry between the Austrian court composer Antonio Salieri and the upstart musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Record executive and film producer Saul Zaentz was the driving force behind the production. He already had one best picture Oscar for 1975’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest when he set about assembling an adaptation of Peter Shaffer’s Tony-winning stage play. With F. Murray Abraham as the envious Salieri and Tom Hulce...

It is one of the most famous stories in music history: The divinely talented Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart falls foul to the murderous schemes of Antonio Salieri, a mediocre court composer driven wild with jealousy by the young maestro's God-given gifts. This is the tale told by Milos Forman's Oscar-winning "Amadeus," probably the most popular movie ever made about classical music and, I'll bet, where many people have derived their knowledge of Mozart's life and works.

Yet the juiciest details of the story are almost entirely made up; the old saying that truth is stranger than fiction proves just the opposite in this case, and many of the Machiavellian plot points are flourishes from the pen of celebrated playwright and screenwriter Peter Shaffer.

That is not to diminish the accomplishments of Mozart's short life. He was known across Europe as a musical prodigy at an early age, having played for...

A biopic on 18th century virtuoso violinist and composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint Georges, featuring Kelvin Harrison Jr. in the title role, “Chevalier” is a delicately assembled cinematic Fabergé egg.

If you watch the film (premiering at the Toronto Film Festival) with the sound off, it can easily be mistaken for a French studio production made in adherence to the Tradition of Quality. But while it purports to celebrate a forgotten historical figure, much of the plot is decidedly ahistorical.

It opens in pre-revolution France, with Joseph crashing a Mozart concert and challenging the prodigy to a violin dual, something like the 18th century Parisian equivalent of Verzuz. While Mozart aims to school the brash unknown and deliver a lesson in humility, Joseph has the goods to upstage him and thoroughly enrapture the audience.

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Some screen actors sneak up on you over the course of multiple memorable supporting roles, while others jar your consciousness like a crack of lightning. The latter was my experience with Ray Liotta, in a movie I walked into not even knowing his character would be part of the plot.

The film in question was Jonathan Demme’s 1986 “Something Wild,” which starts as a kooky urban comedy about bad girl (or is she?) Audrey, played by Melanie Griffith, who convinces Jeff Daniels’ upright businessman (or is he?) to go further and further out of his comfort zone. The movie switches from screwball to thriller with the appearance of Liotta as Audrey’s ex Ray, a recently-released convict who will go to any lengths to get her back.

It’s one of those performances that benefit from a new face in the role; without the comfort of familiarity, viewers don’t...

Ray Liotta, the acclaimed actor known for “Goodfellas,” “Field of Dreams” and many more roles, has died at 67, Variety has confirmed with his publicist. He died in his sleep while he was in the Dominican Republic shooting an upcoming film, “Dangerous Waters.”

Playing the real-life mobster Henry Hill, Liotta shot to stardom in Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas,” which revolutionized the gangster genre and received heaps of critical and commercial success. It’s widely considered one of the greatest films of all time, and it received six Academy Award nominations and one win after releasing in 1990.

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Critic Vincent Canby wrote in the New York Times, “More than any earlier Scorsese film, ”Goodfellas” is memorable for the ensemble nature of the performances. Mr. De Niro, Mr. Liotta, Mr. Pesci and Mr. Sorvino shine together, though Mr. Pesci’s material is the flashiest. The movie...

A shocker. Ray Liotta, the terrific actor whose career breakout came in the 1990 Martin Scorsese crime classic Goodfellas after co-starring in Field of Dreams, has died. He was 67.

Deadline hears that Liotta died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting the film Dangerous Waters. We will have more details when they become available.

Liotta leaves behind a daughter, Karsen. He was engaged to be married to Jacy Nittolo.

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Liotta was on a big resurgence. Recent turns included The Many Saints of Newark, Marriage Story — for which he shared a 2020 ensemble Indie Spirit Award — and Steven Soderbergh’s No Sudden Move. He finished the Elizabeth Banks-directed Cocaine Bear and was due to star in the Working Title film The Substance opposite Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley.

He also recently was set to executive produce the A&e docuseries Five Families,...

Kenneth Branagh leads an all-star cast including Robert De Niro, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hulce, Ian Holm, John Cleese and Aidan Quinn in his definitive cinematic version of Mary Shelley’s classic Frankenstein tale of gothic terror.

At the turn of the 19th century, visionary scientist Victor Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh) embarks on an obsessive quest to conquer the mysteries of human mortality. But his hubristic bid to create life out of death goes hideously wrong, and succeeds only in begetting a deformed monster (Robert De Niro). Horrified by what he has wrought, the scientist attempts to destroy his creation, but fails. Rejected by his creator and shunned by the world of man, the tormented creature swears vengeance against F...

Hello, everyone! We’re back with another rundown of this week’s horror and sci-fi home media releases. If you haven’t had a chance to check out Don Mancini’s Chucky TV series, you can finally catch up with it as of this Tuesday. Arrow Video is giving Kenneth Branagh’s Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein the 4K treatment, and Kino Lorber is keeping busy with an assortment of releases on the 12th as well, including New Year’s Evil, Tentacles, and a Dr. Phibes Double Feature. IFC Films is also set to release their psychological thriller The Novice on Tuesday, too (and it’s great).

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The notorious Chucky slashes his way to television in a killer new series written and executive produced by creator Don Mancini, who penned the iconic film franchise. After teenage loner Jake Wheeler (Zackary Arthur) discovers a vintage 'Good Guy' doll at a suburban yard sale,...

HBO announced today that its feature documentary Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known, from director Michael John Warren, will debut on the premium cabler on May 3rd at 9 p.m. Et/Pt, and will also be available for streaming on HBO Max.

The film picking up 15 years after the smash Broadway run of Spring Awakening watches as the original cast and creative team reunite for a spectacular, one-night only reunion concert to benefit The Actors Fund. Chronicling their whirlwind journey back to the stage, it follows the players as they reconnect and rediscover the beauty and timelessness of the hit musical, examining the show’s underdog origins, its path to Tony glory, its universal themes of teenage repression and angst, and the unconventional love story of breakout stars Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele.

Spring Awakening forever changed the lives of its mostly unknown teenage cast and inspired a generation of...