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The world of anime probably wouldn’t exist without the creation of manga. Even if you’re not familiar with the genre, the comics and graphic novels let you dive that much deeper into the story arcs that inspired anime favorites such as “Dragon Ball Z,” “Tokyo Ghoul,” “Naruto,” “Attack on Titan,” and “Fullmetal Alchemist.” And if you’ve been spending a lot of time at home, or simply crave some new reading material, manga offers a perfect hybrid of adventure-packed stories and incredible illustrations....

These standouts include everything from the aforementioned winners from Laura Poitras and Steven Spielberg, plus new features from perennial favorites Sarah Polley, Martin McDonagh, Luca Guadagnino, Rian Johnson, Joanna Hogg, Kōji Fukada, and Todd Field. Rising stars aren’t in short supply either, including first narrative features from both Elegance Bratton and Alice Diop that seem likely to endure for years to come. Amongst this selection, words like “gem,” “masterpiece,” and “crowd-pleaser” are thrown around with regularity, but not without real consideration....

For more perspective on Kilmer’s life story, you might want to take a deep dive into Kilmer’s memoir, “I’m Your Huckleberry.” Below, find a list of great movies in his film catalog. For more binging options be sure to see our picks for movies by Christopher Nolan, Michael Keaton, and Al Pacino. “Heat” There’s no debating “Heat” is a cinematic masterpiece. Pacino and Robert De Niro collide in the brilliant crime drama written and directed by Michael Mann....

At the bottom of this page are IndieWire Deputy TV Editor Ben Travers’ predictions for Best Variety Sketch Series. This article will be updated throughout the season, along with all our predictions, so make sure to keep checking IndieWire for the latest news from the 2020 race. Voting for the 2021 Emmys was held from Thursday, June 17 through Monday, June 28 (with polls closing at 10 p.m. PT). Emmy nominations were announced Tuesday, July 13....

It took a week for Hollywood to take a stance on the Russia-Ukraine war, but the Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival stopped accepting Russian films eight years ago. Many Ukrainians track that moment as the real start of the war with Russia, when the country annexed the Crimean peninsula. “It made no sense to me to send money to Russia for these films,” said Molodist programming director Igor Shestopalov, speaking to me by phone this week....

However primal that feud between money and the law might seem, though, the Chuck/Axe rivalry had reached a breaking point leading up to Season 6. The show had double-crossed and head-faked enough times that, even while still retaining its particular over-the-top joys, the well was beginning to run dry. So rather than try to retool the same dynamic yet again, the show took a different tack and removed Axe and Lewis from the board entirely, putting in his place the man who was introduced as merely a temporary adversary....

Addressing the nuances of a sensitive cultural landscape is tricky when these mini-scandals demand case-by-case assessment. Most people haven’t seen “Blonde” yet (including me) so who’s to judge the end result? And yes, Franco looks like Castro, but Leguizamo’s point about the dearth of opportunity for Latino actors stands. No question, actors pretend to be people different from themselves. The tension in these stories stem from another fact: Actors with non-American accents remain stigmatized in Hollywood, even among those who find success with them....