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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited a record 683 new members, with members of the new class being 46% female and 41% people of color, it announced on Wednesday. The new members include “Star Wars” actor John Boyega, Idris...

Actors Michael B. Jordan, Oscar Isaac and Regina King and directors Ryan Coogler and Cary Joji Fukunaga are among the record 683 people who will be invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as part of the largest and most diverse...

Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Kimberly Chun, Dennis Harvey, Lynn Rapoport, Sam Stander, and Sara Maria Vizcarrondo. For rep house showtimes, see Rep Clock. OPENING The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Peter Jackson's sequel...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the largest and most diverse class of new members in its 89-year history, with John Boyega, Eva Mendes, Oscar Isaac, Emma Watson, James Wan, and Lana and Lilly Wachowski among the 683 invitees...

UNIVERSAL/MARVEL Despite all the harrumphing about the State of Cinema, 2016 turned out to be an excellent year for movies. Maybe the blockbusters weren’t up to snuff, but any year with Moonlight, La La Land, Arrival, Green Room, The Nice Guys, Hell...