Filmmaker Kirsten Johnson is a stunningly resilient person. As seen in her terrific 2016 visual memoir Cameraperson, Johnson has captured some of the bleakest settings humanity has to offer while also working through the personal difficulty of losing her mother to Alzheimer’s. She’s forced to face that same kind of loss again with her father Dick Johnson, but rather than succumb to despair or curse the fates, Johnson does what she does best: she picks up her camera and gets to the truth. Her new film Dick Johnson Is Dead is a beautiful movie about how we can …

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Can officially confirm: Shazam! looks delightful AF. A few days ago, Warner Bros. invited Collider and a few other journalists to the studio's Burbank lot to watch some extended footage from the upcoming superhero flick starring Zachary Levi. Director David F. Sandberg and producer Peter Safran were on hand to introduce the footage, and really emphasized that the film is continuing DC's lighthearted streak started by Wonder Woman and Aquaman. "It gives you a sense of how we leaned in on the comedy and the fun, especially as you see Billy Batson exploring his powers," Safran said. "We'…

Brie Larson's heroine goes higher, further and faster in the Super Bowl spot for the upcoming MCU movie.

Blinded by the Light is an irresistible movie. You may be initially dubious about its premise—a coming-of-age 80s-set story about a young British Pakistani boy who discovers his identity by listening to Bruce Springsteen—but you will inevitably succumb to its charms. You may think the film’s sentimentality is too much, but you’ll be in tears by the end. It’s a rapturously joyous, heartfelt, and genuinely insightful film not just about The Boss, but about the personal nature and power of music. About how art in general can shape and affect one’s …