Joshua Rothkopf is film editor of the Los Angeles Times. He most recently served as senior movies editor at Entertainment Weekly. Before then, Rothkopf spent 16 years at Time Out New York, where he was film editor and senior film critic. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Sight and Sound, Empire, Rolling Stone and In These Times, where he was chief film critic from 1999 to 2003.
Latest From This Author
In Screen Gab No. 183, ‘Destination X’ boss discusses NBC’s new reality competition series, plus streaming suggestions for your weekend.
Our expectations were set sky high and still we left with an even 10 titles that floored us, including new work from Lynne Ramsay, Jafar Panahi and Nadav Lapid.
Awards for actor and director went to Kleber Mendonça Filho’s ‘The Secret Agent,’ while two films tied for the Jury Prize, ‘Sirât’ and ‘Sound of Falling.’
The director’s latest stars Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson as a couple moving into an inherited house and falling out of sync, a setup the filmmaker infuses with heat.
Ari Aster’s new movie “Eddington,” a neo-western, arose out of anxieties he was feeling during the COVID lockdown. He thinks truth and democracy are unraveling.
The season looks strong, loaded with the kind of big Hollywood swings, smart indie alternatives and a fair amount of delicious-looking dumb, necessary in every summer diet.
Ahead of ‘M3GAN 2.0,’ we visit the doll’s design shop. Designers Adrien Morot and Kathy Tse on animatronics, AI and a house style that’s won over Hollywood.
In Screen Gab No. 175, we get you up to speed on ‘The White Lotus,’ catch up with actor Dulé Hill and recommend three projects worth watching.
Alain Guiraudie, the French writer-director, shapes his penchant for queer subject matter into something that owes much to the cool mysteries of Claude Chabrol.
An unpredictable, volatile presence onscreen, the actor leaves behind major performances in five different decades. We celebrate Hackman’s legacy with our picks.