Tagged Lin-Manuel Miranda

The hottest day of the summer in New York: in cinema, it can mean chaos, sex or, as here, celebration and joy. Jon M. Chu’s follow-up to Crazy Rich Asians is the film adaptation of In the Heights, the first...

There is no one like Rita Moreno. The trailblazing EGOT winner shaped the history of Latinx representation in Hollywood in a career that spans over 70 years. Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It pays homage to...

While not technically part of the trend for live-action Disney remakes, Mary Poppins Returns has a symmetry with the 1964 film that is hard to miss. There’s Americans playing cockneys, children stepping into...

Lin-Manuel Miranda might be the closest thing the arts industry has to a Renaissance man. While still without an Oscar, the Hamilton writer/composer/singer/actor has the Emmy, Grammy, and Tony (and MacArthur...

1. The Oscars happened Right, that was easy. Next? 2. Jay Z has his head In the Heights Lin-Manuel Miranda may not have added the O to his EG_T on the weekend, but the creative polymath did get something...

1. Hayao Miyazaki — not the hero we deserve, but the one we need He pulls himself out and they drag him back in. Yes, Hayao Miyazaki is set to come out of retirement for one last film. Having got out of...

1. Sausage Party animators denied screen credits and forced to work unpaid overtime  Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg's Sausage Party might have seemed a risk, but for all intents and purposes it's a risk...