The Central Park Five (movie)

'The Americans,' FX lead TCA Award nominations

2013-06-10 14:48:00

"The Americans" and its channel, FX, led the pack in the Television Critics Assn. awards nominations, announced Monday morning. The first season of the Cold War spy drama starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys grabbed four nominations, including a...

New releases: Ken Burns takes strong tone in 'Central Park Five'

2013-04-21 00:00:00

The Central Park Five, PBS, $24.99; Blu-ray, $29.99 This documentary (made by Ken Burns, his daughter Sarah and her husband, David McMahon) revisits the racial tensions of '80s New York, via the story of a white, female investment banker who was raped...

Ed Koch dies on day his documentary opens

2013-02-01 11:35:00

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch died the same day a new documentary about his life and legacy opened in New York. "Koch," which will open in Southern California theaters beginning March 1, offers evidence that the combative mayor had mellowed...

Ed Koch's most memorable TV appearances

2013-02-01 15:54:00

It seems fitting, if sad, that Ed Koch should pass away on the same day that "Koch," a documentary about his life, opened in Manhattan. Though the three-term mayor of New York City, who died early Friday of congestive heart failure, is best known for...

Oscars 2013: 'Gatekeepers,' 'Sugar Man' earn documentary nods

2013-01-10 11:57:00

Of the five�titles vying for the Oscar in the documentary feature category, four�offer�hard-hitting examinations of�tough-minded subjects --�the Israeli/Palestine conflict, sexual�assault in the military, the emergence of AIDS activism. The fifth is�a...

'Zero Dark Thirty,' 'Argo,' 'West of Memphis' among WGA nominees

2013-01-05 00:00:00

The scripts of "Zero Dark Thirty," "Lincoln" and "Silver Linings Playbook" are among the nominees for Writers Guild of America Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen in 2012. Nominees announced Friday in the original screenplay...

Review: 'West of Memphis' makes strong case

2012-12-24 11:15:00

For astonishing injustice put to rest at long last, the holiday moviegoer has at least two options. One: "Les Mis�rables." And two: "West of Memphis," a strong, blood-boiling documentary from director Amy Berg, who made the similarly fine "Deliver Us From...

Academy announces documentary feature shortlist

2012-12-03 14:16:00

Telluride Film Festival lineup: 'Hyde Park,' 'Iceman,' 'Argo'

2012-08-30 10:36:00

Movie fans trekking to Telluride, Colo., for the resort town’s annual film festival this weekend are set to see some of the fall’s most anticipated performances, including Bill Murray as FDR in “Hyde Park on Hudson,” Michael...

Ken Burns, Alex Gibney, others headline Toronto documentary lineup

2012-07-31 13:03:00

Ken Burns, Alex Gibney and Julien Temple headline the�Toronto International Film Festival's documentary lineup this year, a program that also features work by Marina Zenovich and Matthew Cooke. Fans of nonfiction film can take in movies on everything...

Cannes 2012: Ken Burns' 'Central Park Five' explores famous crime

2012-05-25 16:38:05

Guide to April 2013 TV premieres, finales, movies, specials

2013-03-23 12:41:00

The last weekend of March offered up a bunch of TV events, but you ain't seen nothing yet. April 2013 brings showers of season and series premieres, finales and films to add to the already launched new seasons of "Game of Thrones," Doctor Who" and others....

This is an unusually good documentary about an outlandish miscarriage of justice. On an April night in 1989, Trisha Meili was beaten, raped and left for dead not far from a path in Manhattan's Central Park.

2012-12-06 08:13:00