Full Coverage: Holiday Movie Guide

“La La Land,” a musical about two beautiful young people falling for each other in Los Angeles, was always meant to be a love letter to the city.

Almost Christmas In the spirit of the holiday, a family patriarch asks his family to get along for five days.

Propped over her breakfast at a West Hollywood cafe one morning in late October, Amy Adams was contemplating her dream role.

All those great movies you’ve been hearing about since the fall film festivals?

If you know Janelle Monae, you know her as a high-energy, Afro-futuristic musician.

In August, in a nondescript warehouse in North Hollywood, two lions of Disney animation were debating an intricate shot in their new movie, “Moana.”

“I should tell the people in L.A. that I’m here,” director Kenneth Lonergan said to a reporter in front of a downtown Manhattan restaurant on a recent Sunday morning.

The end of the year is generally thought of as Hollywood’s time to set aside the fluff of summer and trot out its awards-worthy show ponies.

Warren Beatty is charming, this much goes without saying.

The Times’ film critics, Kenneth Turan and Justin Chang, sat down to talk about the new holiday movies they’re looking forward to and the older ones they still cherish.