It’s probably unfair to review the Sundance movie “CODA” in the context of the $25 million deal it made with Apple mid-festival, a record-breaking sale that places enormous expectations on Sian ...

Zep drummer John Bonham died on Sept. 25, 1980. A day of hard drinking as the band rehearsed for a North American tour led to him dying in his sleep. Jimmy Page revealed Led Zeppelin could never ...

A teenage girl has a gift for singing, and as a child of deaf adults, it isn’t being heard by many people. You don’t need an Oscar-winning storyteller’s imagination to envision how that two-pronged ...

Co-starring the deaf actors Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur as Ruby’s parents, Jackie and Frank, and Daniel Durant as her brother, Leo, “CODA” is based on a premise as old as movie sound itself—“The ...

They say silence is golden. It's a silly phrase, really, but it takes on an urgent poignancy for three stunning minutes in “CODA,” Siân Heder’s refreshing, loving and altogether irresistible film ...

While Netflix burns the candle at both ends trying desperately to win a Best Picture Oscar, AppleTV+ has gone for more meat-and-potatoes fare, including the feel-good TV show “Ted Lasso” and the ...

Sian Heder's family drama is marked by familiar beats, but her characters — a deaf family and its one hearing child — bring new dimension to a staid genre. There’s little surprising about the shape of ...

Based on a sample group of one, it’s possible to be grateful for the existence and, especially, the actors in “CODA” (streaming on Apple TV+ Aug. 13) and still be frustrated by its gently shameless ...

Thomas Duffy is a graduate of the Pace University New York City campus and has been an avid movie fan all of his life. In college, he interviewed film stars such as Minnie Driver and Richard Dreyfuss ...

“Coda” is a small movie, exquisitely made. Touching, funny and stirring, it would be the kind of movie you’d urge a friend to run out and see, except they’ll only need to stay home and ante up to ...