Gyllenhaal

At the Spirit Awards on Sunday, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s drama “The Lost Daughter,” about the hardships and taboos of parenthood, was voted the year’s best indie film. Gyllenhaal, who is most known for her roles in “The...

News Hour: Eight decades after “Flash Gordon” hinted that aliens might not have our best interests at heart, mankind still risks destruction in the movies to make contact with extraterrestrial life. From Frederick Stephani’s 1936 big...