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What Do Lars Ulrich and A.O. Scott Have in Common? A Lot, It Turns Out
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What Do Lars Ulrich and A.O. Scott Have in Common? A Lot, It Turns Out

January 31, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] [With a D.I.Y. sound] there wasn’t a lot of, “Oh, I’ve got to master my instrument and I’ve got

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Sundance Diary, Part 3: Documentaries That Don’t Despair
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Sundance Diary, Part 3: Documentaries That Don’t Despair

January 31, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A.O. Scott, our critic at large, is keeping a diary as he “attends” the virtual Sundance Film Festival, which

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Cicely Tyson Kept It Together So We Didn’t Fall Apart
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Cicely Tyson Kept It Together So We Didn’t Fall Apart

January 30, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] How odd to celebrate someone for not being who we’ve been programmed to expect. But American entertainment worked hard

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Stream These 8 Great Performances by Cicely Tyson
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Stream These 8 Great Performances by Cicely Tyson

January 30, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The groundbreaking show that helped launch a mini-series craze, “Roots,” based on the novel by Alex Haley, is one

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Sundance Diary, Part 2: The Promise of Music in a Powerful Film
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Sundance Diary, Part 2: The Promise of Music in a Powerful Film

January 30, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A.O. Scott, our critic at large, is keeping a diary as he “attends” the virtual Sundance Film Festival, which

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Sundance 2021 Guide: Bundle Up and Settle in on Your Sofa
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Sundance 2021 Guide: Bundle Up and Settle in on Your Sofa

January 29, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Attending the Sundance Film Festival has never been an easy thing to do. Passes are pricey, accommodations are even

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Cicely Tyson, an Actress Who Shattered Stereotypes, Dies at 96
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Cicely Tyson, an Actress Who Shattered Stereotypes, Dies at 96

January 29, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “It’s simple,” she said. “I try always to be true to myself. I learned from my mom: ‘Don’t lie

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The Shyamalan Secret to Being Scary? It’s in the Blood
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The Shyamalan Secret to Being Scary? It’s in the Blood

January 29, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] What else is new this season? More female directors, including the filmmakers Julia Ducournau (“Raw”) and Isabella Eklöf (“Holiday”),

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Sundance Film Festival Forges Ahead, Led With 'Warrior Spirit'
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Sundance Film Festival Forges Ahead, Led With ‘Warrior Spirit’

January 28, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Shortly after Donald J. Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, Tabitha Jackson, then the director of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary

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Here’s What We Would Nominate for Best Picture
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Here’s What We Would Nominate for Best Picture

January 28, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Just like you, film critics, reporters and editors at The New York Times have opinions about the Oscars and

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Harvey Weinstein Accusers Agree to $17 Million Settlement
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Harvey Weinstein Accusers Agree to $17 Million Settlement

January 28, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Lawyers for Ms. Huett, a model, actress and gender equality activist, and a handful of other women who voted

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The Oscars Are a Mess. Let’s Make Them Messier.
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The Oscars Are a Mess. Let’s Make Them Messier.

January 27, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] I don’t mean to revisit stale arguments about the aesthetic merits of television, to pine for the lost pleasures

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The First Oscar Ceremony Lasted 15 Minutes. What Happened?
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The First Oscar Ceremony Lasted 15 Minutes. What Happened?

January 27, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the two-month postponement of the 2021 Oscars because of

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‘You Will Die at Twenty’ Review: Death, and Life, on the Nile
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‘You Will Die at Twenty’ Review: Death, and Life, on the Nile

January 27, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A folk tale turns existential in “You Will Die at Twenty,” the rapturous debut feature by the Sudanese filmmaker

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Indie Spirits Nominate a Diverse Group of Filmmakers
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Indie Spirits Nominate a Diverse Group of Filmmakers

January 26, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Oscars will be adopting new diversity guidelines soon, but the Independent Spirit Awards are already walking that talk.

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‘Atlantis’ Review: A Bleak Apocalypse Love Story
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‘Atlantis’ Review: A Bleak Apocalypse Love Story

January 26, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Conventional cinematic dystopian futures almost always compensate for their bleakness with nifty gadgets or, at the very least, incredibly

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‘Margaret,’ ‘American Animals’ and More Streaming Alternatives
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‘Margaret,’ ‘American Animals’ and More Streaming Alternatives

January 26, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] As we settle in for a few more months of homebound entertainment, you may find those once-abundant watch lists

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‘Mike Nichols’ Captures a Star-Studded Life That Shuttled Between Broadway and Hollywood
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‘Mike Nichols’ Captures a Star-Studded Life That Shuttled Between Broadway and Hollywood

January 25, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] When the writer and director Mike Nichols was young, he had an allergic reaction to a whooping cough vaccine.

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‘Spoor’ Review: Hunters in the Snow
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‘Spoor’ Review: Hunters in the Snow

January 25, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “Spoor,” directed by the Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland and her daughter, Kasia Adamik, went nearly four years without an

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‘Identifying Features’ Review: Lost in Migration
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‘Identifying Features’ Review: Lost in Migration

January 25, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The drama “Identifying Features” begins with a figure approaching from across a field, his appearance obscured by a heavy

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‘The Human Factor’ Review: In Peace Talks Trust Is Vital and Elusive
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‘The Human Factor’ Review: In Peace Talks Trust Is Vital and Elusive

January 24, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “The Human Factor” presents a cogent and involving view of the Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, mainly from 1991 until the

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‘Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself’ Review: Wow Factor Meets Why Factor
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‘Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself’ Review: Wow Factor Meets Why Factor

January 24, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Successful magic tricks prompt oohs and aahs. Eyebrows go up, mouths are frozen agape in shock as the impossible

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Walter Bernstein, Celebrated Screenwriter, Is Dead at 101
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Walter Bernstein, Celebrated Screenwriter, Is Dead at 101

January 24, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “Suddenly, the blacklist had achieved for the writer what he had previously only aspired to,” Mr. Bernstein joked in

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Watch Malcolm X Debate Sam Cooke in ‘One Night in Miami’
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Watch Malcolm X Debate Sam Cooke in ‘One Night in Miami’

January 23, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In “Anatomy of a Scene,” we ask directors to reveal the secrets that go into making key scenes in

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Recreating an Archaeological Discovery From the Ground Down
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Recreating an Archaeological Discovery From the Ground Down

January 23, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] GODALMING, England — Entirely covered by earth, only his face visible, Ralph Fiennes lay patiently in the ground. Simon

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‘One Night in Miami’ | Anatomy of a Scene
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‘One Night in Miami’ | Anatomy of a Scene

January 23, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] ”Hi, I‘m Regina King. And I‘m the director of One Night in Miami. So this is in the film

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Can an Executive in Kansas Save Movie Theaters?
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Can an Executive in Kansas Save Movie Theaters?

January 22, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Most of the time, the 116-year-old movie theater business is rather humdrum. Tickets get sold. Images get projected onto

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‘The White Tiger’ Review: Don’t Call Him a Slumdog
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‘The White Tiger’ Review: Don’t Call Him a Slumdog

January 22, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] According to Balram, a wealthy young Bangalore businessman, “the Indian entrepreneur” must be a combination of opposites: “straight and

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Looking for a Great Courtroom Drama? Start Here
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Looking for a Great Courtroom Drama? Start Here

January 22, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Gateway Movies offers ways to begin exploring directors, genres and topics in film by examining a few streaming movies.

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Lawmakers Push for ‘Selena’ to Be Added to National Film Registry
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Lawmakers Push for ‘Selena’ to Be Added to National Film Registry

January 21, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] First there was Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, the pathbreaking Latina singer who inspired a generation of artists and was killed at

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‘Some Kind of Heaven’ Review: Hardly an Idle Retirement
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‘Some Kind of Heaven’ Review: Hardly an Idle Retirement

January 21, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “Some Kind of Heaven,” a documentary co-produced by The New York Times, pierces the bubble of The Villages, a

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When Some Critics Reject the Film That’s About Your Life
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When Some Critics Reject the Film That’s About Your Life

January 21, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Matthew Teague is a journalist who’s traveled to remote corners of the world for stories. He covered C.I.A. operatives

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‘The Salt of Tears’ Review: More Than Just a Cad’s Progress
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‘The Salt of Tears’ Review: More Than Just a Cad’s Progress

January 20, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Once Luc returns to his provincial town, a run-in with a former teen love, Geneviève (Louise Chevillotte), heats up

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Chadwick Boseman Holds the Edge for the Best-Actor Oscar
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Chadwick Boseman Holds the Edge for the Best-Actor Oscar

January 20, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This year’s Oscar races are both longer than ever and harder to call: Amid the continuing pandemic, the ceremony

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Barbara Shelley, Leading Lady of Horror Films, Dies at 88
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Barbara Shelley, Leading Lady of Horror Films, Dies at 88

January 20, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others

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‘Film About a Father Who’ Review: Family Secrets by Omission
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‘Film About a Father Who’ Review: Family Secrets by Omission

January 19, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Lynne Sachs shot the footage that became “Film About a Father Who” from 1984 to 2019, and her ideas

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‘Bloody Hell’ Review: An Acrid Thriller Bites Off Too Much
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‘Bloody Hell’ Review: An Acrid Thriller Bites Off Too Much

January 19, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This noxious thriller makes a hero out of Rex (Ben O’Toole), a military veteran who served time after killing

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What Happens Now to Michael Apted’s Lifelong Project ‘Up’?
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What Happens Now to Michael Apted’s Lifelong Project ‘Up’?

January 19, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Every seven years or so for more than half a century, the filmmaker Michael Apted returned to what he

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‘Acasa, My Home’ Review: Civilization and Its Malcontents
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‘Acasa, My Home’ Review: Civilization and Its Malcontents

January 19, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The home in “Acasa, My Home” is a wild, marshy expanse on the outskirts of Bucharest, an abandoned reservoir

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‘MLK/FBI’ Review: King, Hoover and the Tale of the Tape
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‘MLK/FBI’ Review: King, Hoover and the Tale of the Tape

January 18, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In some ways, “MLK/FBI,” Sam Pollard’s new documentary, tells a straightforward story suggested by the title. Drawing on long-secret

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Movies to Stream for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Movies to Stream for Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 18, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] With each year since it was designated as a holiday in 1983, Martin Luther King Jr. Day has carried

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Cuomo Outlines Plans to Revive Arts and Culture Industries
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Cuomo Outlines Plans to Revive Arts and Culture Industries

January 18, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] [Here’s how you can get the coronavirus vaccine in NYC.] Declaring that New York urgently needs to revive its

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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ | Anatomy of a Scene
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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ | Anatomy of a Scene

January 17, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] ”I‘m Patty Jenkins. I am the director of Wonder Woman 1984.” ”We need the police here right now!” So

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Six Great Movies About Presidents
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Six Great Movies About Presidents

January 17, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Watch it on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu, YouTube [Read The New York Times review.] ‘Seven Days

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Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Has a Black Hero. In Denmark, a White Actor Dubs the Voice.
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Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Has a Black Hero. In Denmark, a White Actor Dubs the Voice.

January 16, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] COPENHAGEN — Like most of their counterparts around the world, Danish film critics initially greeted “Soul,” Pixar’s first animated

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Regina King on 'One Night in Miami' and Her Art
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Regina King on ‘One Night in Miami’ and Her Art

January 16, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “One Night in Miami,” which will arrive on Amazon Prime on Friday, is a fictional account of a real

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Sam Pollard and ‘MLK/FBI’: The Filmmaker as Historian
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Sam Pollard and ‘MLK/FBI’: The Filmmaker as Historian

January 16, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Midway through the new documentary “MLK/FBI,” we get glimpses of a Martin Luther King Jr. not often seen in

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‘Outside the Wire’ Review: At War With the Robots
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‘Outside the Wire’ Review: At War With the Robots

January 15, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The director Mikael Hafstrom’s “Outside the Wire,” the latest Netflix combat film set in an exotic location, offers empty-calorie

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Watch Gal Gadot Fight Crime at the Mall in ‘Wonder Woman 1984’
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Watch Gal Gadot Fight Crime at the Mall in ‘Wonder Woman 1984’

January 15, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In “Anatomy of a Scene,” we ask directors to reveal the secrets that go into making key scenes in

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'One Night in Miami' Review: Regina King Directs and Leslie Odom Jr. Stars
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‘One Night in Miami’ Review: Regina King Directs and Leslie Odom Jr. Stars

January 15, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Malcolm tries to push Cooke in another direction, arguing that the job of successful Black artists isn’t to court

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‘Don’t Tell a Soul’ Review: Brothers in Crime Harbor a Secret
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‘Don’t Tell a Soul’ Review: Brothers in Crime Harbor a Secret

January 14, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] An opening text in this movie quotes Jane Austen’s words: “What strange creatures brothers are.” No disrespect to Austen,

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 9 Ways to Honor His Legacy
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day: 9 Ways to Honor His Legacy

January 14, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed this year on Jan. 18, became a national holiday in 1983, 25 years

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Good Luck Is a Curse in This Classic Film From Senegal
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Good Luck Is a Curse in This Classic Film From Senegal

January 14, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Neorealism was born in postwar Italy. By the mid-1950s, however, its greatest examples were made abroad. “Mandabi” (“The Money

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Chris Rock Re-edits a Special, and the Result Is Fascinating
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Chris Rock Re-edits a Special, and the Result Is Fascinating

January 13, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] But the most important contrast is in the comic’s discussion of his own infidelity. Until “Tamborine,” Rock was known

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The Gotham Awards Honor ‘Nomadland,’ as Best They Can
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The Gotham Awards Honor ‘Nomadland,’ as Best They Can

January 12, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] All sorts of challenges arise when holding an awards show during a pandemic, and one of them, as proven

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What’s on TV This Week: ‘Resistance’ and ‘Finding Your Roots’
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What’s on TV This Week: ‘Resistance’ and ‘Finding Your Roots’

January 11, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one. Here are some of the shows,

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‘Grizzly II: Revenge’ Review: Bear Atrocity
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‘Grizzly II: Revenge’ Review: Bear Atrocity

January 11, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Anyone craving pre-stardom sightings of George Clooney, Laura Dern and Charlie Sheen, the top-billed names in “Grizzly II: Revenge,”

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‘If Not Now, When?’ Review: Weak Bonds Make for a Flimsy Film
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‘If Not Now, When?’ Review: Weak Bonds Make for a Flimsy Film

January 10, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In the drama “If Not Now, When?” Tyra, Dee, Suzanne and Patrice have been there for one another since

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‘Blizzard of Souls’ Review: A Soldier’s Tale From the Front
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‘Blizzard of Souls’ Review: A Soldier’s Tale From the Front

January 10, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This World War I story opens on a striking tableau, one that illustrates its title. A traveling shot takes

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Six Superhero Movies to Stream
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Six Superhero Movies to Stream

January 10, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Last month, Warner Bros. released the coronavirus-delayed “Wonder Woman 1984,” a sequel to the 2017 hit “Wonder Woman.” The

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‘The Reason I Jump’ Review: Portraits of Autism
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‘The Reason I Jump’ Review: Portraits of Autism

January 9, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In the book “The Reason I Jump,” published in 2007, the author Naoki Higashida, who wrote it when he

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The Force (and a Lenient Disney) Is With ‘Star Wars’ Fan Filmmakers
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The Force (and a Lenient Disney) Is With ‘Star Wars’ Fan Filmmakers

January 9, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] For the first time in half a decade, a year has gone by without a new “Star Wars” film,

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Michael Apted, Versatile Director Known for ‘Up’ Series, Dies at 79
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Michael Apted, Versatile Director Known for ‘Up’ Series, Dies at 79

January 9, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “The biggest social revolution in my life, growing up in England, has been the change in the role of

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Marvel’s Latest Frontier? In ‘WandaVision,’ It’s the Suburbs
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Marvel’s Latest Frontier? In ‘WandaVision,’ It’s the Suburbs

January 8, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In the time they have spent playing Marvel heroes together, Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany have gotten extremely comfortable

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What Makes a French Comedy One of the Greatest Films of All Time?
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What Makes a French Comedy One of the Greatest Films of All Time?

January 8, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Gateway Movies offers ways to begin exploring directors, genres and topics in film by examining a few streaming movies.

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‘Mean Girls’ Won’t Return to Broadway
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‘Mean Girls’ Won’t Return to Broadway

January 8, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The coronavirus pandemic has felled another Broadway show: “Mean Girls.” The musical’s producers, led by Lorne Michaels of “Saturday

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Fran Lebowitz and Martin Scorsese Seek a Missing New York in ‘Pretend It’s a City’
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Fran Lebowitz and Martin Scorsese Seek a Missing New York in ‘Pretend It’s a City’

January 7, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Do you worry that New York won’t fully return to what it was before the pandemic? LEBOWITZ I have

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‘Beautiful Something Left Behind’ Review: Young Children and the Trauma of Lost Parents
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‘Beautiful Something Left Behind’ Review: Young Children and the Trauma of Lost Parents

January 7, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The death of a parent, at almost any age, leaves a mark, but the effect it has on very

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‘My Rembrandt’ Review: Seeing a Dutch Master Everywhere
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‘My Rembrandt’ Review: Seeing a Dutch Master Everywhere

January 7, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] For the documentary “My Rembrandt,” the director Oeke Hoogendijk assembles an assortment of Rembrandt owners and experts whose interests

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Stream These 8 Titles Before They Leave Netflix This Month
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Stream These 8 Titles Before They Leave Netflix This Month

January 6, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This month’s rundown of Netflix exits is lighter than usual — maybe because they seemed to drop half their

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Inside the Drew Barrymore Talk Show
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Inside the Drew Barrymore Talk Show

January 6, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Oh, the stains. The staaaains! It’s the stains that truly obsess Drew Barrymore. “I’m a stan for stains,” she

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Tanya Roberts, a Charlie’s Angel and a Bond Girl, Is Dead at 65
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Tanya Roberts, a Charlie’s Angel and a Bond Girl, Is Dead at 65

January 6, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Tanya Roberts, the breathy-voiced actress who found fame in the 1980s as a detective on “Charlie’s Angels” and as

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Listen to Rudolph: A New Year Is Both a Comfort and a Fiction
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Listen to Rudolph: A New Year Is Both a Comfort and a Fiction

January 5, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Rudolph encounters various silly side characters along the way, and the most delightful part of the movie for me

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Tanya Roberts Is Still Alive, Says Publicist Who Reported She Had Died
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Tanya Roberts Is Still Alive, Says Publicist Who Reported She Had Died

January 5, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Hours after announcing the death of Tanya Roberts, the actress known for starring opposite Roger Moore in his final

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The Bruce Willis Journey From In Demand to On Demand
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The Bruce Willis Journey From In Demand to On Demand

January 4, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] It’s hard to keep track of Bruce Willis’s filmography, especially since 2015. In recent years, the star’s IMDb page

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When Is a Comedy Special Also a Corporate Synergy Message?
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When Is a Comedy Special Also a Corporate Synergy Message?

January 4, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] At the start of “Death to 2020,” a reporter played by Samuel L. Jackson sits alone in an abandoned

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‘Two Ways Home’ Review: A Spare Family Drama Unfolds in Iowa
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‘Two Ways Home’ Review: A Spare Family Drama Unfolds in Iowa

January 3, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The family drama “Two Ways Home” opens with a whirlwind prologue, finding its heroine in a crisis of her

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‘Shadow in the Cloud’ Review: There’s Mischief in the Air
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‘Shadow in the Cloud’ Review: There’s Mischief in the Air

January 3, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “Shadow in the Cloud” is the kind of girl-power action adventure in which women can’t just do anything, they

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Vanessa Kirby Has Been Waiting for a Role That Scares Her
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Vanessa Kirby Has Been Waiting for a Role That Scares Her

January 3, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Even as these supporting roles brought her critical praise and awards, Kirby wasn’t in a hurry to find her

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‘Elizabeth Is Missing’ Review: Glenda Jackson’s Return to TV
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‘Elizabeth Is Missing’ Review: Glenda Jackson’s Return to TV

January 2, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The BBC television movie “Elizabeth Is Missing” — a stand-alone episode of “Masterpiece” on PBS this Sunday — contains

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Joan Micklin Silver, Director of ‘Crossing Delancey,’ Dies at 85
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Joan Micklin Silver, Director of ‘Crossing Delancey,’ Dies at 85

January 2, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Joan Micklin Silver, the filmmaker whose first feature, “Hester Street,” expanded the marketplace for American independent film and broke

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‘Happy Face’ Review: Alternative Therapy
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‘Happy Face’ Review: Alternative Therapy

January 2, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A defiant, generically unclassifiable film that dares viewers to question its sensitivity, “Happy Face” centers on a 19-year-old named

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‘Ratatouille,’ the Musical: How This TikTok Creation Came Together
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‘Ratatouille,’ the Musical: How This TikTok Creation Came Together

January 1, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Beginning in October, thousands of TikTok creators who were bored at home and missing Broadway created elements of a

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The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Amazon, HBO Max, Hulu and More in January
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The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Amazon, HBO Max, Hulu and More in January

January 1, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] New to Disney+ ‘WandaVision’ Starts streaming: Jan. 15 Possibly the most anticipated Disney+ show since “The Mandalorian,” the superhero

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David Fincher, the Unhappiest Auteur
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David Fincher, the Unhappiest Auteur

January 1, 2021 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] For nearly three decades, David Fincher has been making gorgeous bummer movies that — in defiance of Hollywood’s first

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11 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2021
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11 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2021

December 31, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] As a new year begins, our critics highlight the TV, movies, music, art and streaming dance and theater they

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This Year Was a Disaster. We Hope the Sequel Is Better.
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This Year Was a Disaster. We Hope the Sequel Is Better.

December 31, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The end of December usually brings a flurry of big releases and a blizzard of Oscar speculation. But with

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‘Pieces of a Woman’ Review: A Raw, Ragged Study of a Loss
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‘Pieces of a Woman’ Review: A Raw, Ragged Study of a Loss

December 31, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] There are two remarkable scenes in “Pieces of a Woman,” though the first — an almost 30-minute, largely unbroken

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She’s Starring Opposite Tom Hanks. She’d Never Heard of Him.
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She’s Starring Opposite Tom Hanks. She’d Never Heard of Him.

December 31, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Speaking via Zoom recently, Ms. Zengel was far gigglier and chattier — which is to say, far more like

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Joe Clark, Tough Principal at New Jersey High School, Dies at 82
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Joe Clark, Tough Principal at New Jersey High School, Dies at 82

December 30, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Joe Clark, the imperious disciplinarian principal of a troubled New Jersey high school in the 1980s who gained fame

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‘Night of the Kings’ Review: Telling Tales to a Captive Audience
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‘Night of the Kings’ Review: Telling Tales to a Captive Audience

December 30, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] As the new arrival at a violent prison, the young man at the center of “Night of the Kings”

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Jazz Onscreen, Depicted by Black Filmmakers at Last
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Jazz Onscreen, Depicted by Black Filmmakers at Last

December 30, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Midway through “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” the new Netflix drama based on August Wilson’s acclaimed stage play, the title

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‘Herself’ Review: She Does It All
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‘Herself’ Review: She Does It All

December 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] When a housing authority can’t provide the residence you need, why not build one yourself? The option obviously isn’t

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Wonder Woman and Her Evolving Look
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Wonder Woman and Her Evolving Look

December 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In a trailer for “Wonder Woman 1984,” the title hero is clad in golden armor. That image had fans’

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For His Second Act, Nnamdi Asomugha Made Preparation His Byword
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For His Second Act, Nnamdi Asomugha Made Preparation His Byword

December 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The lead in a romance may seem like a prize for most actors, but the star of the new

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Reviewing a Wild Year in Art With the ‘Culture Gabfest’
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Reviewing a Wild Year in Art With the ‘Culture Gabfest’

December 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] STEVENS Doing a lot of this stuff does feel like homework to us, even if it might be interesting

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‘Your Name Engraved Herein’ Review: When Love Is All You Can See
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‘Your Name Engraved Herein’ Review: When Love Is All You Can See

December 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The love story in the touching, simple Taiwanese drama “Your Name Engraved Herein” unfolds at a Catholic high school

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Managing Movie Superheroes Is About to Get a Lot More Complicated
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Managing Movie Superheroes Is About to Get a Lot More Complicated

December 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — Walter Hamada is not a typical superhero wrangler. He doesn’t have a booming, fanboy-in-chief personality. His

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‘News of the World’ Review: Tom Hanks Does the Strong, Silent Type
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‘News of the World’ Review: Tom Hanks Does the Strong, Silent Type

December 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Nowadays, if you want a selection of news stories culled from various publications, you can use a cellphone app.

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‘Promising Young Woman’ Review: Courting Dangerous Liaisons
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‘Promising Young Woman’ Review: Courting Dangerous Liaisons

December 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A hard candy with a sour center, “Promising Young Woman” turns sociopathy into a style and trauma into a

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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Review: It’s Not About What We Deserve
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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Review: It’s Not About What We Deserve

December 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] When Wonder Woman first hit the big screen in 2017, the possibilities for the character felt endless. After 76

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An Oscar Winner Made a Khashoggi Documentary. Streaming Services Didn’t Want It.
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An Oscar Winner Made a Khashoggi Documentary. Streaming Services Didn’t Want It.

December 26, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Bryan Fogel’s first documentary, “Icarus,” helped uncover the Russian doping scandal that led to the country’s expulsion from the

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A ‘Great Cultural Depression’ Looms for Legions of Unemployed Performers
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A ‘Great Cultural Depression’ Looms for Legions of Unemployed Performers

December 26, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Many performers are relying on charity. The Actors Fund, a service organization for the arts, has raised and distributed

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How Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Animates Jazz
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How Pixar’s ‘Soul’ Animates Jazz

December 26, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Pixar’s animators have a history of achieving impressive feats, making characters and textures feel more authentic in increasingly complex

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‘Soul’ Review: Pixar’s New Feature Gets Musical, and Metaphysical
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‘Soul’ Review: Pixar’s New Feature Gets Musical, and Metaphysical

December 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Joe, a jazzman like his late father, is at a crossroads. No longer young — though we don’t know

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Kristen Wiig on "Wonder Woman 1984" and Cheetah
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Kristen Wiig on “Wonder Woman 1984” and Cheetah

December 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Do people expect you to be big and boisterous in real life because they’ve seen you play those kinds

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Carey Mulligan Won’t Let Hollywood Off the Hook
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Carey Mulligan Won’t Let Hollywood Off the Hook

December 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Not every Carey Mulligan movie begins with a Charli XCX song, but maybe more of them should. When “Promising

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‘The Dissident’ Review: A Murder for Power
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‘The Dissident’ Review: A Murder for Power

December 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A cinematic retelling of the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi requires no embellishments. The raw facts are

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‘DNA’ Review: Digging for Roots
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‘DNA’ Review: Digging for Roots

December 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “DNA,” the fifth feature from the French actress and filmmaker Maïwenn, opens in clamor and closes in calm. In

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A New Pinocchio Film Returns to the Tale’s Dark Origins
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A New Pinocchio Film Returns to the Tale’s Dark Origins

December 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] ROME — Carlo Collodi’s “Pinocchio” is one of the world’s best-loved children’s books, translated into over 280 languages and

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The Breakout Stars of 2020
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The Breakout Stars of 2020

December 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Music Kali Uchis In 2018, Kali Uchis released a debut album titled “Isolation.” Clearly she was ahead of her

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In ‘Soul’ on Disney+, Pixar Has Its First Black Lead Character
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In ‘Soul’ on Disney+, Pixar Has Its First Black Lead Character

December 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] He recalled that when he was making “Up,” he worried about how the design of the Asian-American scout Russell

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‘Sylvie’s Love’ Review: In the Mood for Romance, Sighs and Tears
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‘Sylvie’s Love’ Review: In the Mood for Romance, Sighs and Tears

December 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Desire and dreams meet beautifully in “Sylvie’s Love,” an old-fashioned romance for 21st-century hearts. Modestly scaled yet emotionally expansive,

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The Artists We Lost in 2020, in Their Words
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The Artists We Lost in 2020, in Their Words

December 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] It’s always difficult to lose a favorite actor or a beloved musician. But in 2020, a year of crisis

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Stimulus Offers $15 Billion in Relief for Struggling Arts Venues
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Stimulus Offers $15 Billion in Relief for Struggling Arts Venues

December 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] For the music venue owners, theater producers and cultural institutions that have suffered through the pandemic with no business,

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‘Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You’ Review: It’s Mutual.
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‘Ariana Grande: Excuse Me, I Love You’ Review: It’s Mutual.

December 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] So is there actual footage of Ariana Grande cleaning up dog poop? And why was Kristin Chenoweth on FaceTime

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Can We Talk About the Mom in ‘A Christmas Story’?
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Can We Talk About the Mom in ‘A Christmas Story’?

December 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] It’s been tough to watch movies in 2020 and not project our frustrations and anxieties onto the screen. Maybe

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‘Nasrin’ Review: Righting Wrongs in Iran
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‘Nasrin’ Review: Righting Wrongs in Iran

December 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “Nasrin,” a surreptitiously filmed documentary about the imprisoned Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, offers a strangely cheerful portrait

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Watch Chadwick Boseman in a Scene From ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
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Watch Chadwick Boseman in a Scene From ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

December 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In “Anatomy of a Scene,” we ask directors to reveal the secrets that go into making key scenes in

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Viola Davis and Company on ‘Ma Rainey’ and Chadwick Boseman’s Last Bow
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Viola Davis and Company on ‘Ma Rainey’ and Chadwick Boseman’s Last Bow

December 20, 2020December 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A nation riven by racial violence, an industry with a history of exploiting Black culture, white executives eager to

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Berlin Film Festival Is Delayed. Will Cannes and Venice Follow?
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Berlin Film Festival Is Delayed. Will Cannes and Venice Follow?

December 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Berlin Film Festival, which was scheduled to start Feb. 11, has been postponed because of the coronavirus, its

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Film Academy Museum Delays Its Opening Again
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Film Academy Museum Delays Its Opening Again

December 19, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is starting to feel a little cursed. Since the project

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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ | Anatomy of a Scene
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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ | Anatomy of a Scene

December 19, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Hi I’m George C. Wolfe, and I’m the director of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” “You’re supposed to play the

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Barbara Windsor, Beloved British TV and Film Star, Dies at 83
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Barbara Windsor, Beloved British TV and Film Star, Dies at 83

December 19, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] LONDON — Barbara Windsor, a star of the “Carry On” films and the long-running BBC soap opera “EastEnders,” whose

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Better Than Besties: Why Gay Holiday Films Matter
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Better Than Besties: Why Gay Holiday Films Matter

December 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] I gasped so loudly, it sounded like Judy Garland had shown up at my Christmas party. It happened during

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Bumps on the Road From Broadway to Hollywood
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Bumps on the Road From Broadway to Hollywood

December 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A moment I barely noticed in the 2019 Broadway production of David Byrne’s “American Utopia” jumped out at me

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Jeremy Bulloch, Who Played Boba Fett in ‘Star Wars’ Movies, Dies at 75
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Jeremy Bulloch, Who Played Boba Fett in ‘Star Wars’ Movies, Dies at 75

December 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Jeremy Bulloch, the British actor who helped to make Boba Fett, the menacing bounty hunter with the dented helmet

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Kim Ki-duk, Award-Winning South Korean Filmmaker, Dies at 59
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Kim Ki-duk, Award-Winning South Korean Filmmaker, Dies at 59

December 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Ki-duk, ​an internationally celebrated South Korean film director who made movies ​about people ​on

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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Review: All the Blues That’s Fit to Sing
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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Review: All the Blues That’s Fit to Sing

December 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] She also represents the old school — an established star who works in a Southern style that Levee thinks

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‘The Art of Political Murder’ Review: Behind a Bishop’s Assassination
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‘The Art of Political Murder’ Review: Behind a Bishop’s Assassination

December 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The murder in “The Art of the Political Murder,” a documentary based on the book of the same title

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‘Heat’ and the TV Movie That Paved Its Way to Becoming a Classic
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‘Heat’ and the TV Movie That Paved Its Way to Becoming a Classic

December 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Early in Michael Mann’s 1995 crime drama “Heat,” his protagonist destroys a television set. It makes sense in the

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Sundance Goes Virtual With a More Accessible 2021 Lineup
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Sundance Goes Virtual With a More Accessible 2021 Lineup

December 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The movies still feel like Sundance. But without the snow, the parties and all those packed premieres, will Sundance

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Tom Cruise Erupts at ‘Mission: Impossible’ Crew Over Covid-19 Breach
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Tom Cruise Erupts at ‘Mission: Impossible’ Crew Over Covid-19 Breach

December 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The actor Tom Cruise recently erupted at crew members on the set of “Mission: Impossible 7” over a breach

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How the Bee Gees Stayed Alive
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How the Bee Gees Stayed Alive

December 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The 1977 “Saturday Night Fever” album, a two-LP anthology of disco hits and Bee Gees songs, became a record-setting

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‘The Last Blockbuster’ Review: All the Nostalgia, With No Late Fees
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‘The Last Blockbuster’ Review: All the Nostalgia, With No Late Fees

December 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] You ever hear the one about the guy who asked for “Of Human Bondage” at the video store and

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‘Giving Voice’ Review: August Wilson Is Uplifting a New Generation
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‘Giving Voice’ Review: August Wilson Is Uplifting a New Generation

December 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The everyday hopes and heartbreaks of African-Americans were dramatized in August Wilson’s 10-play American Century Cycle. And every year,

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John le Carré Film and Television Adaptations Available to Stream
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John le Carré Film and Television Adaptations Available to Stream

December 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Few authors have had a better shake at the movies than John le Carré, whose sophisticated novels of Cold

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‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘The Blues Brothers’ Join National Film Registry
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‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘The Blues Brothers’ Join National Film Registry

December 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] As the oft-quoted line from “The Dark Knight” goes, “You either die a hero or you live long enough

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How Readers Reacted to FKA twigs and Her Allegations of Abuse
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How Readers Reacted to FKA twigs and Her Allegations of Abuse

December 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] After a report The New York Times published on Friday detailing a lawsuit the performer FKA twigs filed against

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‘Wander Darkly’ Review: After Death, a Fractured Life
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‘Wander Darkly’ Review: After Death, a Fractured Life

December 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Surviving a car crash, even a minor one, is a singular experience. In “Wander Darkly,” a film written and

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WarnerMedia Chief Has Become a Movie Villain to Some in Hollywood
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WarnerMedia Chief Has Become a Movie Villain to Some in Hollywood

December 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — When Jason Kilar began his tenure as the chief executive of Hulu in July 2007, some

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Tommy Lister, Actor Who Menaced as Deebo in ‘Friday,’ Is Dead at 62
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Tommy Lister, Actor Who Menaced as Deebo in ‘Friday,’ Is Dead at 62

December 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Tommy Lister, a 6-foot-5-inch actor nicknamed Tiny who played the hulking neighborhood bully Deebo in the “Friday” films, has

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Disney to Reveal Plans to Turbocharge Streaming Offerings
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Disney to Reveal Plans to Turbocharge Streaming Offerings

December 12, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — A significant expansion of the “Star Wars” universe. Tom Hanks as Geppetto in a live-action “Pinocchio,”

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Same-Sex Kisses Under the Mistletoe: Holiday Movies Rethink a Formula
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Same-Sex Kisses Under the Mistletoe: Holiday Movies Rethink a Formula

December 12, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Will the adorable couple adopt a baby in time to celebrate Christmas with Mom and Dad and the neighborhood

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The Biggest Casting News From Disney’s Investor Day
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The Biggest Casting News From Disney’s Investor Day

December 12, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Mark Ruffalo, who plays the Hulk in the Marvel movies, will also appear, along with Tim Roth, who played

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New Star of ‘The Prom’ Sees a Chance to Make L.G.B.T.Q. Characters Visible
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New Star of ‘The Prom’ Sees a Chance to Make L.G.B.T.Q. Characters Visible

December 12, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] During her second day ever on a film set, Jo Ellen Pellman came face to face with an irate

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FKA twigs Sues Shia LaBeouf, Citing Abusive Relationship
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FKA twigs Sues Shia LaBeouf, Citing Abusive Relationship

December 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] But living with him became frightening, she said. The lawsuit says that he kept a loaded firearm by the

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‘Star Wars,’ ‘Pinocchio’ and More as Disney Leans Sharply Into Streaming
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‘Star Wars,’ ‘Pinocchio’ and More as Disney Leans Sharply Into Streaming

December 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A significant portion of the presentation was dedicated to Star, which will be stocked with programming from Disney properties

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‘Funny Boy’ Review: Coming Out During Civil War
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‘Funny Boy’ Review: Coming Out During Civil War

December 10, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war, “Funny Boy” centers on a protagonist who is effectively

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‘The Prom’ Review: Showbiz Sanctimony, and All That Zazz
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‘The Prom’ Review: Showbiz Sanctimony, and All That Zazz

December 10, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Early in Ryan Murphy’s “The Prom,” a Broadway flack starts reading the reviews of a newly opened show about

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‘Assassins’ Review: Duped Into an International Murder Plot
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‘Assassins’ Review: Duped Into an International Murder Plot

December 10, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The two women who smeared a nerve agent on the face of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of the

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‘Small Axe’ Review: The Agonies and Ecstasies of Black British Lives
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‘Small Axe’ Review: The Agonies and Ecstasies of Black British Lives

December 10, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] When the British filmmaker Steve McQueen conceived the five films he collectively named “Small Axe,” he could not have

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When Culture Really Began to Reckon With White Privilege
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When Culture Really Began to Reckon With White Privilege

December 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “Dear White American Theater.” So opened the scathing statement released on June 8 and signed by some of our

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‘Let Them All Talk’ Review: That Ship Has Sailed
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‘Let Them All Talk’ Review: That Ship Has Sailed

December 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A Pulitzer Prize-winning author, her two college buddies and her nephew walk into a cruise ship’s bar … The

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‘Sing Me a Song’ Review: Technology vs. the Contemplative Life
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‘Sing Me a Song’ Review: Technology vs. the Contemplative Life

December 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Following his 2014 film “Happiness,” which profiles Peyangki, a boy in a Bhutanese monastery, director Thomas Balmès returned to

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‘A Dog Called Money’ Review: Lyrical Encounters With PJ Harvey
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‘A Dog Called Money’ Review: Lyrical Encounters With PJ Harvey

December 9, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] While making her 2016 album “The Hope Six Demolition Project,” the musician PJ Harvey did something rare: She opened

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Stream These 15 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in December
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Stream These 15 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in December

December 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The end of the year means the end of licensing contracts for the streaming services, so this month’s Netflix

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Warner Bros. Trades Box Office for HBO Max, but Stars Still Want Their Money
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Warner Bros. Trades Box Office for HBO Max, but Stars Still Want Their Money

December 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The 97-year-old studio, the ancestral home of Humphrey Bogart (“Casablanca”) and Bette Davis (“Now, Voyager”), suddenly finds itself at

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Natalie Desselle, Comedic Heart of ‘BAPS’ and ‘Eve,’ Dies at 53
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Natalie Desselle, Comedic Heart of ‘BAPS’ and ‘Eve,’ Dies at 53

December 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “She loved it — it was one of her favorite roles,” Ms. Robinson recalled the actress as telling her.

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‘Mank’ and More Movies With Screenwriters as Main Characters
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‘Mank’ and More Movies With Screenwriters as Main Characters

December 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Screenwriting — a torturous act practiced in solitude while staring at a screen or typewriter, punctuated by a neurosis

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Pamela Tiffin, Movie Star Who Shone Brightly but Briefly, Dies at 78
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Pamela Tiffin, Movie Star Who Shone Brightly but Briefly, Dies at 78

December 7, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The year before, she had been cast as Mastroianni’s wife in “Oggi, Domani, Dopodomani” (1965), a comedy about a

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Who Wrote ‘Citizen Kane’? It’s No Mystery
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Who Wrote ‘Citizen Kane’? It’s No Mystery

December 7, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “She picks the guy who is the epitome of the auteur in America and tears down his one great

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‘Mank’ and Politics: What Really Happened in 1934 California
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‘Mank’ and Politics: What Really Happened in 1934 California

December 7, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] David Fincher’s new Netflix drama “Mank” explores how Herman J. Mankiewicz came to co-write the celebrated screenplay for “Citizen

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A Costly Quip Angers Chinese Moviegoers, and a Film Gets Yanked
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A Costly Quip Angers Chinese Moviegoers, and a Film Gets Yanked

December 7, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In a film scene that has roiled a segment of the Chinese moviegoing public, two American soldiers share a

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‘Crock of Gold’ Review: Shane MacGowan, Still Alive and Laughing
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‘Crock of Gold’ Review: Shane MacGowan, Still Alive and Laughing

December 6, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Around a third of the way into this lengthy, discursive, at times deliberately shambolic documentary about the Irish singer-songwriter

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Warren Berlinger, Film and Television Character Actor, Dies at 83
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Warren Berlinger, Film and Television Character Actor, Dies at 83

December 6, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Warren Berlinger, whose career as a character actor spanned more than six decades and featured myriad roles in film

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How to Enjoy Christmas Movies At Home
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How to Enjoy Christmas Movies At Home

December 6, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Theaters would normally be packed this time of year with folks assembled to watch revered holiday films like “It’s

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Roald Dahl’s Family Apologizes for His Anti-Semitism
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Roald Dahl’s Family Apologizes for His Anti-Semitism

December 6, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] LONDON — The family of Roald Dahl has apologized for “the lasting and understanding hurt” caused by anti-Semitic comments

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‘Another Round’ Review: They’ll Drink to That
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‘Another Round’ Review: They’ll Drink to That

December 5, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In Thomas Vinterberg’s new film “Another Round,” four Danish men, all schoolteachers, embark on a pseudoscientific quest: to see

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HBO Max Will Stream All 2021 Warner Bros. Movies
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HBO Max Will Stream All 2021 Warner Bros. Movies

December 5, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] It was a framed as a singular event, and theater owners, desperate to fill screens with appealing content, happily

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Meryl Streep Isn’t on Our List of Greatest Actors. Here’s Why.
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Meryl Streep Isn’t on Our List of Greatest Actors. Here’s Why.

December 5, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes

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What Hearing Loss Feels Like in ‘Sound of Metal’
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What Hearing Loss Feels Like in ‘Sound of Metal’

December 5, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Creating an audioscape for a movie about a musician losing his hearing is more complicated than it may seem.

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Fernando Solanas, Argentine Filmmaker and Politician, Dies at 84
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Fernando Solanas, Argentine Filmmaker and Politician, Dies at 84

December 5, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others

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Who’s Who in ‘Mank’: A Guide to the Real-Life Players
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Who’s Who in ‘Mank’: A Guide to the Real-Life Players

December 4, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] There’s only one name in the title, but David Fincher’s “Mank” (on Netflix) features a full gallery of movers

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‘Godmothered’ Review: Revising the Fairy Tale Formula
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‘Godmothered’ Review: Revising the Fairy Tale Formula

December 4, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Are fairy godmothers obsolete? Ask anyone: Princes on steeds rarely come around anymore, and all our ball gowns just

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A Cinematic Love Letter to Denmark’s Drinking Culture
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A Cinematic Love Letter to Denmark’s Drinking Culture

December 4, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] COPENHAGEN — In the opening scene of the Danish director Thomas Vinterberg’s new film, “Another Round,” a group of

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Best Performances of 2020 - The New York Times
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Best Performances of 2020 – The New York Times

December 4, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Jessica Frances Dukes and Marylouise Burke, Season 3 of “Ozark” “Ozark” is the end of a Shakespearean tragedy with

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August Wilson, American Bard - The New York Times
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August Wilson, American Bard – The New York Times

December 3, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Chief among them, perhaps, is the 65-year-old actor Denzel Washington, a producer of the new “Ma Rainey” film and

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Best Movies of 2020 - The New York Times
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Best Movies of 2020 – The New York Times

December 3, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Manohla Dargis | A.O. Scott Manohla Dargis I Watched Until My Eyes Bled It was a year of watching

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Actors Sue SAG-AFTRA Health Plan Over Changes in Insurance
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Actors Sue SAG-AFTRA Health Plan Over Changes in Insurance

December 3, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In August, hundreds of actors excoriated the health plan of the American union for professional television and film actors

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5 Things to Do This Weekend
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5 Things to Do This Weekend

December 3, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Why did so many jazz greats die young? Asked this question, the singer Billie Holiday responded, “We try to

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‘Mayor’ Review: Leading a City With the World Watching
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‘Mayor’ Review: Leading a City With the World Watching

December 2, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The director David Osit’s documentary “Mayor” indirectly deals with the prospect of Palestinian statehood by looking at the concept

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Barry Gibb Has a Mission: ‘Keep the Music Alive’
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Barry Gibb Has a Mission: ‘Keep the Music Alive’

December 2, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Earth’s last surviving Bee Gee was calling from his home studio in South Florida, just steps from the waters

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J.R.R. Tolkien House Comes on the Market
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J.R.R. Tolkien House Comes on the Market

December 2, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The longtime home of the author J.R.R. Tolkien is about to re-enter the market, and a crowdfunding campaign has

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‘Baby God’ Review: Sins of the Father
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‘Baby God’ Review: Sins of the Father

December 2, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Nevada obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Quincy Fortier had blue eyes, a beaked nose and a bullish drive to work until

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Michel Robin, Longtime French Character Actor, Dies at 90
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Michel Robin, Longtime French Character Actor, Dies at 90

December 1, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

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How to Pretend You’re in Tokyo
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How to Pretend You’re in Tokyo

December 1, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] While your travel plans may be on hold, you can pretend you’re somewhere new for the night. Around the

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Momona Tamada’s Week: ‘Satisfying’ Baking Videos and Peace Through Podcasts
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Momona Tamada’s Week: ‘Satisfying’ Baking Videos and Peace Through Podcasts

December 1, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Like many of us, Momona Tamada, 14, has been trying to make the best of a tough year. Sure,

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The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Amazon, HBO Max, Hulu and More in December
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The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Amazon, HBO Max, Hulu and More in December

December 1, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Every month, streaming services add movies and TV shows to their libraries. Here are our picks for some of

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On TikTok, Fans Are Making Their Own ‘Ratatouille’ Musical
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On TikTok, Fans Are Making Their Own ‘Ratatouille’ Musical

November 30, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] With Broadway and theaters across the country idle because of the coronavirus, some actors, producers and prop designers have

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‘Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square’ Review: Holiday Winks
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‘Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square’ Review: Holiday Winks

November 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A lot of “Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square” bears some resemblance to the familiar — greeting cards, mulled

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Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone on ‘Superintelligence’ and Living Comedy
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Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone on ‘Superintelligence’ and Living Comedy

November 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] FALCONE It read like a wonderful throwback movie, where it’s super funny and high concept, but there’s also a

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In a Holiday Lesbian Rom-Com, Kristen Stewart Saw Herself
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In a Holiday Lesbian Rom-Com, Kristen Stewart Saw Herself

November 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] No one imagines that a Christmas rom-com can be renegade. And yet “Happiest Season,” about a couple played by

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Amanda Seyfried Finally Stakes Her Claim
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Amanda Seyfried Finally Stakes Her Claim

November 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The goats didn’t want to go out in the morning, Amanda Seyfried said. There was one in particular that

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Dave Prowse, Man Behind Darth Vader’s Mask, Is Dead at 85
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November 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Dave Prowse, the British actor who gave the imposing physical presence — but not the voice — to Darth

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‘My Psychedelic Love Story’ Review: On the Run With Timothy Leary
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‘My Psychedelic Love Story’ Review: On the Run With Timothy Leary

November 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] To induce dread in a paranoiac, one need only invoke two acronyms: C.I.A. and LSD Along with a third

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‘Superintelligence’ Review: Melissa McCarthy Has to Save the World
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‘Superintelligence’ Review: Melissa McCarthy Has to Save the World

November 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In this new Melissa McCarthy comedy, directed by her husband and frequent collaborator Ben Falcone (who has a supporting

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‘Stardust’ Review: A Week With David Bowie, Unaccompanied by His Music
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‘Stardust’ Review: A Week With David Bowie, Unaccompanied by His Music

November 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This motion picture, in which an unusually coiffed performer, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, sings some Jacques Brel songs,

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‘Zappa’ Review: Portrait of a Rock Star and a Nation’s Hero
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‘Zappa’ Review: Portrait of a Rock Star and a Nation’s Hero

November 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This documentary directed by Alex Winter opens with a portrait of the ostensibly outrageous musician Frank Zappa in a

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‘Kill It and Leave This Town’ Review: Grotesque, Bleak and Endless
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‘Kill It and Leave This Town’ Review: Grotesque, Bleak and Endless

November 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] It’s difficult to describe the Polish artist Mariusz Wilczynski’s debut film, “Kill It and Leave This Town,” because the

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HBO Documentary Has Competition. These Women Don’t Seem Worried.
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HBO Documentary Has Competition. These Women Don’t Seem Worried.

November 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] With documentaries a central part of the national conversation, it’s easy to forget that not only were they once

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‘Black Beauty’ Review: A Melodrama in Need of Rougher Edges
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‘Black Beauty’ Review: A Melodrama in Need of Rougher Edges

November 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Written in 1877, Anna Sewell’s classic children’s novel “Black Beauty” warned against the abuse of horses. The pristine adaptation

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Some Movies Actually Understand Poverty in America
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Some Movies Actually Understand Poverty in America

November 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] There’s a scene in Ron Howard’s new “Hillbilly Elegy” that approaches the quiet dignity I wish the rest of

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Taylor Swift Illuminates ‘Folklore’ in a Stripped-Down Studio Concert
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Taylor Swift Illuminates ‘Folklore’ in a Stripped-Down Studio Concert

November 26, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions” is straightforward and cozy. Taylor Swift and her two main collaborators and producers

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In Need of a Film About Romantic Possibility? Try ‘In the Mood for Love.’
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In Need of a Film About Romantic Possibility? Try ‘In the Mood for Love.’

November 26, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Gateway Movies offers ways to begin exploring directors, genres and topics in film by examining a few streaming movies.

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‘Mosul’ Review: In Iraq, This Time It’s Personal
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‘Mosul’ Review: In Iraq, This Time It’s Personal

November 26, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “Mosul” dramatizes a 2017 story in The New Yorker that chronicled a self-directed Iraqi SWAT team’s efforts to fight

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Missing ‘The Nutcracker’? How to Get Your Holiday Fix at Home
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Missing ‘The Nutcracker’? How to Get Your Holiday Fix at Home

November 26, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] We all have our holiday traditions. Maybe yours is seeing the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall and gazing

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Debbie Allen’s Technique? It’s All About Tough Love
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November 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] I discovered them when I was at Howard University. I was a freshman, and my mother feared I might

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‘The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two’ Review: Meet the Clauses
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‘The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two’ Review: Meet the Clauses

November 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] If Mrs. Claus designed Santa’s Village, why isn’t it called Mrs. Claus’s Village? Kate (Darby Camp) gets stuck on

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‘The Croods: A New Age’ Review: More Civilized
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‘The Croods: A New Age’ Review: More Civilized

November 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] No one would call it a huge leap on the evolutionary ladder, but the animated sequel “The Croods: A

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‘Uncle Frank’ Review: Coming of Age, Coming to Terms

November 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In “Uncle Frank,” the writer-director Alan Ball (“True Blood”) combines several overworked genres — the coming-of-age picture, the road-trip

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‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Review: I Remember Mamaw

November 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] His aim wasn’t only to recount his mother’s struggles with addiction and celebrate his grandmother’s grit. “Hillbilly Elegy,” published

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The Best Thanksgiving Movies to Stream

November 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Thanksgiving film is not that big of a genre. It turns out watching people pass the yams onscreen

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November 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes

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Latinos, Long Dismissed in Hollywood, Push to Make Voices Heard
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November 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Tanya Saracho landed her first television writing job on the Lifetime soap “Devious Maids” in 2012. She was a

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Kiera Allen of ‘Run’ on Upending Disability Stereotypes
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Kiera Allen of ‘Run’ on Upending Disability Stereotypes

November 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

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‘Shawn Mendes: In Wonder’ Review: A Skin-Deep Portrait
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‘Shawn Mendes: In Wonder’ Review: A Skin-Deep Portrait

November 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] An early moment in “Shawn Mendes: In Wonder” shows its pop-heartthrob subject in the shower. You’ve seen this one

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Offbeat Streaming: ‘Knock Knock,’ ‘John Lewis’ and ‘Sleight’
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November 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] As the season begins to tilt toward cold weather, it looks like you’ll be spending a bit more time

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A Film Festival in Poland Feted His Work. Now He May Face Prison There.
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A Film Festival in Poland Feted His Work. Now He May Face Prison There.

November 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] News photos showed Matty Libatique looking like he’d just been yanked from a barroom brawl; wild-eyed, disheveled, his hands

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November 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

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November 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Something about the cold and snowy weather seems to lend itself to stories about trains, ones that snake their

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Hollywood’s ‘We’re Not in Kansas Anymore’ Moment

November 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — In explaining why WarnerMedia had decided to release the much-anticipated big-budget “Wonder Woman 1984” simultaneously in

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John Belushi in Focus: What a New Film Gets Right and What It Misses
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November 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In his brief six years on the national stage, no comic was more popular than John Belushi. At the

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Tracey Davis, Chronicler of Ups and Downs With Her Famous Father, Dies at 59
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Tracey Davis, Chronicler of Ups and Downs With Her Famous Father, Dies at 59

November 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In addition to attaining fame as a singer, dancer and actor, Mr. Davis led a much-scrutinized social life. He

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Nelly Kaplan, Whose Films Explored Female Strength, Dies at 89
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November 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Nelly Kaplan, whose witty, satire-tinged French films about female empowerment and revenge made her a distinctive voice in a

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Are Streamed Plays Theater or TV? Unions Settle a Dispute
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November 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Two major entertainment industry unions have settled an internecine dispute over streaming theater, reaching an agreement that should make

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‘Run’ | Anatomy of a Scene
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November 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Hi, I’m Aneesh Chaganty, and I’m the co-writer and director of Run. O.K. So the scene that’s playing out

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Watch a Harrowing Escape in ‘Run’

November 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

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With ‘Sylvie’s Love,’ Eugene Ashe Returns With a Big Hollywood Romance
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With ‘Sylvie’s Love,’ Eugene Ashe Returns With a Big Hollywood Romance

November 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The sweeping romance returns. A staple of the 1950s and ’60s, these movies that took audiences on an epic

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Soumitra Chatterjee, Globally Acclaimed Indian Film Star, Dies at 85
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Soumitra Chatterjee, Globally Acclaimed Indian Film Star, Dies at 85

November 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Soumitra Chatterjee, an Indian actor who incarnated the beauty and fragility of youthful idealism in films by the director

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‘Belushi’ Review: A Comic in Full
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‘Belushi’ Review: A Comic in Full

November 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] John Belushi’s entrances onstage raise a grin with the promise of unruly energy. But his early exit from life

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A Canadian Town Is a Festive Anywhere, U.S.A., Onscreen
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A Canadian Town Is a Festive Anywhere, U.S.A., Onscreen

November 19, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “Fatman,” the recently released action-comedy featuring Mel Gibson as Santa Claus, plays out in the rural backwoods of Alaska.

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‘Ainu Mosir’ Review: A Crisis of Cultural Identity
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‘Ainu Mosir’ Review: A Crisis of Cultural Identity

November 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The gently observed drama “Ainu Mosir” unfolds in Hokkaido, a northern island of Japan, where a community of Ainu

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Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, a.k.a. Mr. and Mrs. Claus
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Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, a.k.a. Mr. and Mrs. Claus

November 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The last time Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn headlined a movie together, the Berlin Wall was intact and the

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The Best Films and TV Shows to Stream Over the Holidays
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The Best Films and TV Shows to Stream Over the Holidays

November 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Here is a highly select list of films, series and specials due this season on the major subscription streaming

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‘Cemetery’ Review: Elephant Walk - The New York Times
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‘Cemetery’ Review: Elephant Walk – The New York Times

November 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Combining documentary, fiction and elaborate soundscapes into a uniquely experimental whole, the Spanish filmmaker Carlos Casas opens his latest

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Academy Museum Gives Debbie Reynolds Her Due as a Costume Conservator
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November 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — For decades, Debbie Reynolds begged Hollywood to help her preserve and exhibit her vast collection of

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10 French Movies Set in Paris to Transport You There
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10 French Movies Set in Paris to Transport You There

November 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] While your travel plans may be on hold, you can pretend you’re somewhere new for the night. Around the

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‘Harry Potter’ and the Prisoners of Quarantine
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‘Harry Potter’ and the Prisoners of Quarantine

November 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Caroline Chou, 19, pins a green screen to the goldenrod walls of her childhood bedroom in San José, Calif.

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Scary Is How You Act, Not Look, Disability Advocates Tell Filmmakers
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Scary Is How You Act, Not Look, Disability Advocates Tell Filmmakers

November 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] When “The Witches,” starring Anne Hathaway as the Grand High Witch, was released last month, a collective groan went

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Meet Maria Bakalova, the Breakout Star of the ‘Borat’ Sequel
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Meet Maria Bakalova, the Breakout Star of the ‘Borat’ Sequel

November 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Sacha Baron Cohen may be the star of “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” but it is Maria Bakalova who has emerged

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‘Transhood’ Review: Five Years Pass as Transgender Kids Grow Up
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‘Transhood’ Review: Five Years Pass as Transgender Kids Grow Up

November 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “Transhood” is fixated on transition, and therefore preoccupied with time, or at least that seems to be its intention.

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‘Coded Bias’ Review: When the Bots Are Racist
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‘Coded Bias’ Review: When the Bots Are Racist

November 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] While working on an assignment involving facial-recognition software, the M.I.T. Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini found that the algorithm

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‘Ammonite’ Review: Love on the Rocks
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‘Ammonite’ Review: Love on the Rocks

November 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “Ammonite” is only the director Francis Lee’s second feature, yet already he’s developing a strong visual signature, at once

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‘Freaky’ Review: The Killer Inside
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‘Freaky’ Review: The Killer Inside

November 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Having settled into his horror-comedy groove with the “Happy Death Day” movies, the director Christopher Landon repeats his blood-and-badinage

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‘Fatman’ Review: Ho-Ho-Hum - The New York Times
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‘Fatman’ Review: Ho-Ho-Hum – The New York Times

November 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Hoping to deliver a Yuletide story for our dark, divided times, the directors and brothers Ian Nelms & Eshom

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‘Make Up’ Review: Self-Discovery, an Adolescent Horror
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‘Make Up’ Review: Self-Discovery, an Adolescent Horror

November 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Coming-of-age dramas rarely lack for moody characters, but in the British film “Make Up,” anxiety, doom and suspense seem

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‘The Life Ahead’ Review: Sophia Loren, Directed by Her Son, Shines
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‘The Life Ahead’ Review: Sophia Loren, Directed by Her Son, Shines

November 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Sophia Loren is one of those movie greats who doesn’t often find her way into a great movie. News

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Sophia Loren Returns in Her Son’s Netflix Film ‘The Life Ahead’

November 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Is aging gracefully a conscious concern for you? If you accept the aging process and live in the present,

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Watch a Soulful Musical Performance in ‘Jingle Jangle’
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Watch a Soulful Musical Performance in ‘Jingle Jangle’

November 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In “Anatomy of a Scene,” we ask directors to reveal the secrets that go into making key scenes in

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‘I Am Greta’ Review: Birth of a Climate Warrior
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‘I Am Greta’ Review: Birth of a Climate Warrior

November 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In September 2019 at the United Nations Climate Action Summit, Greta Thunberg made headlines by condemning world leaders for

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‘Jingle Jangle’ | Anatomy of a Scene
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‘Jingle Jangle’ | Anatomy of a Scene

November 14, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “Hey, this is David E. Talbert, the writer and director of Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey.” “You might want

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Israel Horovitz, Playwright Tarnished by Abuse Allegations, Dies at 81
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Israel Horovitz, Playwright Tarnished by Abuse Allegations, Dies at 81

November 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Decades earlier, in 1993, the weekly newspaper The Boston Phoenix reported that women at Gloucester Stage Company had accused

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Disney+ Passes 73 Million Subscribers as Streaming Takes Center Stage
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Disney+ Passes 73 Million Subscribers as Streaming Takes Center Stage

November 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Disney will hold a virtual investor day on Dec. 10 to further detail its direct-to-consumer plans. Some investors hope

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‘Come Away’ Review: Escaping Grief Through Fantasy
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‘Come Away’ Review: Escaping Grief Through Fantasy

November 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Like a magic brew thinned into bouillon, “Come Away” folds spellbinding storybook tales into a mundane melodrama. The movie

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Friends Forever, Filmmakers for Now
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Friends Forever, Filmmakers for Now

November 13, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “The Climb” is a movie about a friendship that stands the test of time through some pretty gnarly events.

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‘Wolfwalkers’ Review: From Ireland, Lupine Lore in Cartoon Style
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‘Wolfwalkers’ Review: From Ireland, Lupine Lore in Cartoon Style

November 12, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Once the terms “animated movie” and “animated cartoon” were virtually synonymous. But since computer animation and other advances drained

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‘Monsoon’ Review: Clouded Memories of Saigon
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‘Monsoon’ Review: Clouded Memories of Saigon

November 12, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] An intimate travelogue, “Monsoon” follows Kit (Henry Golding), a software animator raised in London, as he returns to Vietnam,

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‘Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds’ Review: It’s Raining Mysteries
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‘Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds’ Review: It’s Raining Mysteries

November 12, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This picture, “Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds,” is the third Werner Herzog movie to come out in 2020. Yes,

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A Postmodern Period Piece From a Cinema Titan
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A Postmodern Period Piece From a Cinema Titan

November 12, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A titanic figure, the Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira (1908-2015) got his start in the era of silent cinema

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Go Ahead, Binge Old Movies and Jam Out to ’90s Hits
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Go Ahead, Binge Old Movies and Jam Out to ’90s Hits

November 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Dr. Libby Torchia’s pandemic breaking point came one morning in May, when she and her boss got into an

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In ‘Small Axe,’ Steve McQueen Explores Britain’s Caribbean Heritage
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In ‘Small Axe,’ Steve McQueen Explores Britain’s Caribbean Heritage

November 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] It took Steve McQueen a long time to make a film about Black life in Britain. “I needed to

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They Are Also 2 Wild and Crazy Guys
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November 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Most nights, from the witching hours of 2 a.m. to 4 a.m., Steve Martin finds himself awake, his thoughts

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‘Free Time’ Review: City Life as It Was, Today
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‘Free Time’ Review: City Life as It Was, Today

November 11, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Through the magic of montage, the city symphonist Manfred Kirchheimer (“Stations of the Elevated”) brings fresh life to sights

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‘Let Him Go’ Review: From Grief to Terror
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‘Let Him Go’ Review: From Grief to Terror

November 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A high point of the mostly meh 2013 Superman movie “Man of Steel” was the presence of Kevin Costner

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‘The Dark and the Wicked’ Review: Home, but Not Alone
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‘The Dark and the Wicked’ Review: Home, but Not Alone

November 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “Do you smell him?,” a little girl whispers in Bryan Bertino’s ingenious chiller “The Dark and the Wicked,” and

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‘Proxima’ Review: Separation Anxiety - The New York Times
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‘Proxima’ Review: Separation Anxiety – The New York Times

November 8, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Approaching space travel with eyes and spirit firmly tethered to the ground, Alice Winocour’s “Proxima” takes a sadly unadventurous

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‘The Endless Trench’ Review: A Hidden Life
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‘The Endless Trench’ Review: A Hidden Life

November 7, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Set in rural Spain during Gen. Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, “The Endless Trench” tells the story of a man who

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‘Operation Christmas Drop’ Review: Heavy Military Presents
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‘Operation Christmas Drop’ Review: Heavy Military Presents

November 7, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Everything in “Operation Christmas Drop” falls predictably into place like children nestled all snug in their beds. Each plot

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Women Who Wallop: Why I Love Watching Actresses Become Action Stars
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Women Who Wallop: Why I Love Watching Actresses Become Action Stars

November 7, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Like many women, I have spent a lot of time thinking about how to move through the world. How

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Comfort Viewing: Why I Love Anything With Kathryn Hahn

November 7, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] So little is predictable these days — an achingly close election, a pandemic with an ever more obscure endpoint

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Johnny Depp Leaves ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Franchise at Studio’s Request

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[ad_1] The “Fantastic Beasts” movies will have to find a new Gellert Grindelwald. “I wish to let you know that

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‘Kindred’ Review: A Dreary, Derivative Hostage Thriller

November 6, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Early in this movie, when Ben (Edward Holcroft), tells his mom, Margaret (Fiona Shaw), that he and his girlfriend

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Watch This Snowball Fight From 1897 for a Jolt of Pure Joy
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Watch This Snowball Fight From 1897 for a Jolt of Pure Joy

November 6, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Surviving 2020 has meant living, simultaneously, in two incompatible timelines. There is, on one hand, the relentlessness of the

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Ready for Drama (and Meta-Drama)? Start With These Two Masters.
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Ready for Drama (and Meta-Drama)? Start With These Two Masters.

November 6, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Gateway Movies offers ways to begin exploring directors, genres and topics in film by examining a few streaming movies.

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Elsa Raven, ‘Back to the Future’ Character Actress, Dies at 91

November 6, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Elsa Raven, a character actress perhaps best remembered for a small but crucial role in the hit 1985 time-travel

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‘Shaft,’ ‘Dirty Harry’ and the Rise of the Supercop
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‘Shaft,’ ‘Dirty Harry’ and the Rise of the Supercop

November 6, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] It’s reasonable that an audience sitting through “The French Connection” would have been pre-exhilarated by “Sweetback” and by “Shaft,”

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Welcome to His World: Bela Tarr’s First Meteorological Event
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Welcome to His World: Bela Tarr’s First Meteorological Event

November 5, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Made in 1988 but virtually unknown in the United States, “Damnation” is the movie with which the great Hungarian

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Stream These 15 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in November
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Stream These 15 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in November

November 5, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Fans of Brad Pitt and Jake Gyllenhaal will be disappointed to learn that Netflix is losing not one, but

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‘Hamilton’ Was Just the Beginning. Hollywood Loves Broadway, Again.
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‘Hamilton’ Was Just the Beginning. Hollywood Loves Broadway, Again.

November 4, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Will it feel new a few years from now? After all, one moment’s zeitgeist is another’s old hat, even

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From Stage to Screen: 5 Shows That Got It Right (And 5 That Didn’t)
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From Stage to Screen: 5 Shows That Got It Right (And 5 That Didn’t)

November 4, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “Cabaret” and “Cats” are pretty much acknowledged as the zenith and nadir of movie musical adaptations. But “Cabaret” is

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November 4, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Is it true that you don’t like composing to picture, when you’re working on film music? I’ve nearly always

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‘Come Play’ Review: Alexa, Find Me a Derivative Thriller
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‘Come Play’ Review: Alexa, Find Me a Derivative Thriller

November 3, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Babadook goes paperless in “Come Play,” a thriller in which a spindly creature from another realm torments a

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‘The Donut King’ Review: Sweet Dreams
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‘The Donut King’ Review: Sweet Dreams

November 3, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In 1975, Ted Ngoy fled the war in Cambodia with his wife and three kids and arrived in America

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The Best Half-Hour of Comedy in 2020 Is About … Scaffolding?

November 3, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] On Sunday, a show with the blandest title on television (“How To With John Wilson”) dedicated an episode to

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Dementia ‘Took Its Toll’ on Sean Connery, Wife Says

November 3, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Sean Connery, the actor who originated the role of James Bond, had dementia in the last few months of

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Review: A Poet’s Urgent Questions Fuel ‘November’

November 3, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Claudia Rankine is the prophet of Trump’s America. It’s a thankless job, and one that, to some extent, all

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‘Fire Will Come’ Review: An Arsonist Returns Home to the Forest
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‘Fire Will Come’ Review: An Arsonist Returns Home to the Forest

November 2, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] There’s not too much story in “Fire Will Come,” but once the title promise comes to fruition, the viewer

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Eddie Hassell, Actor in ‘The Kids Are All Right,’ Dies at 30
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Eddie Hassell, Actor in ‘The Kids Are All Right,’ Dies at 30

November 2, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Eddie Hassell, an actor best known for a recurring role on the NBC show “Surface” and the movie “The

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Johnny Depp Loses Court Case Against Newspaper That Called Him a ‘Wife Beater’
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Johnny Depp Loses Court Case Against Newspaper That Called Him a ‘Wife Beater’

November 2, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The judge agreed with most of that characterization, repeatedly highlighting Mr. Depp’s jealously and saying that his drug use

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Johnny Depp Loses Court Case Against Newspaper That Called Him a ‘Wife Beater’
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Johnny Depp Loses Court Case Against Newspaper That Called Him a ‘Wife Beater’

November 2, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The judge agreed with most of that characterization, repeatedly highlighting Mr. Depp’s jealously and saying that his drug use

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‘Raining in the Mountain’ Review: A Martial Arts Gem From 1979
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‘Raining in the Mountain’ Review: A Martial Arts Gem From 1979

November 1, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] From the mid-60s to the end of the ’70s, the Hong Kong director King Hu (who died in 1997)

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Halloween for Kids: Different This Year, but Still Delightful
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Halloween for Kids: Different This Year, but Still Delightful

November 1, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] If you have children, then Halloween will see a lot more trick than treat this year. Here in New

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Sean Connery: From Tentative Secret Agent to Suave Bond
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Sean Connery: From Tentative Secret Agent to Suave Bond

November 1, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Connery didn’t want to continue to strike like thunder or, for that matter, lightning. Also, he wasn’t crazy about

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Sean Connery ‘Defined an Era and a Style,’ James Bond Actors Say
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Sean Connery ‘Defined an Era and a Style,’ James Bond Actors Say

November 1, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Sean Connery was remembered on Saturday by other James Bond actors and franchise producers as “one of the true

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‘The True Adventures of Wolfboy’ Review: A Hirsute Teen Drama
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‘The True Adventures of Wolfboy’ Review: A Hirsute Teen Drama

October 31, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Paul (Jaeden Martell), the titular 13-year-old of “The True Adventures of Wolfboy,” has a condition that causes his body

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TV’s Horror Hosts: 70 Years of Screams and Cheese
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TV’s Horror Hosts: 70 Years of Screams and Cheese

October 31, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Vampires, demons, Michael Myers — in horror, many things never die. One Cleveland television station is betting there’s something

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Best Sean Connery Movies to Stream
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Best Sean Connery Movies to Stream

October 31, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Sean Connery died Saturday at the age of 90. Best known for originating the role of James Bond in

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Sean Connery, Who Embodied James Bond and More, Dies at 90
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Sean Connery, Who Embodied James Bond and More, Dies at 90

October 31, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Bodybuilding led indirectly to acting. In 1953, he and a friend went to London to compete in the Mr.

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Zoe Lister-Jones on ‘The Craft’ and Women’s Power
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Zoe Lister-Jones on ‘The Craft’ and Women’s Power

October 30, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Growing up, Zoe Lister-Jones, the actress and filmmaker, was not into frights. Not a horror person. “I never did

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Will ‘Mank’ Be Netflix’s First Best-Picture Winner?
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Will ‘Mank’ Be Netflix’s First Best-Picture Winner?

October 30, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “Citizen Kane” has cast a vast cinematic shadow for nearly eight decades, sitting atop countless lists of the greatest

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‘Rogue City’ Review: An Action Movie Skimping on Action
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‘Rogue City’ Review: An Action Movie Skimping on Action

October 30, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Crime fiction has long been fascinated by the fuzzy line between crooked cops and the criminals they are meant

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They Scream! We Scream! – The New York Times

October 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Ashley Peldon gets paid to scream. While this may be a vocation that many people would jump at right

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‘It’s Going Away’: A Small Movie Theater Struggles to Survive
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‘It’s Going Away’: A Small Movie Theater Struggles to Survive

October 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] On a rainy day last week, 72 moviegoers visited the Park Plaza Cinema in Hilton Head Island, S.C., to

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David Guillod, Hollywood Executive, Arrested Again After Assault Report
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David Guillod, Hollywood Executive, Arrested Again After Assault Report

October 29, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] David Guillod, a former Hollywood executive who was out on bail after being charged with sexually assaulting four women,

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‘The Craft: Legacy’ Review: More Dull Carbon Copy Than Cult Classic

October 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The long-awaited follow-up to the 1996 cult classic “The Craft” recalls its iconic predecessor in many ways. Just like

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‘Holidate’ Review: That Special Seasonal Someone
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‘Holidate’ Review: That Special Seasonal Someone

October 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] How does one find love over the holidays? It’s easier, perhaps, to lock down a trusty holidate: someone who

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‘City Hall’ Review: Frederick Wiseman, for the People

October 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] For more than a half-century, Frederick Wiseman has been telling the story of the United States, one documentary and

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The 13 Scariest Horror Movies on Netflix Right Now
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The 13 Scariest Horror Movies on Netflix Right Now

October 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Netflix has done a fine job in recent years of stockpiling horror films — from established classics to newer

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October 28, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Several of the city’s other art houses and smaller cinemas have a surprising safety net — large corporate owners

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‘Ham on Rye’ Review: Coming of Age, With Existential Unease

October 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] With his first feature, the director and co-writer Tyler Taormina delivers something at first familiar and then increasingly —

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‘Midnight in Paris’ Review: Everybody on the Dance Floor
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‘Midnight in Paris’ Review: Everybody on the Dance Floor

October 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] At the start of “Midnight in Paris,” a documentary shot in Flint, Mich., in 2012, before the water crisis,

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Making the Songs Pop in ‘Bad Hair’

October 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A murderous weave is the main attraction of the horror comedy “Bad Hair,” but a few catchy tunes play

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The ‘Purge’ Films Reveal the Ugly Truth About America

October 27, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] I loathe the idea of a topical movie. The process of filmmaking doesn’t even really allow for it. A

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‘Synchronic’ Review: Twisted, Trippy Trips Through Time
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‘Synchronic’ Review: Twisted, Trippy Trips Through Time

October 26, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] There’s brainy sci-fi, and then there’s very brainy sci-fi. It’s rare that very brainy sci-fi packs a genuinely emotional,

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‘Coming Home Again’ Review: Confronting Mortality Through Cooking

October 26, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Throughout his career, the Hong Kong-born director Wayne Wang has applied a purposefully eclectic approach to environments and subject

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‘The Place of No Words’ Review: Shared Illusions

October 26, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A family project, “The Place of No Words” clearly means so much to the tight circle of people who

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‘Friendsgiving’ Review: Dysfunction With All the Trimmings

October 26, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] “Friendsgiving,” the new comedy written and directed by Nicol Paone, takes a surprisingly charming and hilarious approach to a

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‘Radium Girls’ Review: When Work Takes a Toxic Turn
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‘Radium Girls’ Review: When Work Takes a Toxic Turn

October 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In the 1920s, when radium was advertised as a luminous substance with health benefits, two teenage sisters make ends

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7 Things to Do This Weekend

October 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The Afropunk festival has been steadily scaling up for years, growing over a decade and a half from a

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‘The Witches’ Review: A Tale of Mice and Women, Toil and Trouble

October 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] There’s no eye of newt or toe of frog in “Roald Dahl’s The Witches,” Robert Zemeckis’s take on the

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Watch Kelly Rowland Play an ’80s Pop Star in ‘Bad Hair’

October 25, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In “Anatomy of a Scene,” we ask directors to reveal the secrets that go into making key scenes in

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‘Bad Hair’ Review: That Weave Is Killer
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‘Bad Hair’ Review: That Weave Is Killer

October 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] With “Bad Hair,” the writer and director Justin Simien, best known for the TV series and movie “Dear White

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The ‘Borat’ Sequel’s 3 Wildest Scenes: Here’s What Happens
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The ‘Borat’ Sequel’s 3 Wildest Scenes: Here’s What Happens

October 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] This article contains spoilers for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.” Fourteen years after the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen brought his character

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Sacha Baron Cohen Duped Them. Here’s What They Did Next.
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Sacha Baron Cohen Duped Them. Here’s What They Did Next.

October 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] What differentiates Sacha Baron Cohen, a master of the “Gotcha,” from your run-of-the-mill prankster is his knack for catching

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Chills, Thrills and Challenging Films: Here Are 10 to Stream
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Chills, Thrills and Challenging Films: Here Are 10 to Stream

October 24, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] With Halloween on the horizon (a compromised version of it, to be sure), this month’s streaming recommendations have a

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‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ Review: Pursuits of Happiness
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‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ Review: Pursuits of Happiness

October 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Note the last two words in the title of Heidi Schreck’s hit show, “What the Constitution Means to Me”:

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Want a Halloween Thriller as Daring as ‘Psycho’? Try ‘Peeping Tom’
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Want a Halloween Thriller as Daring as ‘Psycho’? Try ‘Peeping Tom’

October 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Gateway Movies offers ways to begin exploring directors, genres and topics in film by examining a few streaming movies.

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‘Now and Then’ at 25: Girlhood Finally Taken Seriously
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‘Now and Then’ at 25: Girlhood Finally Taken Seriously

October 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] When “Now and Then” was released in 1995, it had the makings of a hit: an A-list cast, a

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Horror Masks Are Never Just About the Monster
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Horror Masks Are Never Just About the Monster

October 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Surfacing These cinematic mainstays continue to terrify. When “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” came out in 1974, it was

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Halloween’s Not Canceled: Here’s How to Make It Spooky but Safe

October 23, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] It’s not surprising that a staggering number of traditional Halloween festivities have been canceled or curtailed this year. Trick-or-treating?

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‘Freedia Got a Gun’ Review: A Musician Makes a Call to Action

October 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The New Orleans bounce music queen Big Freedia is armed with empathy. She doesn’t just talk lucidly about how

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Tony Todd on the Joy of ‘Candyman,’ and the Role of Black Horror

October 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Tony Todd, the veteran horror star, has found himself in an unusual state: He’s scared. But not of what

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‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ Review: More Cultural Learnings

October 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In the 2006 movie “Borat,” an American humor coach explains the concept of a “not” joke to Borat Sagdiyev,

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Rudy Giuliani Denies He Did Anything Wrong in New ‘Borat’ Movie
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Rudy Giuliani Denies He Did Anything Wrong in New ‘Borat’ Movie

October 22, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, has become caught up in Sacha Baron Cohen’s new “Borat” satire, shown

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Jeff Bridges Says He Has Lymphoma
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Jeff Bridges Says He Has Lymphoma

October 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Jeff Bridges, the actor known for his roles as Bad Blake in “Crazy Heart” and The Dude in “The

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What Pandemic? Japanese Film Draws a Record Flood of Moviegoers
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What Pandemic? Japanese Film Draws a Record Flood of Moviegoers

October 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] TOKYO — In the United States, movies are being shown to seas of empty seats, if theaters are opening

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Jean-Claude Van Damme Helped Save a Puppy

October 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Jean-Claude Van Damme has cracked the skulls and bones of bad guys, escaped from prison to find his dying

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‘Rebecca’ Review: A Classic Tale, but There’s Only One Hitch
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‘Rebecca’ Review: A Classic Tale, but There’s Only One Hitch

October 21, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Who thought this was a good idea? I mean, look: I’m not against something on Netflix that features Armie

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Review: College Is Hard, but Less So in This Mopey Talkathon
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Review: College Is Hard, but Less So in This Mopey Talkathon

October 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Alex (Cooper Raiff) is a sensitive freshman having trouble adjusting to college life. His Zac Efron-esque looks belie his

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‘Love and Monsters’ Review: Coming-of-Age After the Apocalypse

October 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] In “Love and Monsters,” an imaginative post-apocalyptic coming-of-age film from the South African director Michael Matthews (“Five Fingers for

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‘Honest Thief’ Review: An Utterly Forgettable Thriller

October 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The latest Liam Neeson vehicle, “Honest Thief,” might be classified as a thriller, but its thrills are predictable in

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‘The Devil Has a Name’ Review: A Little Guy Takes On Big Oil
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‘The Devil Has a Name’ Review: A Little Guy Takes On Big Oil

October 20, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Though it’s never stated outright, some digging makes clear that Edward James Olmos’s earnest antipollution drama, “The Devil Has

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‘Belly of the Beast’ Review: Fighting for Incarcerated Women

October 19, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] When Kelli Dillon was 24 years old, a doctor at the California facility where she was incarcerated sterilized her

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‘The Goddess of Fortune’ Review: Family Drama Under Sunny Italian Skies

October 19, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A broad outline of this Italian film, directed by Ferzan Ozpetek, makes it sound like an old-school domestic melodrama.

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Little Bursts of Fright: The Horror Anthology Is Having a Heyday
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Little Bursts of Fright: The Horror Anthology Is Having a Heyday

October 19, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] When Mary Laws set out to create “Monsterland,” her new socially conscious horror anthology series on Hulu, she drew

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The Chicago 7 Trial Onscreen: An Interpretation for Every Era

October 19, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Abbie Hoffman described the trial of the Chicago 7 as “a great show,” and for the past 50 years,

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Christopher Watts and ‘American Murder’: What to Know About the Case

October 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] One day after killing his pregnant wife and two daughters, Christopher Watts gave a TV interview from his porch

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‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ | Anatomy of a Scene

October 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] I’m Aaron Sorkin, and I’m the writer and the director of “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” “It’s Abbie.”

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October 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Jeff Daniels agreed to play James Comey in Showtime’s “The Comey Rule” on the promise that the four-hour mini-series

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‘White Riot’ Review: When Punk’s Stars Banded Against Racism

October 18, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Since rock is no longer the dominant form of popular music, it’s hard to say how much good reviving

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Man Arrested in Killing of Thomas Jefferson Byrd
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Man Arrested in Killing of Thomas Jefferson Byrd

October 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] An Atlanta man was arrested on Friday morning in the fatal shooting of the actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd, the

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‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’: What to Know

October 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne) and Rennie Davis (Alex Sharp) were in charge of the National Mobilization Committee’s Chicago office,

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Rhonda Fleming, 97, Movie Star Made for Technicolor, Is Dead

October 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Rhonda Fleming, the red-haired actress and sex symbol in Hollywood westerns, film noir and adventure movies of the 1940s

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Sacha Baron Cohen on the ‘Borat’ Sequel and Playing Abbie Hoffman

October 17, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] He refused for many years to give interviews as himself. He would occasionally speak as his characters. He tended

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Watch Sacha Baron Cohen Get Serious in ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
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Watch Sacha Baron Cohen Get Serious in ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’

October 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] I’m Aaron Sorkin, and I’m the writer and the director of “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” “It’s Abbie.”

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‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Review: They Fought the Law
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‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Review: They Fought the Law

October 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Anyone who has been paying attention to the news recently might conclude that Karl Marx was wrong. History doesn’t

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‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Review: Opening a Wide, Wonderful World

October 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] The first thing you should do when you’re ready to watch “David Byrne’s American Utopia” — and you should

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When David Byrne Got Together With Spike Lee
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October 16, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] A packed theater. A booming band. Dancers pounding across the stage in unison. And in the middle of it

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Matthew McConaughey Wrote the Book on Matthew McConaughey
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Matthew McConaughey Wrote the Book on Matthew McConaughey

October 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] It sounds brutal and, as McConaughey told me, “This is the reality, but there’s humanity in that reality.” Jim

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‘Blackpink: Light Up the Sky’ Review: Glowing Young Superstars

October 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] Four young superstars shine brightly in “Blackpink: Light Up the Sky,” a brief but endearing introduction to the idolized

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Yes, There Will Be an Oscar Season. But What Will It Look Like?
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Yes, There Will Be an Oscar Season. But What Will It Look Like?

October 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] 4. Nothing will look the same. Oscar season is usually a wild and woolly adventure made up of riotous

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For 3 Filmmakers, Now Is the Best Time for a Coronavirus Documentary
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For 3 Filmmakers, Now Is the Best Time for a Coronavirus Documentary

October 15, 2020 omarmallick 0 Comments

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — As the coronavirus raged out of control this spring, Alex Gibney, an Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker who has

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‘Evil Eye’ Review: The Man of a Mother’s Dreams May Not Be Mr. Right
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‘Evil Eye’ Review: The Man of a Mother’s Dreams May Not Be Mr. Right

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[ad_1] Want to feel old? In “Mississippi Masala” (1991), Sarita Choudhury played a young woman in America whose romance with

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Brandon Cronenberg Will Now Perform an Interview
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Brandon Cronenberg Will Now Perform an Interview

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[ad_1] The stylish new horror movie “Possessor Uncut” is about a corporation that hijacks people’s bodies and minds to body-swap

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Margaret Nolan, ‘Goldfinger’ Actress, Dies at 76
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Margaret Nolan, ‘Goldfinger’ Actress, Dies at 76

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[ad_1] Margaret Nolan, a stage and screen actress whose gold-painted body was used as a canvas to project the opening

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Jimmy O. Yang’s Week: Watching Rom-Coms as ‘Homework’
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Jimmy O. Yang’s Week: Watching Rom-Coms as ‘Homework’

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[ad_1] Jimmy O. Yang is already a familiar face in comedy. Many will recognize him as Jian-Yang, the deadpan foil

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‘Yellow Rose’ Review: A Timely Tale of Country Music Dreams
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‘Yellow Rose’ Review: A Timely Tale of Country Music Dreams

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[ad_1] A small-town Texan teen, Rose Garcia (the Broadway performer Eva Noblezada) lives in a humble roadside motel with her

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Gateway Movies: Frederick Wiseman's Documentary 'Public Housing'
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Gateway Movies: Frederick Wiseman’s Documentary ‘Public Housing’

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[ad_1] Gateway Movies offers ways to begin exploring directors, genres and topics in film by examining a few streaming movies.

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Things to Do This Week
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Things to Do This Week

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[ad_1] Here is a sampling of the week’s events and how to tune in (all times are Eastern). Note that

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‘Charm City Kings’ Review: Growing Up, and Almost Spinning Out
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‘Charm City Kings’ Review: Growing Up, and Almost Spinning Out

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[ad_1] The dirt bikes and their exuberant operators are the saving grace — and joy — of the sincere if

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‘Time’ Review: What We Really Mean When We Say Mass Incarceration
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‘Time’ Review: What We Really Mean When We Say Mass Incarceration

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[ad_1] Substantive and stunning, the documentary “Time” delivers on the title’s promise of the monumental as well as the personal.

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A Famed Horror Director Mines Japan’s Real-Life Atrocities
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A Famed Horror Director Mines Japan’s Real-Life Atrocities

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[ad_1] TOKYO — The director Kiyoshi Kurosawa is best known for horror movies depicting the dark undercurrents of life in

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‘The Forty-Year-Old Version’ Review: Rapper’s Delight
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‘The Forty-Year-Old Version’ Review: Rapper’s Delight

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[ad_1] For purposes of clarity and in keeping with this publication’s style guidelines, I’m going to refer to Radha, the

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Radha Blank Breaks Through With Netflix's 'The Forty-Year-Old Version'
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Radha Blank Breaks Through With Netflix’s ‘The Forty-Year-Old Version’

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[ad_1] On a recent September morning, Radha Blank sat on a paint-blistered bench just above Riverbank State Park, soaking up

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‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Brings Back the Ghosts of Henry James
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‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ Brings Back the Ghosts of Henry James

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[ad_1] Henry James’s 1898 horror novella “The Turn of the Screw” has been adapted into many forms since it was

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‘The War With Grandpa’ Review: Robert De Niro Gets Juvenile
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‘The War With Grandpa’ Review: Robert De Niro Gets Juvenile

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[ad_1] In his first feature release after last year’s widely acclaimed “The Irishman,” Robert De Niro returns with a role

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Henry Golding Drew on His Own Cultural Confusion in ‘Monsoon’
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Henry Golding Drew on His Own Cultural Confusion in ‘Monsoon’

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[ad_1] Henry Golding was delighted to discover a visitor in his Los Angeles backyard. “It’s a tiny hummingbird on my

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‘Aggie’ Review: Portrait of an Art Collector by Her Daughter
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‘Aggie’ Review: Portrait of an Art Collector by Her Daughter

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[ad_1] Early in the documentary “Aggie,” the director, Catherine Gund, asks her mother and subject, the philanthropist and art collector

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With Three Simple Words, Thomas Jefferson Byrd Etched a Memory
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With Three Simple Words, Thomas Jefferson Byrd Etched a Memory

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[ad_1] There is a scene in Spike Lee’s “Get on the Bus” that has always stuck with me. The 1996

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There’s Not Much Work for Actors. Now Their Unions Are Fighting.
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There’s Not Much Work for Actors. Now Their Unions Are Fighting.

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[ad_1] Equity says SAG-AFTRA is violating longstanding union practice by encroaching on theaters with which it has contracts. The union

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Scary Movies Are Coming for You
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Scary Movies Are Coming for You

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[ad_1] Sick of “The Exorcist?” This Halloween season, the number of new and noteworthy horror films will make your head

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‘A Rainy Day in New York’ Review: How to Ruin Your Weekend
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‘A Rainy Day in New York’ Review: How to Ruin Your Weekend

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[ad_1] Here’s an odd bit of personal 2020 trivia: The last movie I bought a ticket to see in a

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‘American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules’ Review: Sex Comedy, Warmed Over
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‘American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules’ Review: Sex Comedy, Warmed Over

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[ad_1] A lot has changed since the first “American Pie” movie came out in 1999. The latest superfluous installment in

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Emerging Directors, Re-emerging Horrors - The New York Times
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Emerging Directors, Re-emerging Horrors – The New York Times

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[ad_1] Blumhouse, the company best known for backing low-budget horror blockbusters like “Paranormal Activity,” “Insidious” and “Get Out,” has long

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‘Siempre, Luis’ Review: A Latino Community Activist Puts on a Show
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‘Siempre, Luis’ Review: A Latino Community Activist Puts on a Show

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[ad_1] The HBO documentary “Siempre, Luis” wants to be about a political lion of a father, but it ends up

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New Stand-Up Specials Give a Snapshot of Life Just Before the Pandemic
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New Stand-Up Specials Give a Snapshot of Life Just Before the Pandemic

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[ad_1] Remember March? It seems like a long time ago, but in this endless year, there was a disorienting two

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‘The Social Network’ 10 Years Later: A Grim Online Life Foretold
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‘The Social Network’ 10 Years Later: A Grim Online Life Foretold

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[ad_1] (The new Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma” delves into the unethical practices of social media companies that collect our

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With No New Films, Regal Cinemas Shuts Down Again
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With No New Films, Regal Cinemas Shuts Down Again

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[ad_1] A little more than a month after movie theater chains restarted operations in the United States, some are starting

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A Filmmaker Who Sees Prison Life With Love and Complexity
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A Filmmaker Who Sees Prison Life With Love and Complexity

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[ad_1] In 2007, Bradley moved from New York to Los Angeles to attend film school at the University of California.

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Chadwick Boseman's Last Performance: A First Look at 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'
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Chadwick Boseman’s Last Performance: A First Look at ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

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[ad_1] In the new Netflix adaptation of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” it’s a sweat-slicked summer day in Chicago 1927 and

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