A quick guide to the nominated films and why you should watch them.
Category: Movies
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Gene Hackman’s Smile Could Give You Shivers
In “Bonnie and Clyde” and “Unforgiven,” the actor used his charm to great disarming effect, flashing a smile before abruptly shifting to a sneer.
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How Yura Borisov of ‘Anora’ Went From the Kremlin to the Oscars
Yura Borisov, who is nominated for an Academy Award on Sunday, is pulling off a rare feat: pleasing audiences at home in Russia as well as in the West.
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Yura Borisov Was a Star for the Kremlin. Now He Could Be One at the Oscars.
Yura Borisov, who is nominated for an Academy Award on Sunday, is pulling off a rare feat: pleasing audiences at home in Russia as well as in the West.
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Gene Hackman, Hollywood’s Consummate Everyman, Dies at 95
The winner of two Oscars, he was hailed for his nuanced performances in films like “The French Connection,” “Unforgiven” and “The Royal Tenenbaums.”
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‘Superboys of Malegaon’ Review: Making a Local Hit
Inspired by true events, this Hindi-language film is a love letter to scrappy moviemaking, and to friendship.
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‘The Accidental Getaway Driver’ Review: Hostage to the Past
In Sing J. Lee’s big-hearted debut feature about Vietnamese American lives, three escaped prisoners take a cabdriver as their accomplice.
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‘Cold Wallet’ Review: It’s Payback Time
After losing big in a crypto swindle, three people in Massachusetts plot to get their money back.
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‘Riff Raff’ Review: These Jokes Don’t Kill
The dark mayhem spun up by this crime comedy might seem a little familiar.
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‘Rats!’ Review: Keep Texas Weird
This gross-out action-comedy, which sees an emo teenager sucked into a deranged conspiracy plot, lays hard on the absurdism.
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Gene Hackman: 5 Memorable Performances to Stream
He played a complicated hero in “The French Connection” and an arch-villain in “Superman.” Here are some of Hackman’s career highlights.