The themes run from sweet to harrowing in this year’s selections.
Category: Movies
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‘Universal Language’ Review: If Tehran Were Winnipeg
A lightly satirical and surrealist comedy imagines the snowy Canadian city in the style of the Iranian New Wave.
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‘Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)’ Review: Struggling to Transmit
Questlove’s new documentary aims to dissect the forward-looking brilliance of Sly Stone and his band, but mostly it traces their downward arc.
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‘La Dolce Villa’ Review: Sweet Italian Nonsense
A light as air romantic comedy about a cheap villa in a fictional town capitalizes on the “Emily in Paris” model, with pasta.
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‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ Review: A Screwball Heroine Is Back
The madcap Londoner returns in a third sequel that is just as deliciously satisfying as the first movie in the series — maybe even more.
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Disney to Diminish Content Warnings Shown Before Classic Films
In addition to wording changes, the warnings will no longer autoplay at the beginning of movies such as “Dumbo” and “Peter Pan.”
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‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Review: This One’s Red
The latest Marvel movie introduces a new Captain America in the form of a political thriller.
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One Wordless, Animated Cat Movie. Two Oscar Nominations.
Gints Zilbalodis’s “Flow” is the first Latvian film to get Academy Award nods, for animated feature and international feature. The director talks about the film’s journey.
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A Lost Silent Film About Lincoln Was Unearthed by an Intern
“The Heart of Lincoln,” a 1922 movie directed by the pioneering filmmaker Francis Ford, was found at a stock-footage library on Long Island.
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Watch Adrien Brody Defend His Art in ‘The Brutalist’
The director Brady Corbet narrates a scene from his film, which is nominated for 10 Academy Awards.
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‘The Brutalist’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The director Brady Corbet narrates a sequence from his film, starring Adrien Brody. The movie is nominated for 10 Academy Awards.
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‘Dutchman’: An Electrifying Dance of Death
A newly restored film adaptation of Amiri Baraka’s provocative 1964 play evoking racial and sexual anxiety is showing at the Museum of Modern Art.