“Sweet Dreams of Joy,” from the documentary “Viva Verdi!,” was indeed eligible under academy rules even if it was recorded nearly 10 years ago. Here’s how.
Category: Movies
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Sundance Film Festival Says Goodbye to Park City, Utah
“It’s hard not to feel a disturbance in the force,” said Ethan Hawke, whose acting career took off after his early movies appeared at the Utah festival in the 1990s.
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Who Will Win the Best Actor Oscar?
In an exceptionally strong field, Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke, Michael B. Jordan and Wagner Moura each have a way to triumph.
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‘The Wrecking Crew’ Review: Super Smash Brothers
Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista play half brothers on a quest for justice in this lean, mean buddy action flick.
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BAFTA Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Sinners’ Face Off
‘Hamnet,’ ‘Marty Supreme’ and ‘Sentimental Value’ are also in the running for best film at Britain’s equivalent of the Oscars.
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‘Volcano,’ the L.A. Disaster Movie That Boils Over With Unintended Comedy
Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche teamed up in their heyday to save Los Angeles from lava in this big-budget 1997 film that defies all logic to fantastic, farcical effect.
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‘Great Freedom’ Review: Unbroken
In this moving period drama, a German gay man repeatedly declares his independence in a country that criminalizes his desire and his identity.
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‘Nightride’ Review: One Last Job
The movie is indebted to neon-lit crime thrillers set behind the wheel of an outlaw’s automobile, but it fails to deliver the goods.
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With ‘After Yang,’ Kogonada Explores What It Means to Be Alive
Kogonada, whose new film is the futuristic A.I. drama “After Yang,” reflects on the nature of his work, and of existence.
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‘Great Freedom’: Film Traces Long Shadow of Anti-Gay Law in Germany
A new film traces the many decades it took to abolish Paragraph 175, a measure criminalizing sex between men that was strengthened by the Nazis.
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Russian Filmmakers and Other Artists Face Boycotts Over Ukraine
A Russian moviemaker with Ukrainian roots and relatives in Kyiv denounced the war. The Glasgow Film Festival dropped his film anyway.
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Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks feature a ruthless wendigo, a cloistered bloodsucker, a bayou demon, wily jungle spirits and a grinning fiend named Rotcreep.