He was captured by the Japanese in Singapore and was one of thousands of prisoners whose hardships were the basis for the film “The Bridge on the River Kwai.”
Category: Movies
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Best Movies and TV Shows Streaming in February: ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith,’ ‘Shogun,’ More
“Genius:MLK/X,” a “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” series, a remake of “Shogun” and “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans” are among the new arrivals.
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‘Argylle’ Review: A Cat Cannot Save It
A simulacrum of a spy movie offers few pleasures and plenty of headaches.
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Looking to Watch Movies and Make Friends? Join the Club.
Around New York City, there’s a robust circle of film enthusiasts showing offbeat movies in bars and shops, where lingering afterward is welcomed.
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‘She Is Conann’ Review: Queen of the Barbarians
This feminist riff on “Conan the Barbarian” is a sci-fi horror movie sprinkled with a bit of glam-rock fairy dust.
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‘Not a Pretty Picture’: A Director’s Unflinching Response to Trauma
Anthology Film Archives is screening a new 4K restoration of Martha Coolidge’s 1976 docudrama about date rape.
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‘How to Have Sex’ Review: This Paradise Is Nothing but Trouble
Molly Manning Walker’s vaporous coming-of-age story tracks a 16-year-old girl during a brief, booze-soaked Grecian getaway.
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‘Disco Boy’ Review: Pawns in a Bigger Game Struggle for a New Start
This feature debut from the Italian director Giacomo Abbruzzese takes on ordinary people trying to free themselves from the bonds of their homelands.
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‘Fitting In’ Review: Her Body, Herself
Maddie Ziegler plays a teen who is diagnosed with a rare reproductive condition in this movie that tends toward the obvious.
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‘Bushman’ Review: Outsider Art
A 1971 indie whose making was disrupted by its star’s deportation finally receives a release in New York.
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‘Dario Argento Panico’ Review: When He Says ‘Cut,’ the Scene Begins
This jam-packed portrait of the revered Italian horror maestro both fascinates and frustrates.
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‘Skin Deep’ Review: A Different Kind of Therapy
A sensitive relationship drama in sci-fi trappings explores big questions about bodies, souls and intimacy.