Popularized in China during the pandemic, ReelShort and other apps are hoping to bring minute-by-minute melodramas to the United States.
Category: Movies
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Sundance Film Festival Ends With Plenty of Sales, Despite Slow Start
The festival, seen as a barometer for the overall health of the film industry, featured several movies and documentaries snatched up by studios and streaming services.
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The Most-Streamed Shows and Movies in 2023
Hollywood was on strike for much of the year. And yet the time viewers spent streaming shows and movies went up. A lot.
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Jesse Jane, Pornographic Film Star, Dies at 43
She starred in the highest-budget series in pornographic film history. She was also seen in some mainstream productions.
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Reneé Rapp’s ‘Mean Girls’ Press Tour Spurs Discourse Over Media Training
Reneé Rapp has been going off-script on the press circuit for “Mean Girls.” Maybe she lacks media training — and maybe that’s the point.
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Jake Johnson Likes to Play the Hollywood Game, Especially When It Changes
“When you get on this roller coaster, you don’t know how long you’re going to be allowed to play while you’re here,” the “New Girl” actor said about his filmmaking debut, “Self Reliance.”
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David J. Skal, Scholar Who Took Horror Seriously, Dies at 71
In books like “The Monster Show” and “Screams of Reason,” he examined the cultural significance of movies meant to scare the bejesus out of people.
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Why the Documentary Oscar Race Is the Most Unpredictable One
All five nominees are international features focused on geopolitical events, and three are directed by women.
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Sundance Winners: See the List
The jury focused largely on under-the-radar titles, though a Jesse Eisenberg-Kieran Culkin collaboration also was recognized.
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At Sundance, a Transcendent Road Trip and Other Reasons to Love Movies
A documentary about Will Ferrell and his friend Harper Steele brought the house down. It was just one of several discoveries at this year’s festival.
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Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a French comedic swashbuckling adventure, Indian spy games and more.
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Malia Obama at the Sundance Film Festival
The former first daughter’s short, “The Heart,” focuses on a sensitive man racked with guilt when his mother dies after they have an argument.