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Category: Movies
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Michel Ciment, Eminent French Film Critic, Is Dead at 85
He helped define cinema as high art for generations of moviegoers and filmmakers in France and beyond, even if he irked some of them with his passion for Hollywood.
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‘American Fiction’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The screenwriter and director Cord Jefferson narrates a sequence from “American Fiction,” starring Jeffrey Wright.
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Watch Jeffrey Wright Grapple With Stereotypes in ‘American Fiction’
The screenwriter and director Cord Jefferson narrates a sequence from his film.
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Five International Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a Canadian mumblecore comedy, an Argentine mother-daughter thriller, a Bangladeshi drama about a woman fighting a patriarchal system and more.
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Readers on the Best Movies, TV, Music and Theater of 2023
When our critics shared their top film, TV, pop music and theater picks, readers suggested “Billions,” “The Holdovers,” “Sabbath’s Theater” and others.
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The Best Movies by Genre 2023: Action, Horror and More
We look at the finest in science fiction, horror, action and international films, all available to stream.
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The Best Movies of 2023 by Genre
We look at the finest in science fiction, horror, action and international films, all available to stream.
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Studios are loosening their reluctance to send shows to Netflix.
When building their own streaming companies, many entertainment studios ended lucrative licensing deals with Netflix. But they missed the money too much.
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Cord Jefferson on ‘American Fiction’
The Emmy-winning writer and former journalist drew on personal experience for his feature debut, a layered sendup of race and hypocrisy in the book and film worlds.
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Can ‘Wonka’ Save the Oompa-Loompas?
“Wonka” is the latest film to try to shake the tiny unpaid laborers from their colonialist roots in Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”
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Ice Spice, Brian Jordan Alvarez and More Breakout Stars of 2023
These eight performers and artists broke away from the pack this year, delighting us and making us think.