Alexander Payne’s jaunt to the past, with Paul Giamatti playing a curmudgeonly instructor at a 1970s boarding school, is crackling with pungent life.
Category: Movies
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8 Black Action Movies to Watch If You Love Richard Roundtree in ‘Shaft’
“Shaft,” starring Richard Roundtree, created a template for Black action protagonists onscreen.
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‘Priscilla’ Review: All Shook Up
Sofia Coppola re-examines Elvis Presley from the perspective of the woman he married.
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‘Pain Hustlers’ Review: Seeking Dr. Feelgood
In David Yates’s film, Emily Blunt plays a single mother who takes a job at a pharmaceutical start-up with questionable sales methods.
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‘Four Daughters’ Review: The Role Family Plays
This documentary from Kaouther Ben Hania restages pivotal moments from a family’s life.
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‘Inspector Sun’ Review: A Web of Cinema Classics
The newly released English version of this Spanish children’s film about an arachnid gumshoe is a comic mystery indebted to Agatha Christie and swashbuckling epics.
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Jonathan Majors’s Accuser Is Arrested but Won’t Face Prosecution
Grace Jabbari, who accused the actor of assaulting her in a car, was herself arrested on a countercomplaint.
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‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’: A Hit That Initially Unnerved Disney
The filmmakers look back on its 30th anniversary and recall how uncomfortable it made executives. They didn’t expect the celebrations around it today.
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Richard Roundtree, Star of ‘Shaft,’ Dies at 81
While indelibly tied to the role that made him famous in 1971, he remained active for more than four decades afterward.
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Richard Roundtree, Star of ‘Shaft,’ Dies at 81
While indelibly tied to the role that made him famous in 1971, the actor remained active for more than four decades afterward.
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‘Elephant’ at 20: A Drama About a Mass Shooting Remains Chilling
When Gus Van Sant made his experimental feature in response to the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, he said, he didn’t envision a future America with “an endless number of shootings.”