In this showbiz screwball, an aspiring actress and her lawyer best friend spin a murder accusation into a shot at fame.
Category: Movies
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‘The Boys in the Boat’ Review: Taking Up Oars
George Clooney’s film covers a high water point when the University of Washington’s junior varsity crew padded all the way to the 1936 Olympics.
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‘The Teachers’ Lounge’ Review: A Whole Civilization in the Classroom
An idealistic teacher in a German school meets reality, and it’s messier than she could have imagined.
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The Great Experiment That Is ‘The Color Purple’
A new adaptation shows how rich Alice Walker’s novel is and how the source material can lend itself to unconventional storytelling.
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Fantasia Barrino-Taylor on ‘The Color Purple’ and a Painful Role
Offered the chance to revisit her Broadway performance as the much-abused Celie, the star faced a difficult path.
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‘All of Us Strangers’ | Anatomy of a Scene
The director Andrew Haigh narrates a sequence from his film, starring Andrew Scott.
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Watch an Unusual Family Reunion in ‘All of Us Strangers’
The director and screenwriter Andrew Haigh narrates a sequence from his film, starring Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal.
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Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
This week’s picks involve artificial youth and alien-discovering elders.
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Sofia Boutella Talks ‘Rebel Moon’ and Madonna
Often playing a baddie in action films, she wasn’t sure she was ready to star. As a veteran dancer, she rather liked being an apprentice.
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Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ Won’t Let Leonard Bernstein Fail
Bradley Cooper’s movie has an unrelenting focus on Bernstein’s marriage. What’s missing are his struggles as a musician.
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The World Has Finally Caught Up to Colman Domingo
Nine years ago, the actor was ready to quit Hollywood. Now, he’s starring in “Rustin” and “The Color Purple” in a breakthrough moment on the big screen.
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What to Know About ‘Maestro’: A Guide to Bradley Cooper’s Bernstein Biopic
Now on Netflix, the movie tracks the life of the American conductor and composer and his wife, the actress Felicia Montealegre, played by Carey Mulligan.