The star of Damien Chazelle’s epic was set on becoming a writer-director. Even after landing a part in an indie film, he wasn’t sold on acting. Then Hollywood called.
Category: Movies
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One Indelible Scene: A Donkey’s Escape in ‘EO’
The animal, reared in a circus, enters into a forest and a world of wild animals. For the first and only time in the movie, he is free.
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‘Avatar’ and the Headache of High Frame Rate Filmmaking
Why do James Cameron and others experiment with this? Intended to eliminate blur, it is actually unnerving in scenes involving humans or real objects.
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A Balkan Leader Gets the Hollywood Treatment, Starring Kevin Spacey
A director cast the beleaguered actor as Franjo Tudjman, the late Croatian leader, whom some call a patriot and others revile as an ethnonationalist zealot.
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Lashana Lynch Challenges the ‘Strong Black Woman’ Cliché, Softly
She plays a ferocious warrior in “The Woman King,” but in her performance, vulnerability and humanity were what she sought to convey.
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Wes Bentley Was at Rock Bottom. Now He Is on ‘Yellowstone.’
Years of addiction and struggle followed his breakout role in “American Beauty.” He lived to tell the tale, and get a major role on TV’s biggest show.
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Jeremy Renner Is Hospitalized After a ‘Traumatic Injury’
The actor, known for his role as Hawkeye in Marvel’s Avengers movies, was injured while plowing snow, his representative told The Associated Press.
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One Indelible Scene: the Master Class in Ambiguity in ‘Tár’
Cate Blanchett’s character visits Juilliard to tackle the big questions about art, life and music-world rivalry.
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10 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2023
“Succession” returns, the Spider-Verse spawns a sequel, Kelela hits the road and Michael B. Jordan makes his directing debut with “Creed III.”
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Breaking Out of the #MeToo Movie Formula
How “Women Talking” and “Tár” make the discourse around the movement feel thrillingly unfamiliar.
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Five Action Movies to Stream Now
From comedic secret agents to melodramatic comic book heroes, this month’s action picks bend the genre.