Film
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‘The People’s Joker’ and the Perils of Playing With a Studio’s Copyright
Vera Drew used the Batman villain to tell a trans coming-of-age story. When Warner Bros. found out, the filmmaker wasn’t…
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News
Are You a Pop Culture-Obsessed Weirdo? Try Night Flight Plus.
If you’ve got six bucks and want to be adventurous, try this streaming service for some wild fringe programming.
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World
Filmmaker Draws Censors’ Wrath: ‘A Price I Have to Accept’
China’s film industry was operating under a planned economy when Wang Xiaoshuai graduated from Beijing Film Academy in 1989. Only…
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World
‘Stormy’ Reveals the Flawed Feminist Icon Looming Over Trump’s Trial
A documentary about Stormy Daniels explores the life of a woman whose silence former President Donald J. Trump is charged…
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News
The Slave Ship Musical You Never Knew Existed
“West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty,” a 1979 African movie musical, has quietly built a devoted fan base. Now,…
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World
A Third ‘Downton Abbey’ Movie Is Coming, One of Its Stars Says
Imelda Staunton, who played Queen Mary’s lady-in-waiting in the first two films, told the BBC that the next movie would…
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News
Joe Camp, Filmmaker Behind ‘Benji’ Franchise, Dies at 84
He defied the odds to turn “Benji,” a live-action film series from a dog’s perspective, into a smash hit, and…
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News
Once You Watch an Ernie Gehr Film, You’ll Never See the World the Same Way
A MoMA series shows how the artist pushes the boundaries of cinema in short movies that both delight and baffle.
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News
Gene Wilder and Frida Kahlo in Their Own Words (for Better and Worse)
These documentaries draw us in by giving the sense that we’re getting the story straight from the artists. But we’re…
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Style
People Hated ‘Madame Web’ — But They Were Desperate to See Dakota Johnson Mock It.
The star has never quite said the movie was bad, but it’s fun to imagine a celebrity going scorched-earth on…