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Beyond notorious

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RBG, the latest documentary from Julie Cohen and Betsy West, opens with images of Washington D.C. accompanied by sound bites from conservative talk radio...

A Hidden Life

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Franz Jägerstätter’s arm would not rise. It couldn’t, not for Der Führer or any man, for that matter. His life belonged to the Lord....

Twenty feet from stardom, a million miles from sanity

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Like most love stories, this one begins at the movies. London, 1971: A young actor goes to see the latest release, A Clockwork Orange,...

Topple the patriarchy

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Sex in cinema is a complex thing. Depicting something so private, yet so routine, with taste and titillation at the same time has been...

Righteous retribution

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Cassie’s drunk again, alone in the club and a mess. She can’t find her phone, and all her friends have left. Two guys at...

A lesserknown masterpiece

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Every decade, the British Film Institute conducts its Sight and Sound poll of the Greatest Movies Ever Made. In 2012, the top two films were familiar: Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo and Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, but third was a dark horse: Yasujirô Ozu’s 1953 ...

Look what the cat dragged in

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There never has been, and there never will be, a movie like Roar. Even the tagline is one in a million, “No animals were harmed in the making of this film. Seventy cast and crew members were.” If that doesn’t pique your interest, then you ought to have your pulse ...

These pictures of you

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Helmut Newton had a sense of humor. That might not be your immediate takeaway if you do a Google search for his photographs (after...

Mary, Mary, what you going to name that pretty little baby?

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The infamous Beale Street belongs to the city of Memphis, Tennessee, but every city has a Beale Street. So claimed writer James Baldwin, born...

The gospel according to woman

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There is an old saying that you should never meet your heroes, they may disappoint you. The new Belgian comedy from writer/director Jaco Van...

Voice to the voiceless

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Has decency become a sin?” Ibrahima Dieng cries. On his knees, Ibrahima holds out his empty hands in mock offering. The world has stripped...

Snooze cruise

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What’s your level of interest here? It’s been 15 years and 30-plus features — not to mention TV and streaming series — since Iron...