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Best movies of 2020: Diverse thrills, chills, Dickensian laughs and a pandemic-friendly trip to Greece

By Ann Hornaday The Washington Post
Dec 12, 2020 6:25 am - There will come a time, next year or maybe later, when 2020 will have receded enough that we'll no longer experience it as the Never-ending Now, when time became maddeni...
Ang Lee on 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' 20 years later

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer
Dec 11, 2020 10:00 am - NEW YORK — It's physically impossible to get to the forest fight scene that hovers atop slender bamboo trees in “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and not say out loud “Wh...
Widescreen: Two John Hughes films make their Blu-ray debut in 2021

By Sean Stangland
Dec 11, 2020 5:00 am - It won't magically arrive in time for the holidays like Neal Page did at his Kenilworth home in the closing moments of “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” but a new Blu-ra...
'The hap-hap-happiest' holiday films of Northbrook's John Hughes

By Dann Gire
Dec 10, 2020 5:00 am - Filmmaker and longtime Northbrook resident John Hughes is known mostly for his comic teenage romance films that greatly contributed to the “Brat Pack” legacy of the 1980...
Rachel Brosnahan channels a gangster's wife in Amazon's 'I'm Your Woman'

By Jake Coyle Associated Press
Dec 10, 2020 5:00 am - “I'm Your Woman” - ★ ★ ½ When it's at its best, “I'm Your Woman” feels like you've slipped through a trap door, revealing a hidden pathway in an old genre apparatu...
Romance unfolds slowly in John Patrick Shanley's film 'Wild Mountain Thyme'

By Lindsey Bahr Associated Press
Dec 10, 2020 5:00 am - “Wild Mountain Thyme” - ★ ★ ½ Ask any actor, Irish accents are notoriously tricky. Even natives can struggle with regional dialects. So it is a little alarming tha...
Netflix's 'The Prom' a loving, campy tribute to musical theater

By Peter Marks The Washington Post
Dec 10, 2020 5:00 am - “The Prom” - ★ ★ ★ People who, for Lord knows why, hold musicals in low regard, please pause right here. This notice will be of little use to you. No, the apprais...
Streep, Soderbergh team up for pleasant 'Let Them All Talk' on HBO Max

By Michael O'Sullivan The Washington Post
Dec 09, 2020 12:00 am - Steven Soderbergh's latest film, "Let Them All Talk," is filled with several not-insignificant pleasures, starting with Meryl Streep as a slightly superior and self-abso...
Best Bets: Lyric Opera streams 'Pasión Latina' concert

By Scott C. Morgan
Dec 08, 2020 5:00 am - Latin passion Puerto Rican soprano Ana María Martínez headlines the virtual concert "Pasión Latina." She's joined by Mexican American tenors René Barbera, David Portillo...
Riz Ahmed probes purpose in 'Sound of Metal'

By Sonia Rao The Washington Post
Dec 07, 2020 5:00 am - Riz Ahmed knows how he sounds. Seated for a Zoom interview in late October, he's spent the past few minutes detailing the arduous process of preparing to star in "Sound ...

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