Movies
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Behind the Curtain: October's Newspaper Movie of the MonthOct 05, 2020 1:00 am - 'The Parallax View' In 1974, after a decade marred by political assassinations, Warren Beatty plays a newspaper reporter trying to uncover a corporate conspiracy behind ...
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New Steinem biopic shines light on a sisterhood of activists
Oct 02, 2020 6:00 am - Among the pithy quips attributed to Gloria Steinem over the years is this reply to why she wasn't interested in getting married: “I can't mate in captivity.” She did eve...
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Netflix documentary 'Dick Johnson Is Dead' warmly celebrates life
Oct 01, 2020 1:00 pm - “Dick Johnson Is Dead” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Kirsten Johnson's last film, the autobiographical “Cameraperson,” was an astonishing compendium of what she, as a cinematographer, had ...
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Lovably quirky father-daughter dynamic drives comedy 'On the Rocks'Oct 01, 2020 6:00 am - “On the Rocks” - ★ ★ ★ “Don't you act normal around any woman?” an exasperated Laura asks her scoundrel senior citizen father, Felix. No, he doesn't. He can't. Fel...
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'Curse of Audrey Earnshaw' drenches coming-of-rage horror tale in dreadOct 01, 2020 6:00 am - “The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw” - ★ ★ ★ Atmospheric horror tales such as Thomas Robert Lee's “The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw” give us the willies by pushing us into a...
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Amazon Prime's 'The Glorias' a sprawling, spirited biopic of feminist icon
Sep 30, 2020 1:00 am - Gloria Steinem is always in conversation with herself in "The Glorias," a sprawling and thoughtful biopic of the writer and activist. Director Julie Taymor knows better ...
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New this week: 'The Glorias,' Mariah Carey & 'South Park'
Sep 29, 2020 6:00 am - Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. Movies • ...
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College of DuPage English professors' new film publication receives accolades from Martin ScorseseSep 28, 2020 11:00 pm - College of DuPage English professors Brian Brems' and Michelle Moore's recently-published collection exploring director, screenwriter and critic Paul Schrader's groundbr...
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Q&A with Jamie Lee Curtis: Why letting your 5-year-old watch 'Halloween' is just wrong
Sep 28, 2020 6:00 am - Every Friday, national arts reporter Geoff Edgers hosts The Washington Post's first Instagram Live show from his barn in Concord, Mass. He has interviewed, among others,...
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New Blu-ray box, HBO Max's Looney library celebrate Bugs Bunny's 80th anniversarySep 26, 2020 6:00 am - Do you know the name of the first Bugs Bunny cartoon, or the year it premiered? Do you remember the last time you saw a vintage Bugs Bunny cartoon on television? Or the ...