Milos Forman, 86, Dies; Won Oscars for ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ and ‘Amadeus’
A witness to turmoil in his Czech homeland, he was in the front rank of directors struggling to make commercial films with countercultural sensibilities.
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CreditDiego Levy for The New York Times Lucrecia Martel: A Director Who Confounds and Thrills
Argentina’s leading filmmaker specializes in elusive, off-kilter work. In person, she’s much blunter.
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CreditWarner Bros ‘Rampage’ Is No. 1, Proving Dwayne Johnson’s Box Office Might
“Rampage” beat the still-strong “A Quiet Place” in the weekend box office derby, as the Blumhouse horror brand made “Truth or Dare” an unlikely hit.
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CreditDisney/Marvel When Superheroes Battle Evil, Why Does Washington Always Lose?
The nation’s capital is rarely the site of climactic confrontations. The reasons range from comic-book history to Hollywood antagonism.
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CreditNetflix Turning Points: Three Movies Centering on Young Women
Three movies about young women: “First Match,” “Layla M.” and “Ladies First,” all on Netflix.
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CreditParamount Pictures Anatomy of a Scene | ‘A Quiet Place’
The director John Krasinski narrates a sequence from his film, in which he stars with Emily Blunt.
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CreditStrand Releasing Review: A Cinematic Marvel, ‘Zama’ Brilliantly Tackles Colonialism in the New World
In Lucrecia Martel’s “Zama,” an 18th-century magistrate in the Americas desperately tries to leave a cruel, cruelly comic world he has helped make.
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CreditSony Pictures Classics Review: ‘The Rider’ Is an American Regional Film to Savor
This exceptionally sensitive movie set on the Dakota plains features nonprofessional actors playing versions of themselves.
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CreditKino Lorber Review: ‘Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami’ Finds the Model, Singer, Actress, Person
Grace Jones has always been an iconoclast. But this documentary restores her humanity.
