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Discourse Around Film Runtimes Is Silly
Brady Corbet, who is premiering his three-and-a-half hour historical drama “The Brutalist” at Venice Film Festival on Sunday, is shrugging off discourse around movie runtimes being too long.…
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Richard Gere Shares Anecdotes on ‘Pretty Woman’ With Julia Roberts
Richard Gere feted his birthday with hyped-up fans at a masterclass hosted by Cartier at the Venice Film Festival and revealed some behind-the-scenes on the filming of his cult movie “Pretty…
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A Fresh, Leisurely Look at a Changing Tehran
Shahab Fotouhi‘s debut feature “Boomerang” is a delightful, surprising portrait of modern Iran, but its biggest surprise is that Fotouhi is in his forties. His voice is the kind that feels not…
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Jason Reitman Finds an Ideal Ensemble to Reenact the Lunacy from Which ‘SNL’ Was Born
Over nearly 1,000 episodes, “Saturday Night Live” has given America some of its most successful comedians, iconic characters and quotable catchphrases. Now, just one year shy of the pop phenom’s…
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‘Riefenstahl’ ‘September 5’ Evoke Germany History at Venice Festival
Andres Veiel’s documentary “Riefenstahl,” which challenges the carefully crafted public persona of one of Germany’s most controversial directors, is one of 17 German films playing in the…
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‘Mistress Dispeller’ Puts Love Triangle in Hands of a Paid Disruptor
A love triangle involving a middle-aged couple and a younger woman is exposed and scrutinized from every angle when a professional breakup agent is employed in Elizabeth Lo’s “Mistress…
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‘Zurawski v Texas’ Review: A Disquieting Abortion-Rights Documentary
If, before 2022, you were ever called “hysterical” for voicing your concerns that a U.S.-based woman’s constitutionally protected right to have an abortion was actually hanging by a thread,…
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California Passes Law Requiring Consent for AI Use of Dead Performers
The California state Senate has passed a law that requires consent for the use of dead performers’ likenesses for AI-created digital replicas.
SAG-AFTRA has been among the organizations…
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Harmony Korine’s ‘Baby Invasion’ Premieres at Venice Film Festival
Midnight screenings rarely come more fitting than “Baby Invasion,” Harmony Korine‘s latest experimental, unconventional and video game-like assault on the senses, which had its world premiere on…
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Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon Took Shelter
With “The Act of Killing,” director Joshua Oppenheimer approached the documentary form in a radical, seemingly unthinkable way, inviting his subjects — Indonesian gangsters who had once served on…
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