Film
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Arts
Can the Oompa-Loompas Be Saved?
“Wonka” is the latest film to try to shake the tiny unpaid laborers from their colonialist roots in Roald Dahl’s…
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Arts
‘The Zone of Interest’ Review: The Holocaust, Reduced to Background Noise
Jonathan Glazer has made a hollow, self-aggrandizing art-film exercise set in Auschwitz during the Holocaust.
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Arts
‘Apollo 13’ and ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Join National Film Registry
These movies, along with “Bamboozled” and “Home Alone,” are among 25 selected by the Librarian of Congress.
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Arts
In Indigenous Communities, a Divided Reaction to ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
The filmmakers’ attention to detail draws praise, but the question of perspective and who gets to tell the story is…
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Arts
Golden Globes 2024 Snubs and Surprises: ‘Past Lives,’ Taylor Swift and More
The Korean American drama from Celine Song got four nominations, while Swift’s concert film got one. “The Color Purple” was…
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Books
David Mamet, a.k.a. ‘Embittered Dave,’ Would Like a Word
In a new memoir, the filmmaker and playwright shares his opinions on Hollywood past and present.
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Finance
Golden Globes to Announce 2024 Nominations
New owners have beefed up the voting pool in an effort to move the prizes past scandals of recent years.
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Arts
Can the Holocaust Movie Be Revelatory Again? 3 Filmmakers Say Yes.
Tragic tellings of the Shoah are all too common. The directors of “The Zone of Interest,” “Origin” and “Occupied City”…
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Magazine
With an Artist’s Help, Paddington Can Go Anywhere
For nearly 1,000 straight days, Jason Chou has inserted Paddington, the anthropomorphized bear, into absurd situations. He has no plans…
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Arts
Can a Rom-Com Make Sense in Dark Times? Yes, When It’s From This Master.
Aki Kaurismaki’s “Fallen Leaves” is both magical and despairing, born of what the Finnish auteur’s stars say is an unusual…