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Robyn (voiced by Honor Kneafsey) heads into the woods in the animated film <em>Wolfwalkers</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Wolfwalkers' Is A Rich, Densely Packed Visual Feast

The story is simple, the themes surprisingly complex, and the hand-drawn animation is stunning in this stylish tale of a young girl yearning for freedom.

December 11, 2020
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  • Glen Weldon
Micheal Ward and Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn are strangers who connect on the dance floor in <em>Lovers Rock. </em>

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  • Book Reviews

'Fresh Air' Critic Revisits The TV, Books And Movies That Helped Ease Lockdown

From Lovers Rock to The Good Lord Bird, the titles on John Powers' year-end list didn't simply distract; they also delved into enduring questions of freedom, dignity and survival.

December 09, 2020
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  • John Powers
Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan star as Mary Anning and Charlotte Murchison in <em>Ammonite.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

In 'Ammonite,' Kate Winslet Portrays A Same-Sex Love Story 'Without Secrecy Or Fear'

Winslet plays real-life fossil hunter Mary Anning in a film that imagines an affair between Anning and another woman. "It's storytelling that normalizes and expresses same-sex love," Winslet says.

December 07, 2020
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Ed Asner and nine other actors have filed an age discrimination suit over changes to the SAG-AFTRA union's health plan.

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  • Arts & Life

Actors File Age Discrimination Suit Over SAG-AFTRA Health Plan Cuts

The actors and their supporters say that the union is dropping nearly 12,000 people — many over the age of 65 — from its health care plan at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

December 06, 2020
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies and Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz in David Fincher's impressive <em>Mank.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

'Mank' Is A Lushly Rendered Cinematic Landscape

David Fincher's dramatization of Citizen Kane's origin story is an impressive, if occasionally inert, biopic.

December 04, 2020
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  • Aisha Harris
Ruben (Riz Ahmed) is a punk-metal drummer who loses his hearing in <em>Sound of Metal</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

In 'Sound Of Metal,' Sudden Hearing Loss Sends A Drummer Reeling

Riz Ahmed gives a quiet, intense and profoundly unsentimental performance as a rock drummer who suddenly loses his hearing and stubbornly refuses to accept it.

December 04, 2020
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  • Glen Weldon
British actor David Prowse, who played Darth Vader in the first Star Wars trilogy, poses with a fan dressed in a Darth Vader costume during a Star Wars convention on April 27, 2013. On Sunday morning, Prowse's management company shared the news of his death at age 85.

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  • Obituaries

David Prowse, Actor Behind Darth Vader, Dies At 85

Audiences heard James Earl Jones' voice as the iconic Star Wars villain, but it was Prowse behind Darth Vader's mask.

November 29, 2020
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
The big family in <em>The Happiest Season </em>includes Burl Moseley, Alison Brie, Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Mary Holland, Victor Garber and Mary Steenburgen. (Whew!)

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  • Movie Reviews

'Happiest Season' Is A Holiday Family Romcom With A Very Merry Cast

Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis play Abby and Harper, a couple headed home to Abby's parents' house for Christmas. Dan Levy, Victor Garber and Aubrey Plaza are among the terrific supporting cast.

November 27, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
L to R: Frank (Paul Bettany) Beth (Sophia Lillis) and Walid (Peter Macdissi) pull up to the bumper in <em>Uncle Frank</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Uncle Frank': A Melodramatic Meal, Undercooked And Over-Seasoned

A great cast and good intentions can't overcome Alan Ball's rushed, thin story about a closeted gay man returning to his South Carolina hometown in 1974.

November 25, 2020
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  • Glen Weldon
Malachi Kirby (standing) plays activist Darcus Howe in <em>Mangrove,</em> the first film in Steve McQueen's <em>Small Axe</em> anthology.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Small Axe': A Searing Portrait Of Racism And A Community's Will To Survive

Steve McQueen's powerful anthology consists of five films, each telling a different story about the experiences of Black men and women in London's West Indian community.

November 20, 2020
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  • Justin Chang
"I feel proud of myself now, as a 45-year-old woman, to have just played a role in which ... my age really shows on my face," says Kate Winslet. She plays British paleontologist Mary Anning in the new film <em>Ammonite.</em>

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  • Movie Interviews

Kate Winslet's 'Ammonite' Takes On Paleontology, Patriarchy And Passion

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan star in the new film, which imagines a romantic relationship between British paleontologist Mary Anning and Charlotte Murchison, the young wife of a geologist.

November 15, 2020
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  • Lulu Garcia-Navarro
There are <em>three </em>Vanessa Hudgens characters in the sequel <em>The Princess Switch: Switched Again</em>.

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  • Television

The Cider-Sipping, Mitten-Wearing Guide To 2020 Holiday Movies

We've got the goods on a large number of movies coming to cable and streaming over the holiday season, complete with notes to help you find the ones that are right up your alley.

November 13, 2020
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  • Linda Holmes
Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan star as Mary Anning and Charlotte Murchison in <em>Ammonite.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

Heartbreaking And Hopeful, 'Ammonite' Is A Wind-Swept Tale Of Forbidden Love

Kate Winslet plays Victorian-era fossil hunter Mary Anning, and Saoirse Ronan is her lover, in a film that dares to envision a world in which women are ultimately free to make their own decisions.

November 13, 2020
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  • Justin Chang
Johnny Depp attends a film premiere in Zurich, Switzerland on Oct. 2.

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  • Movies

Johnny Depp Exits 'Fantastic Beasts' Days After Losing Libel Case

The actor said Friday that Warner Bros. asked him to resign after he lost a libel suit in the U.K. earlier this week. As a result, the studio has pushed back the third film in the series to 2022.

November 06, 2020
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Aaron Sorkin revisits an infamous 1969 trial in <em>The Trial of the Chicago 7</em> on Netflix.<em> "</em>We thought the film was plenty relevant last winter when we were making it," Sorkin says. "We didn't need it to get more relevant, but it did."

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  • Movie Interviews

In 'Chicago 7,' Aaron Sorkin Sees Chilling Parallels Between '68 Summer And Today

In 1968, several prominent anti-war activists were accused of conspiring to start a riot at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Sorkin's new film captures their infamous trial.

November 02, 2020
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  • Sam Sanders
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