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News Articles: Movies

Screenwriter Robert Towne poses at The Regency Hotel in New York on March 7, 2006.

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  • Obituaries

Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of 'Chinatown,' dies at 89

Robert Towne's script for the 1974 film Chinatown became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native LA. His other credits include Shampoo and 1990's Days of Thunder.

July 02, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A rental DVD is dispensed from a Redbox at a 7-Eleven in Los Angeles in 2009. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the owner of Redbox, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday.

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  • Business

Redbox owner Chicken Soup for the Soul files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

As of March of this year, Chicken Soup for the Soul had about $414 million in assets and $970 million in debts. Shares for the public company have fallen more than 90% over the last year.

July 02, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Nicole Kidman as Brooke Harwood and Zac Efron as Chris Cole in <em>A Family Affair. </em>

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  • Movie Reviews

Why 'A Family Affair' works so well as a Netflix romcom

Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron fall in love in a sharp and funny romantic comedy about family, Hollywood, and a little too much tequila.

July 01, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
Minnesota Lynx players lock arms during a moment of silence in honor of Breonna Taylor before a game  in July 2020.

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  • Movie Reviews

The WNBA is having a moment. A new documentary highlights off-court player activism

Power of the Dream takes viewers behind the scenes to show how WNBA players took a stand during racial justice protests in 2020, helped elect a senator and negotiated historic pay raises.

July 01, 2024
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  • Alan Chazaro
Lupita Nyong’o as as Samira in <em>A Quiet Place: Day One. </em>

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  • Movie Reviews

With few words, Lupita Nyong'o's 'Quiet Place: Day One' performance speaks for itself

It’s rare for the third installment of a franchise to resonate just as deeply, if not more, than its predecessors. But Day One manages to raise fresh, existential questions.

June 28, 2024
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  • Aisha Harris
 Mother and daughter Janet (Julianne Nicholson) and Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) share a slow New England summer in  <em>Janet Planet.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

Sharply funny 'Janet Planet' perfectly captures the feel of a long, hot summer

Writing and directing her first film, playwright Annie Baker exhibits uncanny powers of observation. Not much happens in this mother-daughter movie, but something momentous seems to have taken place.

June 27, 2024
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  • Justin Chang
Michelle Buteau arrives at the <em>Vanity Fair </em>Oscar Party on March 10.

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  • Movie Interviews

After the Sept. 11 attacks, Michelle Buteau decided: 'I better start living'

Buteau says covering the news of the 2001 terrorist attacks crystalized her desire to go into comedy. She stars in the film Babes and in the Netflix series Survival of the Thickest.

June 26, 2024
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  • Tonya Mosley
Striking Writers Guild members picket alongside SAG-AFTRA members outside Netflix studios in September 2023.

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  • Arts & Life

This time last year, Hollywood writers were on strike. Now, many can’t find work

The entertainment industry was shifting dramatically even before the strikes that paused production last year. Now, many Hollywood writers are feeling the pinch.

June 25, 2024
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  • Mandalit del Barco
This image released by Disney/Pixar shows, from left, Sadness, voiced by Phyllis Smith, Joy, voiced by Amy Poehler, Disgust, voiced by Liza Lapira, Fear, voiced by Tony Hale and Anger, voiced by Lewis Black, in a scene from <em>Inside Out 2</em>.

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  • Movies

'Inside Out 2' scores $100 million in its second weekend, setting records

In just a week and a half, Inside Out 2 has become 2024’s highest-grossing film to date, surpassing Dune: Part Two. Inside Out 2 will likely blow through the $1 billion mark in about a week.

June 24, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Jesse Plemons plays three different characters in<em> Kinds of Kindness </em>— an effort that won him the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival.

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  • Movie Reviews

Yorgos Lanthimos exhausts his ideas, and his audience, in 'Kinds of Kindness'

Fresh off of Poor Things, director Lanthimos' three-part dark comedy about domination and free will feels like a lazy and self-admiring riff — punctuated by the occasional crude shock.

June 21, 2024
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  • Justin Chang
GPB  NPR

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  • Obituaries

Donald Sutherland, a subtle and sardonic star, has died at 88

The actor appeared in hundreds of films and shows, including M*A*S*H, Klute, Ordinary People and the Hunger Games franchise. He was best known for playing off-kilter authority figures.

June 20, 2024
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  • Mansee Khurana
One pair of Dorthy's slippers, worn by Judy Garland in 1939, are displayed at a viewing at the Plaza Athenee on December 5, 2011 in New York City.

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  • National

Judy Garland’s hometown hopes a good witch will help purchase Dorothy’s ruby slippers

Minnesota lawmakers set aside $100,000 for the formerly stolen pair this year and the Judy Garland Museum hopes a benevolent figure can help win them at auction.

June 18, 2024
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  • Dana Ferguson | MPR News
<em>Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution</em> explores the history and current state of LGBTQ comedy — the pioneers, the breakthroughs and the setbacks. Above, Lily Tomlin, left, Wanda Sykes, Joel Kim Booster and Trixie Mattel.

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  • Movies

'Laughter is disarming': A new documentary traces generations of LGBTQ comedy

The new Netflix documentary Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution features interviews with dozens of gay and trans comics, archival footage and lots of jokes.

June 17, 2024
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Joy and Anxiety (voiced by Amy Poehler and Maya Hawke) meet in Riley's head in <em>Inside Out 2.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

New emotions emerge in 'Inside Out 2' — including nostalgia for the original film

Inside Out 2 catches up with protagonist Riley at age 13, just as Anxiety enters her emotional life. But despite its many pleasures, the film lacks the emotional wallop of the original.

June 14, 2024
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  • Justin Chang
In<em> Inside Out 2</em>, Riley hits puberty and faces new intense emotions like Anxiety, Embarrassment and Ennui.

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  • Movies

The 'Inside Out' movies give kids an 'emotional vocabulary.' Therapists love that

Pixar's Inside Out was praised for helping kids understand how emotions affect their actions. Adults learned a few things too. The sequel's new characters include Anxiety, Embarrassment and Ennui.

June 13, 2024
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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