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News Articles: Movies

Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning Palestinian director of <em>No Other Land</em>, is released from a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba a day after being detained by the Israeli army following an attack by Jewish settlers, on Tuesday.

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  • Arts & Life

Academy apologizes for not adequately supporting Oscar-winning Palestinian director

The apology appeared after a wave of online protest against the Academy — first for not responding to Ballal's attack, and then for not naming him and his film directly in its initial statement.

March 29, 2025
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Cynthia Meachum, above, is a searcher who became close with Forrest Fenn, the man who hid the treasure. <em>Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn's Treasure </em>is a new Netflix docuseries that<em> </em>chronicles the search.

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  • Movie Reviews

He enticed amateur sleuths into the wilderness with buried treasure. It didn't go well

In 2010, a wealthy man announced that he'd hidden a box of gold and jewels somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. The Netflix docuseries Gold & Greed chronicles the ill-fated search for Fenn's Treasure.

March 29, 2025
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Jérémie (Félix Kysyl) stays with the newly widowed Martine (Catherine Frot) in the French thriller <em>Misericordia</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

A young man's homecoming sets off erotic shockwaves in this unsettling French thriller

Misericordia is one of the most surprising films our critic's seen this year. It focuses on a man who returns to his small village for a funeral — only to become enmeshed in countless entanglements.

March 28, 2025
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By:
  • Justin Chang
A screenshot from the trailer for <em>Rust</em>, which dropped on Wednesday.

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  • Movies

More than three years after fatal on-set shooting, the 'Rust' trailer is out

Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed when a gun that Alec Baldwin was holding went off on the set of the film in 2021. Last summer, a judge in New Mexico dismissed Baldwin's case for involuntary manslaughter.

March 27, 2025
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega in <em>Death of a Unicorn</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

New in theaters this week: A dead unicorn, an adopted penguin, and a band reunited

A roadkill unicorn, a family of greedy pharmaceutical moguls, and an innocent teenager are the main ingredients in A24's new grisly horror comedy Death of a Unicorn.

March 27, 2025
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
The marquee of the Egyptian Theatre at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Jan. 28, 2020.

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  • Arts & Life

The Sundance Film Festival announces its new home: Boulder, Colorado

The festival has been a Park City, Utah institution for over 40 years.

March 27, 2025
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
A scene from the film <em>Viet and Nam</em>. The film will hit select U.S. theaters on March 28, 2025.

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  • Arts & Life

'Việt and Nam' is a film about love, exile and the memory of war

NPR's Emily Kwong speaks with director Trương Minh Quý about his new film Việt and Nam. It follows the journey of two young miners as they search for intimacy and escape.

March 27, 2025
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By:
  • Alejandra Marquez Janse,
  • Emily Kwong,
  • and 1 more
Daniel Craig at the world premiere of the <em>Casino Royale</em> in 2006 in London. Craig was the last actor to portray the famous spy.

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  • Arts & Life

Mission accepted: Amazon's 'James Bond' series has found its new producers

Producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman have accepted the call to lead the new Bond franchise.

March 26, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Hamdan Ballal, an Oscar-winning Palestinian co-director of <em>No Other Land</em>, is released from a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba on Tuesday, a day after being detained by the Israeli army following an attack by Jewish settlers.

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  • Middle East

Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian director beaten by Israeli settlers, is now released

Hamdan Ballal, who won an Oscar for No Other Land about Palestinians under Israeli occupation, was attacked by Israeli settlers and later detained by Israeli security forces, his lawyer tells NPR.

March 25, 2025
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  • Kat Lonsdorf
Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning documentary <em>No Other Land,</em> is detained by the Israeli military from his home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Monday.

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  • Middle East

Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers, detained by army

Israeli settlers beat up Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the documentary film No Other Land, in the occupied West Bank, according to witnesses. He was then detained by the Israeli military.

March 24, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Robert De Niro plays Frank Costello in <em>The Alto Knights. </em>

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  • Movie Reviews

'The Alto Knights' is a mob drama with a double dose of De Niro and ... not much else

Robert De Niro plays rival mob bosses in a new biographical crime drama. But while it's fun to watch De Niro argue with himself, The Alto Knights ultimately feels dubious and derivative.

March 21, 2025
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  • Justin Chang
Rachel Zegler as Snow White in Disney's live action remake.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Snow White,' and four more buzzy movies coming to theaters this weekend

An embattled Disney princess, a steroid-addled bodybuilder and a trapped carjacker are all at cineplexes this weekend.

March 20, 2025
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Micro drama apps such as ReelShort, FlickReels and DramaBox offer short clips that add up to movie-length stories. They're filmed vertically, so you can follow the twisty plotlines without turning your phone. Above, scenes from micro dramas <em>Fake Married to My Billionaire CEO (</em>left), <em>True Heiress vs. Fake Queen Bee </em>and <em>Billionaire CEO's Secret Obsession.</em>

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  • Pop Culture

Told one minute at a time, micro dramas are soap operas designed to fit in your hand

Apps like ReelShort, FlickReels and DramaBox offer short clips that add up to movie-length stories. Plus, they're filmed vertically, so you can follow the twisty plotlines without turning your phone.

March 19, 2025
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By:
  • Kristian Monroe
"No Other Land" tells the story of a Palestinian town in the West Bank that was bulldozed by the Israeli government for use as a military training zone.

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  • News

Miami Beach drops plans to evict a theater for showing 'No Other Land'

Miami Beach's mayor has dropped an effort to evict and defund an arts cinema after strong opposition from the community and other elected officials.

March 19, 2025
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By:
  • Greg Allen
John Kani in <em>Kunene and the King </em>at Shakespeare Theatre Company.

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  • Arts & Life

John Kani risked his life to tell stories of apartheid — at 81, he's still at it

The South African actor has been speaking out about racial injustice for decades, often in collaboration with the late playwright Athol Fugard. Kunene and the King is Kani's latest project.

March 17, 2025
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  • Elizabeth Blair
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