Film
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News
Joe Camp, Filmmaker Behind ‘Benji’ Franchise, Dies at 84
He defied the odds to turn “Benji,” a live-action film series from a dog’s perspective, into a smash hit, and…
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Arts
Once You Watch an Ernie Gehr Film, You’ll Never See the World the Same Way
A MoMA series shows how the artist pushes the boundaries of cinema in short movies that both delight and baffle.
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Arts
Gene Wilder and Frida Kahlo in Their Own Words (for Better and Worse)
These documentaries draw us in by giving the sense that we’re getting the story straight from the artists. But we’re…
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Style
People Hated ‘Madame Web’ — But They Were Desperate to See Dakota Johnson Mock It.
The star has never quite said the movie was bad, but it’s fun to imagine a celebrity going scorched-earth on…
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Arts
‘Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus’: A Parting Gift From a Master Musician
The final concert of the Japanese virtuoso is captured in an aching meditation on mortality and legacy.
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News
There Is Something Putin Can’t Control
According to “The Master and Margarita,” Mikhail Bulgakov’s celebrated novel about the devil’s visit to Stalinist Moscow, “manuscripts don’t burn.”…
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News
A Filmmaker’s Road Trip to U.F.O. Country: ‘Time Is the Real Enemy’
OpinionSupported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENTA Filmmaker’s Road Trip to U.F.O. Country: ‘Time Is the Real Enemy’ March 12, 2024Share full article1By…
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Arts
Oscars’ In Memoriam Segment Honors Aleksei Navalny, Among Film Greats
The in memoriam segment at the Academy Awards opened not with a Hollywood star, but with a clip of Aleksei…
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World
Paolo Taviani, Half of a Famed Italian Filmmaking Duo, Dies at 92
He and his brother Vittorio made films, including “Padre Padrone,” that mixed neorealism with a lyrical, almost magical sense of…
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News
David Bordwell, Scholar Who Demystified the Art of Film, Dies at 76
Roger Ebert called him “our best writer on cinema.” His scholarship focused on how movies work.