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Review: The silent film era roars again in 'Babylon'

Review: The silent film era roars again in 'Babylon'

“Perhaps the ballyhoo meant nothing,” Kevin Brownlow wrote in his defining history of the silent film era, “The Parade’s Gone By…” It’s probably true that even avid moviegoers have increasingly drifted away from the films of what Brownlow called, wit
Review: Sarah Polley’s ‘Women Talking’ is a revelation

Review: Sarah Polley’s ‘Women Talking’ is a revelation

What happens when your home no longer feels like a home? When the rules of your life no longer make sense? When your body is not your own? When your children are not safe and neither are you? Do you look for justice? Revenge? Apologies? Do you make a
Review: ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ is purrfectly fun

Review: ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ is purrfectly fun

Quick, without looking, guess how long it’s been since there’s been a Shrek movie or even a Shrek-adjacent one.
Canadian filmmaker Sarah Polley on making 'Women Talking' a cinematic epic

Canadian filmmaker Sarah Polley on making 'Women Talking' a cinematic epic

TORONTO — The cinematic canon is replete with stories of great men doing important things, says Canadian director Sarah Polley — from the president faced with tough choices in a time of crisis, to the football team that takes to the field in spite of
Janelle Monáe, the not-so-secret weapon of 'Glass Onion'

Janelle Monáe, the not-so-secret weapon of 'Glass Onion'

NEW YORK (AP) — To get a sense of Janelle Monáe’s powers of transformation, look no further than her Instagram photos of past Halloweens . Monáe doesn’t just throw something on.
Q&A: Naomi Ackie, Kasi Lemmons tell Whitney Houston’s story

Q&A: Naomi Ackie, Kasi Lemmons tell Whitney Houston’s story

Naomi Ackie, who plays Whitney Houston in the new biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” is the first to admit that she is not a doppelganger for the pop star. In fact, she’ll go so far as to say she doesn’t look like her at all.
‘Avatar 2’ makes waves with $134 million domestic debut

‘Avatar 2’ makes waves with $134 million domestic debut

“ Avatar: The Way of Water ” didn’t make quite as big of a splash as many assumed it would, but James Cameron’s big budget spectacle still helped breathe life into the box office this weekend.
Can James Cameron's striking 'Avatar: The Way of Water' pull off a box-office smash?

Can James Cameron's striking 'Avatar: The Way of Water' pull off a box-office smash?

TORONTO — With a striking blend of visual effects and state-of-the-art motion capture technology, "Avatar: The Way of Water" is billed as a movie-theatre experience unlike any other in the last few years, but it's by far James Cameron's biggest risk
Q&A: Roger Deakins on cinema's past and future

Q&A: Roger Deakins on cinema's past and future

NEW YORK (AP) — The first photograph Roger Deakins ever took, in 1969 Bournemouth, England, shows a man and a woman quietly eating lunch on a bench outside a ladies room. A sign reads: “Keep it to yourself.
An 84-year-old filmmaker looks into a donkey's soul in ‘EO’

An 84-year-old filmmaker looks into a donkey's soul in ‘EO’

It was the eyes that did it. Filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski had decided some years ago that his next film was going to be about an animal.