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At the Movies: Non-Fiction: More than a French Re-Write

By Megan Bianco I know what you were thinking if you might have seen the trailer for Olivier Assayas’ Non-Fiction before whatever indie movie you…

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At the Movies: The White Crow Flies Low

By Megan Bianco Ralph Fiennes is one of the finest actors to come from the UK, with acclaimed performances in classics such as Schindler’s List…

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At the Movies: ‘High Life’ for the High Brow

By Megan Bianco Claire Denis is one of the most treasured exports to come out of French cinema, from the foreign classics Chocolate (1988), Beau…

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At the Movies: ‘Diane’ Earns Indie Acclaim

By Megan Bianco As we continue into the spring season, the dry movie spell that we’re usually subjected to at the end of winter finally…

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At the Movies: ‘Dumbo’ Returns, But With Less Fanfare

By Megan Bianco For the first time since the ever-bland Alice in Wonderland (2010), we get a live-action Disney classic remake and Tim Burton together…

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At the Movies: ‘Gloria Bell,’ Once More in English

By Megan Bianco ‘Gloria Bell,’ Once More in English In what is becoming the Year of the Remake, Sebastian Lelio’s Gloria Bell is the third…

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At the Movies: ‘Everybody Knows’ Has Quality Talent

By Megan Bianco Celebrity couple Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, the A-list stars in Asghar Farhadi’s Everybody Knows, have become Spain’s answer to “Brangelina.” Like…

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At the Movies: Cutting through the Red Tape of ‘Green Book’

By Megan Bianco Now that the 2018 awards season comes to an end on Sunday, let us revisit one of the more polarizing and divisive…

Rami Malek, Jim Beach and Roger Taylor at the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on Jan. 6. Photo: Courtesy of the Golden Globes

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At the Movies: Awards Season 2019 Roundup

By Megan Bianco We’re now a little bit more than halfway into awards season for 2018 filmmaking, so let’s recap how the past month has…

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At the Movies: ‘Destroyer’ Fits In during January

By Megan Bianco As January begins, Oscar contenders given limited releases in December now go wider into theaters. One of the films that originally had…

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At the Movies: Good Things to Say about ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’

By Megan Bianco As 2018 comes to an end, Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel If Beale Street Could Talk expands to more…

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At the Movies: ‘Ben is Back’ Is Vintage Holiday Dysfunction

By Megan Bianco Celebrity family members working together can be a marketing gold mine for press tours and trivia nuts. Anjelica Huston won Best Supporting…