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The most wonderful time of the year demands the most wonderful holiday movies. In our home, seasonal viewings of “Miracle on 34th Street,” “Shop Around the Corner” and that tearjerking “Andy Griffith Show” episode with mean...

The Civil Rights movement is an era of history accustomed to filmic representation. The 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery is one of the most commonly noted moments in the movement, and the majority of the...

The phrase “Never Forget” has long been associated with the Holocaust. It’s a pushback against the type of willed, collective amnesia that allows not just the perpetrators of atrocities but their descendants to go through life unburdened...

Two white photographers/abolitionists arrange Peter’s posture as he sits in a chair. They ask him to turn his scourged back toward the lens, to move his face to the side. The lens pushes in on him,...

In a culture—both film-going and in general—that increasingly rejects intellectualism, there’s something refreshing about a movie where a key plot point revolves around a character’s ability to accurately appraise a piece of ancient Greek sculpture. “A...

The Unloved is nine years old today. My creation is old enough to do basic math and bother people with limited knowledge of the world.  I remember bugging everyone I knew when I was that age with hastily...

“George & Tammy” is about two lovers who probably shouldn’t have been together, never mind over many years. But their union led to numerous hits—duets and solo songs—about the historical relationship between George Jones and Tammy...

10 NEW TO HBO MAX “The Craft””Don’t Worry Darling””Fruitvale Station””The LEGO Movie””Predator””Raging Bull””Seven””Stargate””Unforgiven””You’ve Got Mail” 10 NEW TO NETFLIX “The Addams Family””The Bad Guys””The Boxtrolls””Captain Phillips””The Interview””Moneyball””Notting Hill””Southpaw””Training Day””Where the Crawdads Sing” 12 NEW BLU-RAY/DVDS “Bros”...

For all the (justified) acclaim Disney+’s “Andor” has brought to the streaming service, it’s easy to forget just how much blood the Walt Disney Corporation is trying to squeeze out of the stones of its existing...

Filmmaker Joanna Hogg mesmerized critics and audiences alike with her duo of semi-autobiographical films 2019’s “The Souvenir” and 2021’s “The Souvenir Part II.” In filming these raw coming-of-auteur dramas, Hogg reunited with Tilda Swinton, her childhood...