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‘Being the Ricardos’ dramatizes Lucy and Desi’s very complicated relationship

Aaron Sorkin’s latest film zeroes in on one very stressful week in the lives of Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem), when Lucy was accused of being a Communist.

Halle Berry entered the ring ready — she’s been a fighter all her life

Berry stars as a disgraced MMA fighter in Bruised — a film she also directed. It’s a role that she identifies with fundamentally: “I’ve also been a fighter my whole life, my whole career.”

Mel Brooks says his only regret as a comedian is the jokes he didn’t tell

Brooks wrote countless edgy jokes over the years, but he doesn’t regret any of them. He calls comedy his “delicious refuge” from the world. “I hide in humor,” he says. His new memoir is All About Me!

‘Drive My Car’ may be the most absorbing ride you take all year

After his wife’s death, a middle-aged stage actor forms an unlikely bond with the 20-something woman sent to be his chauffeur. Drive My Car is an intricately structured drama about love and loss.

National Champions (2021)

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Being the Ricardos (2021)

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Why everyone loves to hate Kenny G, according to the jazz musician himself

NPR’s David Folkenflik speaks with Kenny Gorelick, best known as Kenny G, and director Penny Lane about her new documentary about the soprano saxophonist, Listening to Kenny G.

Paul Thomas Anderson turns to youthful merriment for latest movie, ‘Licorice Pizza’

Ayesha Rascoe asks director Paul Thomas Anderson about his new movie “Licorice Pizza.”

Animated documentary ‘Flee’ tells of a teen’s escape from Afghanistan to Denmark

Scott Simon talks with Jonas Poher Rasmussen, director of the animated documentary “Flee”, about his friend’s escape from war-torn Afghanistan and the struggle to find his identity in Denmark.

Netflix is making a feature film about the Thanksgiving grandma text mix-up

The Thanksgiving Text will follow the true story of an unlikely friendship between a grandmother and an unintended text message recipient that began in 2016.

What three films and their Black characters reveal about America’s ideas on race

A new book Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World unpacks the lens through which Black characters have been seen. Will Haygood, the author, explores this using three movies.

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