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‘The Color Purple’ is back on the big screen, this time with song and dance

The new, big screen musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel “The Color Purple” has a celebrated cast, including Fantasia and Taraji P. Henson, but does it work?

The obsession with demonic possession on screen

Tuesday marks 50 years since The Exorcist came out and shocked audiences with its depiction of a possessed 12-year-old girl. Its release kicked off an obsession with films about demonic possession.

‘Ferrari’ is an inside look at the legendary family from the director of ‘Heat’

NPR’s Scott Simon talks with Michael Mann — director of “Heat” and “Ali” — about his new movie about the legendary family behind Ferrari sports cars.

If the weather outside is frightful, here’s what to watch to warm yourself up

Sure, some people like to lean into wintry movies at Christmas time, but maybe you’ve had enough “let it snow” and are looking for something a little … schvitzy-er? We have some suggestions for you.

Every era has its own ‘American Fiction,’ but is there anything new to say?

In Cord Jefferson’s directorial debut, Jeffrey Wright plays a frustrated author who echoes earlier Black protagonists in movies like Hollywood Shuffle and Bamboozled.

‘Everyone walked away with part of themselves healed’ – ‘The Color Purple’ reimagined

Blitz Bazawule’s musical re-imagining of the 1982 Alice Walker novel The Color Purple finds new joy among the pain.

Review: Andrew Haigh’s ‘All of Us Strangers’ is a haunting meditation on connection

A haunting meditation on loneliness wrapped in a supernatural coming-of-age tale, Andrew Haigh’s drama All of Us Strangers stars Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell and Claire Foy.

Forget Hollywood’s ‘old guard,’ Nicolas Cage says the young filmmakers get him

The Oscar-winning actor is seeking out the next generation of filmmakers because, he says, many established directors have “already made up their minds about me.” Cage’s new movie is Dream Scenario.

Chilling ‘Zone of Interest’ imagines life next door to a death camp

Jonathan Glazer’s film depicts the family of Auschwitz camp commandant Rudolf Höss — they go about their daily routines while a massive machinery of death grinds away next door.

‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ swims into theaters this weekend

The superhero movie “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” may flounder at the box office when it opens this weekend. The sequel has been flooded with drama, including rumored delays.

How actors in ‘The Boys in the Boat’ trained to appear believable as Olympic athletes

The actors in the new movie “The Boys in the Boat” endured grueling athletic training in order to row like the U.S. Men’s National Team competing in the 1936 Olympics.

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