Double Feature: Refugees In ‘Limbo,’ And Spies And Subterfuge In ‘Cliff Walkers’
Chinese director Zhang Yimou tells an epic tale of subterfuge and spies in Cliff Walkers. And in the Scottish dramedy Limbo, a young musician is stranded in a starkly beautiful no-man’s-land.
Kate Winslet On The Roles That Scare Her And How ‘Titanic’ Shaped Her Career
Winslet stars in the new HBO series, Mare of Easttown. She spoke to Fresh Air in 2020 about her breakout turn in Titanic when she was in her 20s. “I was learning on the fly,” she says.
Bittersweet Film ‘About Endlessness’ Highlights Life’s Humor And Despair
A priest loses his faith. A woman breaks the heel of her shoe. A couple visits their child’s grave. Life unfolds as a series of stylized, bone-dry comic sketches in Roy Andersson’s sublime new film.
A Look At Tyler Perry’s Complicated Legacy
Tyler Perry’s acceptance of a special Oscar for humanitarian work reveals his complicated legacy as a filmmaker, who is credited for uplifting Black people while stereotyping and profiting from them.
In ‘The Mitchells Vs. The Machines,’ A Dysfunctional Family Gets A Hard Reboot
A very funny machine uprising forces an estranged daughter (Abbi Jacobson) and father (Danny McBride) to save the world — and rebuild their relationship.
‘Citizen Kane’ Has A Rotten Day
For years, Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane has been widely viewed as the greatest film ever made. But now an 80-year-old negative review has resurfaced, bringing its Rotten Tomatoes score down from 100%.
Collection Showcases 20 Years Of Louis Armstrong’s Studio Work
A CD set from Mosaic, full of singles and albums made between ’46 and ’66, confirms the variety of Armstrong’s studio sides — and shows how much work went into making them sound casual.
Cliff Walkers (2021)
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Did Last Night’s Oscars Work As A TV Show?
We’ve talked about the ratings and who won what — but did the Oscars telecast work as good TV? Oscars producers made some unusual choices this year. We break down the good, the bad and the ugly.
Academy Awards Were Handed Out Despite Pandemic Theater Closures
The Academy Award made history Sunday night: The first woman of color won an Oscar for best director, and the first Korean won an Oscar for best supporting actress. Nomadland won best picture.
‘Nomadland’ Brings Home The Oscar For Best Picture
The epic odyssey of a woman who loses her job and her home — and joins the growing number of Americans living out of vans as they search for work — is the big winner at the 2021 Academy Awards.
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