Fictional Police Brutality, Real Emotional Toll
When movies and shows from “Blindspotting” to “Detroit” wrestle with the emotional toll of violence against black people, their creators’ intentions matter.
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Women have been behind the camera since movies were invented, but their work has often been ignored. A BAMcinématek series helps set the record straight.
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Almost every member of the original cast of “Mamma Mia!” is back for this sequel, except for one major player. And, boy, is she missed.
...More>>Review: Denzel Washington Plays Judge, Jury and Executioner in ‘The Equalizer 2’
Antoine Fuqua directs this violent, indefensibly entertaining sequel about an avenger who dispenses pulverizing justice one broken bone at a time.
...More>>Review: ‘Blindspotting’ Walks a Tense Line in a Gentrifying Oakland
Written by and starring Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, the film struggles to balance its ambition as an entertainment with its social concerns.
...More>>Anatomy of a Scene | ‘Don’t Worry’
Gus Van Sant narrates this scene from “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot’ featuring Joaquin Phoenix as the disabled cartoonist John Callahan. Here, Callahan operates an electric wheelchair for the first time. Mr. Van Sant discusses how the sequence was shot.
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Lauren Greenfield’s emotionally complicated documentary looks deeper into our obsession with money and status.
...More>>Review: ‘McQueen’ Reveals a Dazzling and Divisive Talent
A documentary from Ian Bonhôte explores the recurring motif of triumph over abuse in the fashion designer’s world.
...More>>The Hard Road of the Japanese Documentary Maker
Kazuo Hara, a leading figure in a little-known branch of the film world, brings his latest boundary-pushing documentary to the Japan Cuts festival.
...More>>Disney Fires ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Director Over Offensive Tweets
James Gunn wrote most of the tweets before 2013. They resurfaced after he criticized President Trump on Twitter and far-right provocateurs searched his social media history.
...More>>Shinobu Hashimoto, Writer of Towering Kurosawa Films, Is Dead at 100
His first film, “Rashomon,” became a touchstone of world cinema. He went on to collaborate on celebrated pictures like “Ikiru” and “Seven Samurai.”
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