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When the Food Is Lovingly Prepared by the Actors (and the Chef)
“The Taste of Things” didn’t use cooking doubles, but a pro offscreen helped guide the stars. Getting the meals right…
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The First New Oscar in More Than 20 Years Goes to Casting Directors
After decades of lobbying from the casting field, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is adding its first…
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Art’s Colonial Legacy: ‘It Would Have Been Better Not to Have Needed Museums.’
OpinionSupported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENTArt’s Colonial Legacy: ‘It Would Have Been Better Not to Have Needed Museums.’ Jan. 9, 2024, 5:00…
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They Can’t All Be Nominated for Best Picture, Can They?
It’s a very competitive year for the top Oscar. With precursor awards like the Golden Globes coming soon, here’s what…
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‘The Color Purple’ Tips Its Hat to Classic Black Musicals
The new movie has so many references to Hollywood gems like “Stormy Weather” and early jazz shorts, it can be…
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World
Ana Ofelia Murguía, Mexican Actress and Voice in Disney’s ‘Coco,’ Dies, 90
Her 60-year career in film, television and theater “marked an entire era” and made her one of Mexico’s most acclaimed…
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Three Great Documentaries to Stream
This month’s selections include Jean-Luc Godard’s look at the Rolling Stones, an interview with a Holocaust survivor and a behind-the-scenes…
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World
Italy’s Raucous Holiday Classics Are Not Your Standard Hallmark Movies
Gleefully vulgar, the genre known as “Cinema Panettone” once dominated Italy over the holidays. Italian revelers recently flocked to the…
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‘The Three Musketeers’ and the Joy of Old-School Blockbusters
With its practical effects and broad-minded approach to story, the French franchise revives the pleasures of earlier movie spectacles, but…
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Business
2023 Box Office Lessons: Audiences Sought Comfort, Skipped Spectacle
Movie audiences flocked to Taylor Swift, “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” but were cooler toward returning superheroes like the Flash, Captain Marvel…