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Decoding ‘Selma’ and ‘American Sniper’
David Oyelowo and Ava DuVernay. Atsushi Nishijima/Paramount Pictures Obscuring the current Oscar race are trumped-up political controversies regarding Selma and American Sniper, proving that...
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‘Sniper’ Backlash
Kyle Gallner and Bradley Cooper. Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures Selma is under attack for refusing to accept the status quo—that President Lyndon Johnson did all he could to advance a civil rights...
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NY Times to Selma Filmmakers: Wait Your Turn
Director Ava DuVernay. Courtesy Paramount Pictures. Media attention has shifted from Selma to American Sniper, largely because the former movie is struggling at the box office while the latter is...
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Tribeca Docs Fight for Justice
The Fourteenth Tribeca Film Festival ended April 26 after handing out awards for both narrative and documentary films. Winning for Best Documentary Feature was Democrats, a step-by-step account of...
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Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, co-directors of American Factory, talk...
Wong He (left) working with Kenny Taylor (center) and Jarred Gibson (right) in the furnace tempering area of the Fuyao factory in Dayton, Ohio from the film AMERICAN FACTORY The documentary American...
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Irresistible review: Misjudging the moment
Jon Stewart loves to make fun of things, and over the years he’s done a pretty good job at it. People, places, politics, they’re all fair game, and to prove he’s in on the joke, he will often make...
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