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'Joker': A Piercing Psychological Portrait Of Batman's Notorious Nemesis

1:38pm October 03, 2019

by Justin Chang

Joaquin Phoenix renders the iconic villain on an intimate, human scale in Joker, a disturbing film about one man's psychological destruction and a city's descent into criminal anarchy.

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From left: Caleb McLaughlin, Kai, Gaten Matarazzo and Suho, photographed in Seoul, South Korea on June 20, 2019. McLaughlin and Matarazzo star in the popular Netflix series Stranger Things; Kai and Suho are members of the K-pop group EXO.

Netflix Loves Music Content – But Also All Other Content

10:03am October 03, 2019

by Sophie Haigney

Netflix seems to release so many music-related projects — but are they just another box to check on the road to eyeball monopolization?

Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck in Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and BRON Creative's Joker.

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Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir Finds The Humanity In 'Joker'

5:05am October 03, 2019

by Tim Greiving

Joker is a psychological character study of a disturbed man who turns violent. To give the comic book villain human depth, composer Hildur Guðnadóttir had to dig deep and empathize with the character.

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Toni Servillo stars as Silvio Berlusconi in Loro, the biopic movie about Italy's former prime minister.

Arts

An Unauthorized Biopic Of Silvio Berlusconi, Already Stranger Than Fiction

2:50pm October 01, 2019

by Bilal Qureshi

Loro, directed by Paolo Sorrentino and starring Toni Servillo, is a movie about the TV tycoon turned Italian prime minister — and the sycophants who helped build his cult of personality.

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Antonio Banderas won the best actor award at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival for his performance in Pedro Almodóvar's new film, Pain and Glory.

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How A Heart Attack Brought Antonio Banderas Closer To 'Pain And Glory'

2:35pm September 30, 2019

by Terry Gross

The Spanish actor says he had always been slow to cry, but things changed after a recent cardiac event. He channels his heightened emotions in a new film, another collaboration with Pedro Almodóvar.

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Afghan filmmaker Hassan Fazili (bottom left) and his wife, filmmaker Fatima Hussaini (top left), with their daughters, Nargis (top right) and Zahra.

A Refugee Family Takes Viewers On A Years-Long Escape In 'Midnight Traveler'

6:09pm September 28, 2019

An Afghan filmmaker and his family shot hundreds of hours of cell phone footage after fleeing the Taliban. Producer Emelie Mahdavian said it was important to let their first-person story stand alone.

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Director Steven Soderbergh Takes A Look At Money Laundering In 'The Laundromat'

10:09pm September 27, 2019

by Bob Mondello

Director Steven Soderbergh looks at money laundering and the Panama Papers scandal as if they were elements in a heist comedy in his new satire, The Laundromat.

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'Damn Yankees' DVD Revival Showcases Fosse And Verdon's 1st Collaboration

1:38pm September 27, 2019

by Lloyd Schwartz

Choreographer Bob Fosse and dancer Gwen Verdon light things up in this recently reissued movie version of the musical Damn Yankees. It was the only time the pair danced together on the big screen.

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Though her physical transformation in Judy is hardly definitive, Renée Zellweger manages to capture something more elusive: Garland's emotional truth.

Renée Zellweger Dazzles In A Go-For-Broke Portrayal Of Judy Garland

12:12pm September 27, 2019

by Justin Chang

Though her physical transformation is hardly definitive, the actress's profound empathy for her subject elevates Judy from a standard celebrity biopic to an unusually fascinating film.

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Renée Zellweger plays Judy Garland in the new biopic Judy, which is set in 1969.

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Renée Zellweger On Playing Judy Garland: 'A Different Kind Of Triumph'

6:11pm September 26, 2019

by Ari Shapiro

The actress plays the title role in the new biopic Judy, which chronicles the iconic entertainer months before her death in 1969.

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