Movies

Hugh Jackman, and wig, play Gary Hart in Jason Reitman's The Front Runner.

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'The Front Runner' Stumbles Into Familiar Territory

7:24pm November 08, 2018

by Scott Tobias

The film follows Gary Hart (Hugh Jackman) through his three-week presidential bid that fell victim to monkey business, but what director Jason Reitman brings to it is familiar — even quaint.

Robert the Bruce (Chris Pine) surveys his phalanx in Outlaw King.

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In Netflix's War Epic 'Outlaw King' There's Plenty Of War, But Not Much That's Epic

5:00pm November 08, 2018

by Andrew Lapin

Director David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water) keeps the scale too small and the stakes too low in this retelling of the rebellion of Scotland's Robert the Bruce (Chris Pine).

"Welcome to my pallor, said the spider to the fly": Lisbeth Salander (Claire Foy) goes beyond the pale in The Girl in the Spider's Web.

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'The Girl In The Spider's Web' Struggles To Break Free Of Techno-Thriller Cliches

5:00pm November 08, 2018

by Mark Jenkins

Claire Foy takes over the role of Swedish super-hacker Lisbeth Salander in a reboot that reheats stale ideas from many previous spy/hacker movies.

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Inside This Deceptively Simple Story Lurks A 'Burning' Psychological Thriller

1:25pm November 06, 2018

by Justin Chang

Director Lee Chang-dong's film centers on two young men and the woman who brings them together. Critic Justin Chang calls Burning the most absorbing — and enigmatic — new movie he's seen all year.

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Joel Edgerton stars as the head of a "conversion therapy" program in Boy Erased, which he also directs.

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A 'Hopeful Story' Within Gay Conversion Therapy Drama 'Boy Erased'

9:25am November 06, 2018

by David Greene

Actor and director Joel Edgerton says that his new movie, based on a memoir of attending a religious "conversion" camp, is targeting "as many parents as possible."

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Abstract artist Larry Poons is enjoying a late-career resurgence of interest, decades after his optical dot paintings attracted acclaim in the 1960s. Poons is a key figure in the documentary The Price of Everything.

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New Documentary Paints A Picture Of The Contemporary Art Market Run Amok

5:41pm November 04, 2018

by Michel Martin

HBO's The Price of Everything calls into question the current price explosion and commodification of modern art "that's fascinating, but it's also terrifying," says director Nathaniel Kahn.

Charlene deGuzman plays the lead character Joy in Unlovable, which is loosely based on her own experience with sex and love addiction.

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Behind The Real Sex And Love Addiction In The Musical Film 'Unlovable'

8:13am November 04, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

The new movie stars Charlene deGuzman as a woman finding her way back from rock bottom. It's somewhat comedic, but also based on her own condition and recovery.

Executive producer and author Kevin Kwan on the set of Crazy Rich Asians.

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Not My Job: We Quiz 'Crazy Rich Asians' Writer Kevin Kwan On Crazy Itch Reasons

9:29am November 03, 2018

Kwan was born into a wealthy family in Singapore, and when he moved to the U.S. at age 11, he thought nobody would believe the world he grew up in — so he wrote a novel about it.

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Outsized Music Personalities Featured In 'Bohemian Rhapsody' And 'Maria By Callas'

5:58pm November 02, 2018

by Bob Mondello

In the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, Rami Malek plays Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the rock group Queen. In the documentary Maria by Callas, opera singer Maria Callas speaks for herself through letters and interviews.

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Rami Malek On Being Freddie Mercury

5:42am November 02, 2018

In the new film Bohemian Rhapsody, Rami Malek plays Freddie Mercury, Queen's frontman who shattered convention. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Malek about his role.

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