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Films At Sundance Reflect Vast Cultural Shifts Across The World

4:19pm January 19, 2018

by Mandalit del Barco

The Sundance Film Festival is underway in Park City, Utah, the first since the Harvey Weinstein story broke. This year's slate of films reflect vast cultural shifts across the country and the world.

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Documentary Offers A Devastating Look At The Obama Administration's 'Final Year'

1:31pm January 19, 2018

by David Edelstein

Greg Barker's new film follows Obama's foreign policy team as they set about negotiating an arms deal in Iran, a climate accord in Paris and a response to refugee crises in Syria and parts of Africa.

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Greg Barker's The Final Year finds former President Barack Obama grappling with foreign policy decisions. Figures from left: Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power, Secretary of State John Kerry, and Presid

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Documentary 'The Final Year' Offers Behind-The-Scenes Look At Obama's Foreign Policy

5:32pm January 18, 2018

by Mark Jenkins

Greg Barker's film favors candid emotional moments over a meaningful examination of how key policy initiatives were shaped in the closing months of the Obama presidency.

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'Den Of Thieves' Offers An Epic Cops And Robbers Tale, Re-'Heat'ed

5:30pm January 18, 2018

by Chris Klimek

Christian Gudegast's film about a bank heist in L.A. borrows so freely from Michael Mann's 1995 film Heat it never quite recovers from the deep cinematic debt.

Country, Wronged: Music star Liam Page (Alex Roe) returns to his hometown, and his ex Josie (Jessica Rothe), whom he left to pursue his career.

'Forever My Girl': A Familiar Tune, Played (Too) Simply

5:00pm January 18, 2018

by Ella Taylor

A Southern town, a heapin' helpin' of heartbreak, a shot at redemption and an adorable tyke: Writer-director Bethany Ashton Wolf's romantic drama never complicates or deepens its rote story.

U.S. troops, in tan uniforms, look over maps with Afghan rebel commander Rashid Dostum (center) in October 2001. A dozen U.S. soldiers teamed up with Dostum's force to defeat the Taliban in northern Afghanistan.

'12 Strong': When The Afghan War Looked Like A Quick, Stirring Victory

4:53pm January 18, 2018

by Greg Myre

Many Americans may be weary of the war in Afghanistan. But a new movie is betting big on the true story of Green Berets on horseback who made the early days of the fight look deceptively easy.

Splendid in the Grass: A young girl (voiced by Ruby Barnhill) pines for adventure in Mary and the Witch's Flower.

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With 'Mary And The Witch's Flower,' A Studio Ghibli Offshoot Blooms

4:38pm January 18, 2018

by Andrew Lapin

Director Hiromasa Yonebayashi, a Ghibli veteran, has made an animated film that owes a great deal to his influences yet displays skill and imagination all its own.

Hugh Wilson arrives at a WKRP In Cincinnati Reunion at The Paley Center for Media on June 4, 2014 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Wilson, who created the sitcom, has died at 74.

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Director Hugh Wilson, Creator Of 'WKRP In Cincinnati,' Dies At 74

9:09am January 18, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

Wilson also worked in movies, directing the first Police Academy as well as Guarding Tess and The First Wives Club. Wilson had been battling lung cancer and emphysema.

Wes Studi, pictured here in 2014, says he got into acting through community theater.

Arts

Wes Studi On His Cherokee Nation Childhood And How He Discovered Acting

7:29am January 18, 2018

by Steve Inskeep

Studi says he was a Vietnam veteran looking for a rush when he got into community theater and "rediscovered that huge wall of fear." He plays a Cheyenne chief in the new film Hostiles.

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Catherine Deneuve Apologizes To Sex Assault Victims After Controversial Letter

4:26pm January 15, 2018

by Amy Held

After the letter she signed sparked a backlash, the French actress said she needs to provide "clarification," and denounced the "conservatives, racists and traditionalists" who have supported her.