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Canadian doc about trans soul singer Jackie Shane wins Peabody award

Canadian doc about trans soul singer Jackie Shane wins Peabody award

A Canadian documentary about trailblazing transgender soul singer Jackie Shane has won a Peabody Award.
Movie Review: 'Thunderbolts' is Marvel, and Florence Pugh, in high gear

Movie Review: 'Thunderbolts' is Marvel, and Florence Pugh, in high gear

As they so often do in Marvel Land, worlds collide in “Thunderbolts.” But in this refreshingly earthbound iteration of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the collision isn’t a matter of interplanetary strife.
Movie Review: 'Rust' is a serviceable Western, haunted throughout by its tragic offscreen history

Movie Review: 'Rust' is a serviceable Western, haunted throughout by its tragic offscreen history

Surely, bringing an audience to tears with a poignant ending is something every filmmaker dreams of. And yet the moment that inspires a genuine, unambiguous tear in “Rust” is born of a true nightmare. “...
Movie Review: Thriller ‘The Surfer’ brings Nicolas Cage to a boil

Movie Review: Thriller ‘The Surfer’ brings Nicolas Cage to a boil

For a long, sun-addled stretch, Lorcan Finnegan’s beach-set “The Surfer” simmers as a deliciously punishing nightmare, driving Nicolas Cage into his most natural state: a boil.
Martin Scorsese and Pope Francis teamed to produce a documentary called 'Aldeas - A New Story'

Martin Scorsese and Pope Francis teamed to produce a documentary called 'Aldeas - A New Story'

NEW YORK (AP) — Martin Scorsese is a producing a documentary made with Pope Francis that will chronicle the late pontiff's work with cinema in the global educational movement he founded before his death.
Filmmaker Shawn Levy to be inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame

Filmmaker Shawn Levy to be inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame

Shawn Levy's next project may take him to a galaxy far, far way, but he will soon have a star much closer to home.
'#Skoden' doc shows 'kind and gentle' side of unhoused Indigenous man who became a meme

'#Skoden' doc shows 'kind and gentle' side of unhoused Indigenous man who became a meme

Pernell Bad Arm never asked to become a meme. But in the early 2010s, a photo of the First Nations man — clad in a windbreaker with his fists up in a fighter’s stance, his gaze slightly vacant — spread across the internet.
After 'The Idol,' Abel Tesfaye's new movie 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' brought 'joy back into filmmaking'

After 'The Idol,' Abel Tesfaye's new movie 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' brought 'joy back into filmmaking'

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Abel Tesfaye has always known he wanted to pursue a career in cinema. He sees his meteoric rise to fame as one of today’s biggest pop superstars under the moniker The Weeknd as a detour to make that happen.
The Vietnam War produced classic Hollywood films - and hardly any classic female roles

The Vietnam War produced classic Hollywood films - and hardly any classic female roles

“Me love you long time,” a Vietnamese sex worker tells the U.S. troops, swiveling her hips as she hawks her services.
‘Sinners’ bites off a phenomenal 2nd weekend as a 20-year-old Star Wars movie takes 2nd place

‘Sinners’ bites off a phenomenal 2nd weekend as a 20-year-old Star Wars movie takes 2nd place

Horror movies are often one-week wonders at the box office, but Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” is defying the odds and proving to be true event cinema. In its second weekend in theaters, “Sinners” earned $45 million in ticket sales from theaters in the U.
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