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Orlando Bloom faces his daredevil fears and asks, "What is the thing you consider to be your edge?"

In his inspiring new reality series, “Orlando Bloom: To the Edge,” the actor takes risks and tests his limits by training for and participating in...

19.04.2024 5

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A timeline of the most talented Mr. Ripleys

Who doesn’t want to be someone else from time to time? That question is at the heart of author Patricia Highsmith’s most famous character, the...

06.04.2024 10

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"We are in times that require us to listen": Tessa Thompson's lessons from playing a helpline worker

Tessa Thompson gives a lovely, thoughtful and empathetic performance as Beth, the title character in “The Listener,” director Steve Buscemi’s...

29.03.2024 3

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"Indigenous people rarely make it into the headlines": "Limbo" probes an aboriginal cold case

Shot in luminous black and white, the Australian Indigenous mystery “Limbo” takes place in the Outback, in a town called Coober Pedy, a place that...

24.03.2024 10

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The Oscar underdogs that deserve to win (but probably won't)

The Academy Awards “recognize and celebrate all aspects of the arts and sciences of moviemaking through renowned awards for cinematic achievement”...

08.03.2024 7

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"Io Capitano" and migrant reality: "There is a lot of violence, but there is also a lot of humanity"

The powerful drama, “Io Capitano,” which is nominated for the best international film Oscar, traces the arduous journey of two Senegalese...

23.02.2024 5

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"Cuisine is an art": Juliette Binoche and "The Taste of Things" director make magical movie meals

The first 30 minutes of the superb new film, “The Taste of Things,” features Eugenie (Juliette Binoche) sifting, straining, pouring, stirring and...

09.02.2024 2

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"I.S.S." filmmaker on US-Russian space conflict: "I’ve never seen a better argument for a mutiny"

“I.S.S.” is a taut, efficient thriller set on the International Space Station, a U.S.-Russian research facility for medicine, technology and space...

20.01.2024 20

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"A disabled person is not a character trait": Vampire film star Kurt Yaeger talks representation

“Sunrise,” executive produced by actor and disability activist Kurt Yaeger, is an atmospheric thriller about xenophobia and vampires. Yaeger plays...

20.01.2024 10

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"It was grueling": "The Boys in the Boat" director George Clooney and star Callum Turner on rowing

Directed by George Clooney, and based on the book by Daniel James Brown, “The Boys in the Boat” is a sepia-toned feel-good inspirational underdog...

25.12.2023 5

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"They perform pain": "Iron Claw" filmmaker on the contradictory emotional life of wrestlers

Inspired by a true story, “The Iron Claw” recounts the “curse” of the Von Erich brothers — Kevin (Zac Efron), Kerry (Jeremy Allen White),...

23.12.2023 7

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"Musicians hear chemistry": "Immediate Family" director on artist and session player collaborations

Some of the most popular songs — Carole King’s “It’s Too Late,” Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London,” Jackson Browne’s “Running...

15.12.2023 5

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"He took my breath away": Dyan Cannon on loving Cary Grant and making his biopic series "Archie"

Adapted in part from Dyan Cannon’s memoir, “Dear Cary,” and produced by Cannon and her daughter, Jennifer Grant, “Archie” is an absorbing...

14.12.2023 3

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"Saltburn" director on bad behavior, Jacob Elordi's eyebrow piercing and many "types of seduction"

Writer/Director Emerald Fennell’s sophomore feature, “Saltburn” is not unlike her Oscar-winning “Promising Young Woman” in that it features...

23.11.2023 4

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David Fincher cast the wrong "Killer" in the Netflix thriller that lacks the auteur's usual edge

Director David Fincher’s thriller, “The Killer,” is too cool for school. It is trying so hard to be as detached and as efficient as its...

10.11.2023 4

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"Priscilla": Sofia Coppola delivers a sympathetic but ultimately suffocating portrait

The first image in “Priscilla” has the title character (Cailee Spaeny) sinking her feet into deep shag carpet at Graceland. It is a metaphor for...

02.11.2023 3

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"Four Daughters" seeks to understand radicalization by ISIS: "People can go to the side of darkness"

Kaouther Ben Hania’s documentary, “Four Daughters” explores the trauma a Tunisian family experienced after Olfa Hamrouni’s eldest daughters,...

27.10.2023 2

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"Anatomy of a Fall" inverses the formulaic whodunit and shows the "limitations of a courtroom"

“Anatomy of a Fall” is a penetrating study of a successful writer, Sandra Voyter (Sandra Hüller, from “Toni Erdmann”) on trial for her...

27.10.2023 2

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"The Persian Version" director on creating a film that is "playful in terms of sexuality"

Based on a true story . . . sort of, “The Persian Version” is writer/director Maryam Keshavarz’s lively comedy-drama about Leila (Layla...

26.10.2023 2

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"Nyad" star Annette Bening brought "sharp edges" to courageous swimmer and refused body touch-ups

“Nyad” is a triumph of the human spirit film, a crowd-pleasing sports drama about achieving the near impossible. It is no surprise that marathon...

23.10.2023 2

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"The last thing we wanted to do was start a fire!": Peter Facinelli on his wildfire survival film

Peter Facinelli may be best known as an actor from his breakout role in "Can't Hardly Wait" or his vampiric patriarch in the "Twilight" franchise, but...

29.09.2023 4

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"It Lives Inside" director on his psychological monster and "counterintuitive" approach to suspense

Director Bishal Dutta makes an auspicious feature film debut with his effective folk horror shocker, "It Lives Inside." After an eerie prologue, the...

23.09.2023 3

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"I poked the bear": "Invisible Beauty" traces how this activist changed the face of modeling

"Invisible Beauty," codirected by Bethann Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng, is a marvelous profile of Hardison, the model, agent and activist, who...

15.09.2023 4

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