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Next Narrative Africa Fund Founder Akunna Cook on Why Hollywood Needs an Africa Strategy
Akunna Cook found her way to the entertainment sector via an unconventional path. A former career Foreign Service officer who…
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Michelle Yeoh Hopes She “Made Difference for Actors Who Look Like Me”
Michelle Yeoh is wincing at the thought of collecting her honorary Golden Bear here in Berlin. “I hope I don’t…
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“I Wanted to Know if I Could Pull It Off”: Sandra Hüller on Playing a Woman Playing a Man in ‘Rose’
The world is about to see a lot more of Sandra Hüller. The acclaimed German actress, Oscar-nominated for Anatomy of…
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Robert Kaplow Breaks Down His ‘Blue Moon’ Script
In Blue Moon, the all-in-one-night biopic directed by Richard Linklater following Ethan Hawke’s winning portrayal of the inimitable lyricist Lorenz…
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Berlin Hidden Gem: How ‘Filipiñana’ Director Rafael Manuel Turned a Golf Course Into a Portrait of Power and Complicity
Rafael Manuel’s Filipiñana opens with a provocation coyly disguised as serenity. The film’s early images — lush fairways, orderly golf course rituals, bodies…
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The 40 Worst Date Movies of All Time
Another clinical dissection of love and romance from Mike Nichols, the general of the gender wars. Four attractive Londoners (two…
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How Spielberg, Coppola and Lucas Rewrote Hollywood’s Rules in 1970s
The 1970s were a golden age of American cinema. Most movie buffs are familiar with an agreed narrative of how…
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How Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet Set the Stage for Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’
More than seven decades before Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet landed eight Academy Award noms, Oscar voters were similarly spellbound by Laurence…
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‘The Ballad of Judas Priest’
It is easy, oh so easy, to mock heavy metal. For 40 years, This Is Spinal Tap, Rob Reiner’s glorious…
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“It’s Up to Us to Tell the Truth”: Warwick Thornton on Exploring Indigenous Trauma With Berlin-Premiering Outback Western ‘Wolfram’
A decade after his outback Western Sweet Country, First Nations director Warwick Thornton returns, with his new film, Wolfram, to…
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