Telluride
The Awards Pundits: Feinberg and Keegan on Telluride’s Rocky Mountain Highs and Lows
THR's executive editor (awards) and senior editor (film) discuss 'Conclave' lead Ralph Fiennes, sales title 'September 5,' Netflix's categories dilemma, the controversial 'The Apprentice' and more.
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‘Better Man’ Review: ‘Greatest Showman’ Director Tackles Robbie Williams Biopic, With a Simian Twist and Mixed Results
Michael Gracey's film about the British pop star features a computer-generated monkey in the lead role (yes, you read that right).
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‘Nobu’ Review: A Glowing and Straightforward Portrait of the Japanese Chef and His Empire
In his latest documentary, Matt Tyrnauer chronicles how Nobu Matsuhisa became a global phenomenon.
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Telluride: Hillary Clinton Talks ‘Handmaid’s Tale’-Style Abortion Policy at Doc Premiere
Clinton appeared alongside the 'Zurawski v Texas' filmmakers, the plaintiffs in the landmark Texas abortion case the movie depicts and her daughter, Chelsea, at the first screening of the documentary, which her production company backed.
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‘Saturday Night’ Review: Jason Reitman Chronicles the Lead-Up to the First ‘SNL’ Show in Alternately Fresh and Frustrating Fashion
Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Willem Dafoe, Dylan O'Brien and J.K. Simmons are among the ensemble in this dramatization of the 90 minutes before the big premiere.
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‘The End’ Review: Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon in Joshua Oppenheimer’s Ambitious, Uneven Post-Apocalyptic Musical
The last family on Earth finds their careful facade disrupted by a stranger in this narrative debut from the documentarian, also starring George MacKay and Moses Ingram.
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‘The Piano Lesson’ Review: Danielle Deadwyler Buoys Malcolm Washington’s Dutiful August Wilson Adaptation
Two siblings fight over the fate of a family heirloom in the Netflix film produced by Denzel Washington and costarring John David Washington and Samuel L. Jackson.
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‘Zurawski v Texas’ Review: Galvanizing Hillary Clinton-Produced Doc Surveys the Harsh Reality of a Post-Roe World
Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence are also on board for Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault’s chronicle of four women involved in a high-stakes lawsuit against restrictive abortion laws.
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‘The White House Effect’ Review: Limited but Convincing Doc Captures a Key Moment in the Climate Change Debate
Using only archival footage, directors Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk lay out how George H.W. Bush went from promising to be the environmental president to … not.
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‘Conclave’ Review: Ralph Fiennes Gives a Career-Best Performance in Edward Berger’s Gripping Vatican-Set Drama
Stanley Tucci and John Lithgow co-star in this film about the behind-the-scenes workings of choosing a new pope after the death of the previous pontiff.
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‘Nickel Boys’ Review: RaMell Ross’ Remarkable Colson Whitehead Adaptation Takes Risks That Pay Off
Two Black boys navigate a punishing reform school in the 'Hale County This Morning, This Evening' director's film starring Brandon Wilson, Ethan Herisse and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.
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‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’ Review: An Extraordinary Adaptation Takes a Child’s-Eye View of an African Civil War
Actress Embeth Davidtz makes her directorial debut with a drama based on Alexandra Fuller's 2001 memoir, and anchored by a remarkable star turn from a 7-year-old.
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