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East Ender Tony in his taxi in “63 Up.” (Courtesy ITV)

The Ravages And Unexpected Gifts Of Age Unfold In Documentary '63 Up'

A full 56 years since the “Up” docuseries began, the ninth installment arrives in theaters like a reunion with old friends.

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Dec 11, 2019

Caroll Spinney and Kermit Love on the set of a "Sesame Street" production. (Courtesy Debra Spinney)

'Sesame Street' Puppeteer Caroll Spinney Dies At Age 85

The Sesame Workshop says Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on "Sesame Street," died Sunday at the age...

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Dec 8, 2019

Harvard Crimson president Kristine Guillaume and director Greta Gerwig at The Wing in Boston (Courtesy Kayana Szymczak)

Greta Gerwig Wants 'Little Women' To Be Great Or Nothing

Beneath the cozy surface of Greta Gerwig's work lies an abiding frustration and anxiety — about the precariousness of young, (albeit white) womanhood, its stifling economic realities, and its quashed...

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Dec 6, 2019

Ibrahima Traore and Mame Bineta Sane in “Atlantics.” (Courtesy Netflix)

Spellbinding 'Atlantics' Is An Ethnographic Study That Turns Mystic

Set in Senegal, the debut feature from Mati Diop juggles issues of labor exploitation, gentrification and a young woman’s coming of age within a patriarchal religious culture.

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Dec 5, 2019

10 Years After WBCN's Final Broadcast, 'The Rock Of Boston' Is Memorialized In A New Documentary

Former WBCN DJ and newsman Bill Lichenstein, who made the documentary, joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Bob Oakes to talk about the film.

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06:44Dec 4, 2019

The cast of "Knives Out." (Courtesy Claire Folger/Lionsgate)

'Knives Out' Is A Murder Mystery Whodunit That Upends Expectations

Inspired by Agatha Christie, writer-director Rian Johnson’s murder mystery playfully upends audience expectations and fools even a few of us who fancy ourselves experts on the genre.

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Nov 26, 2019

Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in Noah Baumbach's "Marriage Story." (Courtesy Wilson Webb/Netflix)

'Marriage Story' Chronicles A 21st-Century Uncoupling

The grueling drain of divorce -- both psychological and financial -- forms the spine of the writer-director’s ironically titled chronicle, starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson.

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Nov 21, 2019

Tom Hanks stars as Mister Rogers in "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood." (Courtesy Lacey Terrell/Sony Pictures)

It Really Isn't 'A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood' For Mister Rogers

Audiences expecting a Fred Rogers biopic starring Tom Hanks will instead find themselves stuck watching the story of a fictional, emotionally repressed magazine reporter making peace with his estranged, terminally...

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Nov 20, 2019

Adam Driver as Daniel Jones in "The Report." (Courtesy Atsushi Nishijima/Amazon Studios)

Docudrama 'The Report' Details The Investigation Into The CIA's Post 9/11 Detention And Interrogation Program

Scott Z. Burns’ feature directorial debut stars Adam Driver as Dan Jones, the Senate staffer who spent five years assembling a definitive record of chronic human rights abuses that yielded...

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Nov 15, 2019

The students working on "Under Pressure." (Courtesy Four Rivers Charter Public School)

High School Seniors Put Out 1st Documentary On Merrimack Valley Gas Explosions

“Under Pressure” focuses on the Columbia Gas pipeline explosions that rocked the Merrimack Valley in September 2018.

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Nov 14, 2019

A still from Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman.” (Courtesy Niko Tavernise/Netflix)

Martin Scorsese's 'The Irishman' Is A Gangster Movie To End All Gangster Movies

Reuniting Scorsese with longtime collaborators Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci for the first time since 1995, the film spans five decades and follows the ascension of a low-level street...

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Nov 13, 2019

Kyliegh Curran in the role of Abra Stone in "Doctor Sleep" (Courtesy Jessica Miglio/Warner Bros.)

'Doctor Sleep': A Drab 'The Shining' Sequel Nobody Needed

In adapting “Doctor Sleep” and attempting to reconcile Kubrick and King, writer-director Flanagan is stuck trying to serve two masters with diametrically opposed takes on the material and ends up...

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Nov 8, 2019

A scene from "Muna." (Courtesy Eitan Riklis)

Here Are 2 Reasons To Indulge On Israeli TV At The Boston Jewish Film Fest

For the second year in a row, BJFF will host 308-minutes of a “TLV TV Binge” including two shows: "Autonomies" (in entirety) and "Muna" (the first three episodes).

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Nov 6, 2019

Ben Burtt and Richard Anderson record the sounds they used for Chewbacca. (Courtesy Matson Films)

This Documentary Takes A Closer Listen To The Iconic Sounds In Our Favorite Movies

Midge Costin’s “Making Waves” offers an entertaining overview of how technological advances in sound impacted movie history, from Al Jolson telling stunned 1927 audiences “You ain’t heard nothin’ yet,” to...

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Oct 31, 2019

A still from writer-director Noah Baumbach's "Marriage Story." (Courtesy Netflix)

9 Films That Prime For Awards Season At IFFBoston Fall Focus

The nine-film, weekend-long binge at the Brattle Theatre offers a characteristically diverse array of upcoming titles, while often outdoing itself as an awards season primer.

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Oct 28, 2019

A still from "Dolemite Is My Name." (Courtesy François Duhamel)

Eddie Murphy Returns To Form In 'Dolemite Is My Name,' A Raucous Biopic Of Comedian Rudy Ray Moore

Headlined by Eddie Murphy’s warmest, most endearing performance since before email was invented, it’s a bawdy, big-hearted romp best experienced amid the roars of a cackling crowd, says critic Sean...

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Oct 24, 2019

Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson in Robert Eggers' "The Lighthouse." (Courtesy A24)

'The Lighthouse' Is A Hallucinatory Horror Movie About Having A Roommate

Beneath all the mythological bluster, Robert Eggers’ movie is really about two guys -- Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe -- living too close together and driving each other slowly, spectacularly...

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Oct 23, 2019

The Kim family (Woo-sik Choi, Kang-ho Song, Hye-jin Jang, So-dam Park) in Bong Joon Ho’s "Parasite." (Courtesy NEON/CJ Entertainment)

Bong Joon Ho's Thriller 'Parasite' Rails Against Systemic Inequality Between Rich And Poor

This sly, Hitchcockian thriller seethes at a social structure that’s rigged to favor the rich and pit the poor against one another, fighting for scraps.

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Oct 18, 2019

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In 'Pain And Glory,' Pedro Almodóvar Tells A Tale Of An Aging Filmmaker Who Has Run Out Of Stories

Starring Antonio Banderas, the film tells the tale of an aging, ailing filmmaker who’s run out of stories to tell -- Almodóvar’s trek into semi-autobiographical territory.

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Oct 16, 2019

Gary Oldman, left, and Antonio Banderas in Steven Soderbergh’s "The Laundromat." (Courtesy Claudette Barius/Netflix)

Steven Soderbergh's 'The Laundromat' Walks Us Through The Panama Papers Scandal

Starring Gary Oldman, Antonio Banderas and Meryl Streep, the film is a typical Soderbergh picture in that it’s a sardonically amusing story of economic malfeasance fixated on procedure, but it’s...

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Oct 10, 2019