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In ‘White Lotus,’ Beauty and Truth Are All Mixed Up

This season focuses on the willful delusion of the wealthy — and how easily preyed upon people who evade reality…

Arts

Best Movies of 2022

Amid endless agonizing over the State of Cinema, the actual releases proved a bounty for film lovers, whether fans of…

World

Julia Reichert, Documentarian of the Working Class, Dies at 76

She took home, to Ohio, a 2019 Oscar for “American Factory,” and in a long career teaching and making films,…

Arts

Chantal Akerman’s ‘Jeanne Dielman’ Named Greatest Film of All Time in Sight and Sound Poll

The drama is among several by female and Black directors in the respected once-a-decade survey, last conducted in 2012.

Business

Could Theatrical Movies Shut Out Streamers for the Top Oscars?

A year after Apple’s historic best-picture win, the lead categories could be filled entirely by big-screen films. But don’t call…

World

Israeli Filmmaker’s Critique of Popular Bollywood Film Draws Fierce Backlash

The filmmaker, Nadav Lapid, criticized “The Kashmir Files,” a Hindi-language film that depicts a violent chapter in the restive region…

Arts

How ‘Black Panther’ Builds Complex Characters From the Politics of Colonization

What ingredients make a hero or a villain? Despite so many film franchises’ attempts at bringing nuance to the dichotomy…

World

Jean-Marie Straub, Uncompromising Filmmaker, Is Dead at 89

Jean-Marie Straub, a celebrated filmmaker aligned with the French New Wave who sparked critical debate with films he made with…

Arts

Lars von Trier Had the Key to the End of ‘The Kingdom’ All Along

In the first two seasons of Lars von Trier’s haunted-hospital drama “The Kingdom,” hailed since the 1990s as Denmark’s “Twin…

Business

Two Films Hit Theaters, but Netflix Remains Committed to Streaming

“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” the much-anticipated follow-up to the 2019 sleeper hit directed by Rian Johnson, was supposed…

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