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‘Les Miserables’ Director Ladj Ly on How Little Paris Has Changed Since Victor Hugo’s Time | Video
“A century later people are still miserable there,” Ly says of the Paris suburb where Hugo’s 1862 novel and his new film are both set
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How Oscar Voting Really Works: Critics’ Top 10 Lists Would Produce These 7 Best Picture Nominees
We tabulated more than 200 Top 10 lists as if they were Oscar ballots, and came up with a smaller-than-usual slate of nominees
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‘Uncut Gems’ Stars Adam Sandler and Kevin Garnett on Working With the ‘Deep, Fresh’ Safdie Brothers | Video
“How is it the fact that it’s set in 2012, and Kevin Garnett looks exactly the same?” Sandler says
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‘The Two Popes’ Star Jonathan Pryce on How Even His Son Thinks He’s a Pope Francis Lookalike | Video
“I was never really nervous about playing a living character,” British actor says
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Oscars Shake Up Voting in the Best International Feature Film Category
New rules in what used to be Best Foreign Language Film will allow all members to choose the five nominees, and will permit streaming for the first time ever in the category
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Female Directors Dominate in IDA Documentary Awards Nominations
Six of the 10 Best Feature nominees, and all of the films nominated in the new Best Director category, are directed or co-directed by women
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A ‘Bombshell,’ ‘Parasite’ and Brutality Are Shaking Up the Oscar Race
From the premiere of “Bombshell” to the launch of the international race (can anything beat “Parasite”?) to the return of Elton John, here’s what we learned on the awards circuit this week
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‘Jojo Rabbit’ Film Review: Taika Waititi Insists That Nazis Can Be Funny
The New Zealand director has taken a risky premise and turned in a twisted piece of grandly entertaining provocation
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‘The Biggest Little Farm’ Leads Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards Nominations
“Apollo 11” and “They Shall Not Grow Old” also score multiple nominations from fourth annual Critics Choice Association awards
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‘Apollo 11,’ ‘Amazing Grace’ Make International Documentary Association Awards Short List
The first film from Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, “American Factory,” also makes the cut for the IDA Documentary Awards
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Record 93 Countries Are in the Running for International Oscar This Year
High profile contenders include South Korea’s “Parasite,” Spain’s “Pain and Glory,” France’s “Les Miserables,” Senegal’s “Atlantics,” Romania’s “The Whistlers” and the Czech Republic’s “The Painted Bird”
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International Documentary Association to Give Awards to Freida Lee Mock, Rachel Lears
The IDA also awards prizes to Cinereach and to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
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‘Almost Famous’ Hits the Stage, But How True Is the New Musical to the Movie?
Cameron Crowe’s semiautobiographical rock ‘n’ roll story is a full-fledged musical on its way to Broadway, and we ask — and answer — a few burning questions
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‘Pain and Glory’ Film Review: Antonio Banderas Plays Pedro Almodóvar – Sort Of
Cannes 2019: Almodóvar’s gentle memory piece replaces the youthful provocation of his early films with mature reflection
