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Finding art in the rubble in Oscar-nominated ‘Last Men in Aleppo’
WASHINGTON, D.C.—It’s a totally normal 75-degree day in February when Feras Fayyad, director of Oscar-nominated documentary Last Men in Aleppo, arrives at the Fairfax Hotel on Embassy Row. “It’s just...
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president under investigation for...
John Bailey, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is under investigation for allegations of sexual harassment, according to an exclusive Variety report published Friday. A...
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Scarlett Johansson’s flippant response to critics of her playing a trans man
Dante “Tex” Gill was a crime boss in the 1970s who ran a fleet of illegal massage parlors. His outposts were a front for a prostitution in Pittsburgh’s red light district. He battled the mob and wound...
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New study finds no significant improvement in film inclusion over past decade
The numbers are in. The numbers are abysmal. The most appalling findings are detailed helpfully in all-caps, like a presidential missive about how YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES: “NO PROGRESS FOR FEMALES...
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Harvey Weinstein wants you to believe he wasn’t actually powerful
Harvey Weinstein was powerful. Yes, that’s past-tense. Was powerful. Now he is a sad pariah awaiting his rape trial. But not too long ago, he was among the most important producers in Hollywood — a...
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Elite film festivals have a huge role to play in equality — if they want to
If you are Lady Gaga, and the triumphant sound of your “HAAAAAAA AH AH AH, AHHH!” has been ricocheting around the internet since the trailer for A Star is Born dropped early this summer, and you are...
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Movies that fail the Bechdel Test are leaving box office money on the table
Conventional wisdom, which more and more seems to be a euphemism for “inaccurate beliefs people cling to for no reason,” holds that men don’t want to see movies about women, and that movies about women...
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Trump can’t use Twitter to rob Spike Lee of his moment
Spike Lee had been an Academy Award winner for all of 10 hours before President Donald Trump tried to steal his shine. “Be nice if Spike Lee could read his notes, or better yet not have to use notes at...
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Behind the scenes with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez before anyone knew her name
Before millions of people were following Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Instagram and Twitter, documentary filmmaker Rachel Lears was following her around New York: As she schlepped plastic buckets of ice...
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Georgia senator shrugs at his state losing film business over abortion law
After Georgia’s governor signed an unconstitutional law last week that would ban nearly all abortions in his state, an array of film companies and actors have vowed to boycott. But Sen. David Perdue...
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