Film
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Happy 100th Birthday, 16-Millimeter Film
The format was initially a boon to amateurs. Now, with moviemaking gone digital, it’s the choice of auteurs like Darren Aronofsky and Kelly Reichardt.
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Wherever These Surgeries Went, the Camera Did, Too
In a radical experiment, the filmmakers Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor sought a scalpel-level view of operations in French hospitals.
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Newyork
Michael Lerner, ‘Elf’ and ‘Barton Fink’ Actor, Dies at 81
“I would love people to know that I am a chameleon,” Mr. Lerner, who was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar in 1992, said of his five-decade career as a character actor in movies and television.
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Johnny Depp Film About Louis XV Will Open Cannes Film Festival
The inclusion of “Jeanne du Barry,” directed by Maïwenn, is Depp’s first public embrace by the film industry since he won a bitter defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
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Newyork
Michael Blackwood, Who Captured 20th-Century Artists on Film, Dies at 88
He made cinéma vérité movies — 160 in all — about musicians (Thelonious Monk), architects (Frank Gehry), composers (Philip Glass) and sculptors (Isamu Noguchi).
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A24 Achieves Art-House Supremacy With Triumphant Oscar Night
The independent studio behind “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “The Whale” became the first to sweep the acting awards and win best director and best picture in the same year.
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Watch Scenes From These Eight Best Picture Nominees
Inventive and surprising moments happened in front of and behind the camera this awards season. Here’s a look at memorable sequences in the top contenders.
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Newyork
Ricou Browning, Who Made the Black Lagoon Scary, Dies at 93
He helped bring “Flipper” to the movies and TV but was best known for his plunge in a monster suit in “Creature From the Black Lagoon.”
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Stream These Three Great Documentaries
This month’s Oscar-adjacent picks include films about a couple of volcanologists and a couple of Mars rovers.
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‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Takes Producers Guild Award
The prize is a strong indicator of what will win best picture at the Oscars. The film already won the Directors Guild Award.