Review: An intimate, wordless portrait of a pig in ‘Gunda’

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The barnyard setting of “Gunda” could hardly be more familiar, but in Russian director Victor Kossakovsky's documentary, a pigsty is rendered an almost...

California’s ArcLight and Pacific Theaters to close for good

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Hollywood’s theatrical business may be slowly rebounding but for some exhibitors the last year has been catastrophic. Pacific Theaters, which operates some 300 screens...

The gonzo art of writing for ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’

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NEW YORK — Screenplay writing, usually a fairly solitary, uneventful process, is more of a full-contact sport for a movie like “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.” ...

Documentary chronicles era of Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran

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NEW YORK — The boxing battles among Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and Roberto Duran will be chronicled in an upcoming...

Brothers Ron and Clint Howard have memoir coming in October

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NEW YORK — Filmmaker-actor Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard, brothers, former child stars and fellow Hollywood veterans, will now share their unusual story...

Venice architecture Biennale opens a year later on May 22

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MILAN — A year after being postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Venice Biennale for architecture will open on May 22 for a six-month...

Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt join Oscars starry presenting cast

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The Oscars are aiming to be more like a movie than a television show and enlisting A-list stars like Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Halle...

‘Rocks,’ ‘Nomadland’ lead race for COVID-curbed BAFTA awards

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LONDON — British teen drama “Rocks” and American gig-economy Western “Nomadland” lead the race for the British Academy Film Awards, which are being handed...

Small Icelandic town rallies behind Oscar-nominated song

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The writers behind the Oscar-nominated song “ Husavik (My Hometown) ” knew that they wanted it to be an emotional core to the otherwise...

How an Irish town became home for an animation powerhouse

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NEW YORK — The medieval town of Kilkenny in the southeast of Ireland is an unlikely home for a perennial Oscar contender. But there,...