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Why the tired trope of the sexualized female journalist persists in movies such as ‘Richard Jewell’

Hollywood loves female journalists as long as they are sleeping with someone.

‘Parasite,’ ‘The Irishman,’ 'Once Upon a Time’ get a boost in SAG nominations

Scarlett Johansson received two individual nominations, “Parasite” scored a best ensemble nod and both “The Irishman” and “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" solidified their Oscar favorite status in SAG nominations announced Wednesday.

‘63 Up’: a film series that shows life, unforgettably, in seven-year slices

The latest installment finds Bruce, Neil, Jackie, and the rest taking stock of their lives as they near their final working years.

Clint Eastwood’s ‘Richard Jewell’ offers heroes, villains — and smears

The filmmaker's new movie is about a man who himself is slandered and nearly ruined. That man’s crime? Being a hero but failing to look like one.

MOVIE REVIEW
Gospel documentary ‘Say Amen, Somebody’ gets ‘between the marrow and the bones’
George T. Nierenberg’s 1982 film about gospel music features the heavenly Willie Mae Ford Smith and Thomas A. Dorsey.

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HBO’s ‘Finding the Way Home’ shows children betrayed — and rescued
“Finding the Way Home” investigates the worldwide proliferation of exploitative orphanages which take in children — many with disabilities — from needy parents. Such institutions promise to improve the kids’ lives but instead neglect and abuse them.

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Beethoven as inspiration; dogs as art; babies as burdens

“Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements”; “Well Groomed”; “To Kid or Not to Kid”

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A different sort of papal conclave in ‘The Two Popes’

Jonathan Pryce, as the future Pope Francis, and Anthony Hopkins, as Pope Benedict, are very good in this overlong imagining of the two men shortly before Benedict announced his retirement.

Ty Burr talks with Jane Fonda about ‘An Evening with Jane Fonda’

The two-time Oscar winner will discuss her 'Storied Career,' and answer questions from the audience, at the Chevalier Theatre in Medford Square Dec. 11.

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Movie events and special screenings coming soon to Boston

The movie week ahead in and around the city

The first trailer for the new James Bond movie just dropped

The first official trailer for the new James Bond movie, “No Time To Die,” was released Wednesday, with an action-packed 2-and-a-half minutes.

STREAMING REVIEW

Bewitching and masterful, ‘Atlantics’ is unlike any film you’ve ever seen

The Grand Jury Prize-winner at Cannes in May isn’t getting a Boston theatrical release but instead is available on Netflix.

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‘Aeronauts’ reunites Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones — in a balloon, no less

“The Theory of Everything” costars play a scientist (real) and a balloonist (invented) who in 1862 break the world altitude record.

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Agnès Varda: least noticed then, most celebrated now

“Varda by Agnès,” the last completed film by the French New Wave’s lone woman, is a wise, somewhat rambling career summary, delivered as an affectionate lecture on how to simultaneously make movies and live life.