The culmination of the Avengers franchise proves a remarkably intimate and somber affair, until it concludes with a climactic battle more thrilling than anything superhero cinema has delivered to date.
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The 82-year-old British actor is currently playing Shakespeare's famed tragic figure on Broadway. "Doors have opened for women that were firmly locked many decades ago," she says.
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When she posed in 2017 with a mock-severed head of President Trump, comedian Kathy Griffin's career crumbled. She's out with a film: Kathy Griffin: A Hell of a Story, about life after the controversy.
The New Orleans drummer produces jazz with its own distinct character on his new album. Critic Kevin Whitehead says Perpetual Optimism is marked by Riley's upbeat nature and attention to detail.
ProPublica journalist T. Christian Miller says outdated equipment and a shortage of sailors contributed to two separate collisions involving Navy destroyers in 2017, in which 17 sailors were killed.
Caro began writing biographies in order to better understand political power. Ken Tucker reviews The Mekons' album, Deserted. After 12 seasons on Law & Order: SVU, Meloni plays a hit man on Happy!
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NPR's Danny Nett looked at a page of the report and saw the image of Billy Porter in a black velvet gown. He matched other black-and-white styles with pages of the redacted report. It went viral.
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks to Wanuri Kahiu, director of the film "Rafiki" about Kahiu's style of filmmaking and why the movie was banned in Kenya.
Moms perform heroic tasks every day, but they rarely get portrayed as superheroes. Fast Color tells the story of three generations of black women and the supernatural powers they inherit.
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Chinese writer-director Bi Gan's new film centers on a former casino owner haunted by the memory of a woman from his past. It features a 59-minute sequence, shot in a single take and converted to 3-D.
The Pulitzer Prize Board recently awarded Franklin, who died in 2018, with a special citation for her "indelible contribution" to American music and culture. Originally broadcast in 1999.
Chinese writer-director Bi Gan's new film centers on a former casino owner haunted by the memory of a woman from his past. It features a 59-minute sequence, shot in a single take and converted to 3-D.
David Blight's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography details Douglass' passionate leadership in the abolitionist movement and his gift as a writer and orator. Originally broadcast Dec. 17 2018.
Gina Rodriguez stars in Someone Great, a Netflix comedy that follows three friends trying to have one last adventure before everything changes for good.
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Chiropractor Steve Ruppel told TV station WSAW in Wausau, Wis., that it was the "most insane thing ever." That means something coming from Ruppel, who's broken other records.
In her new film, Moss plays a punk singer struggling with addiction. "The only mistake we could make was not going far enough," she says.
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The film spotlights the Satanic Temple, an organization that stages wry publicity stunts to underscore the separation of church and state. The doc "makes for an electric modern theological debate."
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Two sisters (Lily James, Tessa Thompson) struggle to navigate the opioid crisis in their small town. Nia DaCosta's first film is a "quietly feminist thriller" that's "modest but intensely empathetic."
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There's a lot of flash and less substance in writer/director David Robert Mitchell's tale of a young man (Andrew Garfield) who sees hidden clues everywhere. But that flash is lovingly executed.
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Nelson has had more documentaries featured at Sundance than any other filmmaker. We talk with him about his latest work.
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