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'Café Society,' directed by Woody Allen
Too much foam, not enough java
In Woody Allen's 'Café Society,' love looks the same whether you're climbing up or down the social ladder.
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'Les Innocentes' ('The Innocents'), directed by Anne Fontaine
Ungodly acts in a wartime convent
In 'Les Innocentes' ('The Innocents'), director Anne Fontaine draws from the story of Madeleine Pauliac, a WWII-era doctor called to assist a convent filled with pregnant, traumatized nuns.
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BSR's #GetWoke racial justice/law enforcement film starter pack
Seven films to watch and discuss when the news isn't enuf
Our film critic Trish McFadden lists her top seven films for furthering discussion around racial justice and law enforcement. How many have you seen?
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Taika Waititi's 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople'
Little boy lost and found
New Zealand director Taika Waititi’s new comedy/adventure pairs a foster child with an interesting family. It’s also, to use a word the film coins, a "majestical" summer treat.
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'De Palma,' a documentary by Jake Paltrow and Noah Baumbach
This time, the camera is on him
Noah Baumbach and Jake Paltrow's new documentary features director Brian De Palma discussing his life and career — including his Philadelphia childhood.
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'The Lobster,' by writer-director Yorgos Lanthimos
Love in the time of The Lobster
'The Lobster's' central question sounds hypothetical: If you were turned into an animal because you couldn't find love, what animal would you be? In Yorgos Lanthimos' film, the answer can change your life.
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Luca Guadagnino's 'A Bigger Splash'
Making waves from France to Sicily
An Italian remake of Jacques Deray's 1969 'La Piscine,' Luca Guadagnino's 'A Bigger Splash' brings star power, heat, intrigue, and lust to a Sicilian island.
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Remembering Julius LaRosa
More than the guy who was fired on air
Bruce Klauber recalls the life of Julius LaRosa. More than the guy who was fired on air by Arthur Godfrey, more than a second-string Sinatra, "he was a good singer and a good man."
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Ciro Guerra's film 'Embrace of the Serpent'
Colonized and colonizers meet in the pre-WWII Amazon
In Colombian filmmaker Ciro Guerra's third film, colonized and colonizers meet in the pre-WWII Amazon. An indigenous tribe battles for its survival.
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Ken Burns examines ‘Jackie Robinson’
Let my people play ball
When Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball in 1947, he confronted mindless bigotry, especially in Philadelphia. But some white Philadelphian rejoiced, as I can personally attest.
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