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Summer Movie Season Roars Back, From Action-Packed Blockbusters To Biopics

Film studios have lots of enticements to get people back in theaters, now that they're back in business. We look at the art house treasures and would-be blockbusters Hollywood has in store.

Summer Movie Season Roars Back, From Action-Packed Blockbusters To Biopics

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Patti Harrison Takes The Lead In 'Together Together'

Patti Harrison stars in Together Together as Anna, a young single woman who agrees to be a gestational surrogate for a single man in his 40s. Tiffany Roohani/Bleecker Street hide caption

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Patti Harrison Takes The Lead In 'Together Together'

Patti Harrison is known for bringing her absurd, caustic, yet charming comedy to supporting roles on shows like Search Party, Broad City and Shrill. But now she's in a starring role in the romantic comedy Together Together. In it, Harrison plays a young single woman who agrees to be a gestational surrogate for a single man in his 40s, played by Ed Helms. It's Been A Minute host Sam Sanders talks to Patti about what it was like to play a role different from everything she's done before, why Together Together is even billed as a rom-com, and the quandary of representation as a trans woman.

Patti Harrison Takes The Lead In 'Together Together'

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Bakosó: Cuban Grooves Meet Afrobeats

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Bakosó: Cuban Grooves Meet Afrobeats

The documentary film Bakosó: Afrobeats of Cuba captures the development of a new music style in Santiago de Cuba.

Bakosó: Cuban Grooves Meet Afrobeats

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3 Documentaries You Should Watch About The Tulsa Race Massacre

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3 Documentaries You Should Watch About The Tulsa Race Massacre

Monday is the 100th anniversary of one of the worst acts of racial violence in American history. A spate of books and documentaries are marking the moment; we round up three to watch this weekend.

3 Documentaries You Should Watch About The Tulsa Race Massacre

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Movie Review: 'A Quiet Place Part II' Resonates

A Quiet Place Part II, among the first films delayed due to the pandemic back in March of 2020, has finally opened. Was it worth the wait?

Movie Review: 'A Quiet Place Part II' Resonates

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A Kinder 'Cruella'? Film Reimagines The Dalmatian Villain With Spotty Success

Is Cruella de Vil (Emma Stone) meant to come off as misguided, unhinged or genuinely unscrupulous? A new film tries to suggest a complicated mix of all three and winds up feeling mostly confused. Disney hide caption

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A Kinder 'Cruella'? Film Reimagines The Dalmatian Villain With Spotty Success

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Emma Stone gives her all in a tricky role as the puppycidal fashionista of Disney's Dalmatians franchise. Cruella isn't a bad movie, but it fails to make its protagonist bad enough.

A Kinder 'Cruella'? Film Reimagines The Dalmatian Villain With Spotty Success

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In 'Cruella', The De Vil's In The Details

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In 'Cruella', The De Vil's In The Details

One of the biggest, baddest and certainly most stylish of Disney villains is getting an origin story. In the new film Cruella, Emma Stone plays young Estella, an orphan on the streets of London in the 1970s. She's a thief with an eye for fashion, whose life fatefully intertwines with imperious fashion designer the Baroness, played with icy hauteur by Emma Thompson.

In 'Cruella', The De Vil's In The Details

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Amazon Buys MGM's Hollywood Studio. What It Means For Film Industry

E-commerce giant Amazon purchased Hollywood studio MGM for $8.5 billion. Why did Amazon buy MGM, and what does the move portend for the film industry?

Amazon Buys MGM's Hollywood Studio. What It Means For Film Industry

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Obituaries

Samuel E. Wright, Voice Of Sebastian The Crab In 'The Little Mermaid,' Has Died

Samuel E. Wright, the voice of Sebastian the crab, Ariel's sidekick in Disney's The Little Mermaid has died at age 74.

Samuel E. Wright, Voice Of Sebastian The Crab In 'The Little Mermaid,' Has Died

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A Generation Of Germans Give 'Final Account' Of Living Through Nazi Germany

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Sam Pope, an associate producer of the Holocaust documentary FINAL ACCOUNT, and Stephen Smith of the USC Shoah Foundation who helped with the project.

A Generation Of Germans Give 'Final Account' Of Living Through Nazi Germany

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