‘It’ Breaks September Records, Supercharging the Box Office
The Stephen King adaptation arrived to $117.2 million in weekend ticket sales in North America, smashing predictions and ending an alarming Hollywood slump.
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CreditWarner Bros. ‘Blade Runner 2049’: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling and the Creators Discuss the Sci-Fi Sequel and Rehash Old Arguments
The “Blade Runner” sequel is coming, and Mr. Ford, Mr. Gosling, Ridley Scott and Denis Villeneuve talk about why they’re reviving it now.
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CreditFilippo Monteforte/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ‘The Shape of Water’ Takes Top Venice Film Festival Prize
This year’s festival was notable for big films that approached issues of social concern from surprising angles.
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CreditBrian Stauffer One Nation Under a Movie Theater? It’s a Myth.
Hollywood wants us to think that its films are for everyone, but our critics say that was never true. Still, they see a way forward.
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CreditMelinda Sue Gordon/20th Century Fox A ‘Battle of the Sexes’ Rages On, More Than 4 Decades Later
Filmmakers thought their recreation of this 1973 media circus of a tennis match would be unfathomable to today’s audiences. They were mistaken.
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CreditDisney/Pixar In ‘Coco,’ Bringing the Land of the Dead Back to Life
A look at the world Pixar Animation Studios created for their latest film.
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CreditBarry Wetcher/Open Road Films It’s Thurgood Marshall to the Rescue in a New Thriller
Reginald Hudlin’s courtroom drama, starring Chadwick Boseman, depicts a Connecticut rape trial early in the future Supreme Court justice’s career.
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CreditLionsgate A Different Brand of Leading Man
The fall movie schedule is filled with films, but few seem to be relying on their men to lead.
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CreditPeter Lindbergh Kate Winslet Relives Two Haunting Film Experiences
The actress talks about working With Woody Allen on the ’50s period piece “Wonder Wheel” and filming at freezing heights for “The Mountain Between Us.”
