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Thirty-one years after taking center stage in D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus’ “The War Room,” crafty, straight-talking Democratic political strategist James Carville is the star of another documentary, Matt Tyrnauer’s “Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid” The movie, which was acquired by CNN Films shortly before its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, will open […]

No one films the ocean as a proxy for emotional extremes like Alfonso Cuarón. In films like “Children of Men,” “Gravity” and “Roma,” the Mexican director — often in conjunction with Oscar-winning cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki — makes roiling waves a metaphor for everything from rebirth to safety to cathartic rebirth. In this respect, the new Apple TV+ […]

Acclaimed director Deepa Mehta, known for films like “Funny Boy,” “Fire,” “Water” and “Earth,” has boarded Iram Parveen Bilal‘s Pakistan-set “Wakhri” as a presenting executive producer. “Wakhri” is set to open the 19th edition of Tasveer Film Festival on Oct. 17 in Seattle. The film tells the story of a widowed school teacher who becomes […]

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In “Joker: Folie à Deux,” there is a scene where Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck is awaiting sentencing. He’s just fired his defense attorney and he’s decided he’s going to represent himself. His lover Harleen “Lee” Quinzel (Lady Gaga) comes to visit him in his jail cell, giving him a kiss as the guard yells “No […]