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Dale Dickey takes centre stage at Sundance in 'A Love Song'

Tuesday, 1 February 2022, 15:25 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

Dale Dickey tends to get "those crusty roles," as she heard someone once call them. A familiar, craggy face from films like "Winter's Bone" and "Hell or High Water," Dickey has long been a riveting...

Review: In 'Belle,' a dazzling anime 'Beauty and the Beast'

Friday, 28 January 2022, 11:53 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

Anime master Mamoru Hosoda makes movies that, even at their most elaborate, can reach such staggeringly emotional heights that they seem to break free of anything you're prepared for in an animated...

Review: A solid if by-the-numbers spy thriller in 'The 355'

Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 09:39 Last update: about 4 years ago Associated Press

It's always a little suspect when too much is made of a big action movie being "female-fronted." Unfortunately, Hollywood has decided lately that in course correcting for decades of gender inequity in...

Study finds 2019 was a 'banner year' for female filmmakers

Tuesday, 26 May 2020, 07:37 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Lulu Wang, Lorene Scafaria, Melina Matsoukas and Greta Gerwig led Hollywood to a record year for women in the director's chair. In 2019, women directed more of the most popular movies than any year...

Q&A: Sam Mendes on making '1917' in one long take

Monday, 25 May 2020, 08:15 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

After the juggling act of two Bond films, with their cadre of characters and armory of gadgets, Sam Mendes had something cleaner in mind for his next film.  Two main characters. No backstory....

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