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      Critic’s Notebook

      The Sundance Film Festival Comes Through (Again!)

      With “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” “Clemency” and more, this year’s festival had plenty of good and even great movies if not a consensus favorite.

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    When American Filmmakers Try to Cross the Border

    As in “Miss Bala,” Hollywood envisions the Mexican-American divide filled with violence, but you can find big-screen visions of the territory’s vitality.

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    ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Offers a Tour of a Lost New York

    The film, directed by Barry Jenkins and nominated for three Academy Awards, was adapted from the 1974 James Baldwin novel and shot largely on the city’s streets.

    By John L. Dorman

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    Dick Miller, 90, Dies; Character Actor and Roger Corman Mainstay

    He appeared in dozens of low-budget films for Mr. Corman and later in “The Terminator,” “Gremlins” and other movies directed by Corman acolytes.

    By Daniel E. Slotnik

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    Review: A Lesbian Romantic Comedy, Sort of, by Way of Bollywood

    The romance is pushed to the edges of “Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga” so lessons of tolerance can take center stage.

    By Rachel Saltz

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    Oscars Rewind: When a Woman Won for Playing a Male Character

    Linda Hunt made history in 1984 as the first actress to play a cisgender character of the opposite sex in “The Year of Living Dangerously.”

    By Bruce Fretts

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    Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham vs. Idris Elba in ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Trailer

    The ‘Fast & Furious’ spinoff due this summer also stars Vanessa Kirby from “The Crown.”

    By Bruce Fretts

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    The Week in Arts: Soderbergh’s Latest, Sharon Van Etten, Kronos Quartet

    The director’s new film, “High Flying Bird,” stars André Holland as a fast-talking basketball agent who proposes a bold business move to his rookie client.

    By The New York Times

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    Celluloid Antihero: How I Found My Father in the Movies

    At home, my father’s unpredictable fury, sometimes violent, could erupt over a missing TV Guide. But at the movies, he became my star.

    By Jere Hester

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    Jennifer Hudson Will Sing at the Oscars as Academy Relents on 2 Songs

    In an effort to cut the lengthy telecast, the plan was to include only two of the best song nominees. Then came the backlash, and now the academy reversal.

    By Kyle Buchanan

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    Dusan Makavejev, 86. Eyebrow-Raising Serbian Director, Dies

    His films, among them “WR: Mysteries of the Organism,” were full of sex and metaphor. They were celebrated on the festival circuit but also sometimes reviled.

    By Neil Genzlinger

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    4 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend

    Our guide to film series and special screenings.

    By Ben Kenigsberg

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