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‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans’ Review: Naomi Watts Leads Stellar Cast in Ryan Murphy’s Otherwise Spotty Anthology
Diane Lane, Demi Moore, Chloë Sevigny, Calista Flockhart and Molly Ringwald star with Tom Hollander in the new FX season, scripted by Jon Robin Baitz, with Gus Van Sant as lead director.
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‘Genius: MLK/X’ Review: Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Aaron Pierre Play Civil Rights Icons Respectfully Compared and Contrasted
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are the subjects of National Geographic's follow-up to seasons about Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso and Aretha Franklin.
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‘Porcelain War’ Review: Intimate Reflection on Making Art in Wartime Ukraine Is Beautiful but Frustrating
Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev won the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Documentary Competition at Sundance with this look at the difficulty and necessity of producing art in times of conflict.
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‘TV’s Top 5’: A Deep-Dive Conversation About Streaming With Ads
Welcome to the 246th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘Feud: Capote vs. The Swans’ Review: Naomi Watts Leads Stellar Cast in Ryan Murphy’s Otherwise Spotty Anthology
Diane Lane, Demi Moore, Chloë Sevigny, Calista Flockhart and Molly Ringwald star with Tom Hollander in the new FX season, scripted by Jon Robin Baitz, with Gus Van Sant as lead director.
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‘Genius: MLK/X’ Review: Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Aaron Pierre Play Civil Rights Icons Respectfully Compared and Contrasted
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are the subjects of National Geographic's follow-up to seasons about Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso and Aretha Franklin.
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‘Porcelain War’ Review: Intimate Reflection on Making Art in Wartime Ukraine Is Beautiful but Frustrating
Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev won the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Documentary Competition at Sundance with this look at the difficulty and necessity of producing art in times of conflict.
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‘TV’s Top 5’: Is Jon Stewart’s Return Good for ‘The Daily Show’?
Welcome to the 245th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘God Save Texas’ Review: Richard Linklater Leads Powerfully Personal HBO Docuseries About the Lone Star State
Linklater, Alex Stapleton and Iliana Sosa examine the death penalty, the oil industry and strained relations on the El Paso/Juarez border in this potent anthology.
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‘Masters of the Air’ Review: Austin Butler in an Apple TV+ ‘Band of Brothers’ Follow-Up That Frequently Soars, Occasionally Stalls
Butler, Barry Keoghan and Callum Turner lead a vast ensemble in Apple TV+'s World War II epic from the executive producers of 'Band of Brothers' and 'The Pacific.'
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‘Daughters’ Review: A Potent Documentary Nearly Undone by Its Anticlimactic Structure
Directors Angela Patton and Natalie Rae look at a program that reunites girls with their incarcerated fathers for an emotional daddy-daughter dance.
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‘A New Kind of Wilderness’ Review: A Small but Stirring Portrait of a Family in Transition
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen's doc spends time with a Norwegian family after the death of their blogging matriarch, when they leave their life of rural isolation but try to hold on to her ideals.
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‘Union’ Review: A Smart, Compellingly Complicated Documentary About the Amazon Union Struggle
Stephen Maing and Brett Story follow Chris Smalls and the fledgling Amazon Labor Union in the quest to organize workers at Amazon warehouses in Staten Island.
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‘Love Machina’ Review: Provocative but Unfocused Doc Tackles Romance and Robotics
Peter Sillen's documentary follows Martine and Bina Rothblatt in their efforts to transfer Bina's consciousness into a creepy robot.
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‘Ibelin’ Review: An Inspirational but Facile Documentary About Life, Death and Gaming
Benjamin Ree's documentary revolves around parents who learn about their son's rich social life as an avid player of 'World of Warcraft' after he dies of a degenerative neuromuscular disease.
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‘TV’s Top 5’: Breaking Down the Emmys (and Finale Mania)
Welcome to the 244th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘Girls State’ Review: A Worthy, if Not Wholly Satisfying, Companion Doc to ‘Boys State’
Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine follow their 2020 Sundance favorite by spending a week with the young women of Missouri Girls State.
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‘Griselda’ Review: Sofia Vergara Lends Netflix’s Overly Soft Griselda Blanco Series Some Much-Needed Steel
The star and a team of 'Narcos' veterans tell the story of the Miami-based drug kingpin in a new six-parter.
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Critic’s Notebook: Emmys Telecast Overcomes Predictability With Polish, Proficiency and Emotion
Anthony Anderson sang, played the piano, bantered with his mother and wore a rubber suit for a smartly planned and well-produced night of awards honoring 'Successon,' 'Beef' and 'The Bear.'
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