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Liu Haocun as Zhang Lan in Cliff Walkers, a spy thriller from Chinese director Zhang Yimou.

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Double Feature: Refugees In 'Limbo,' And Spies And Subterfuge In 'Cliff Walkers'

4:38pm April 30, 2021

by Bob Mondello

Chinese director Zhang Yimou tells an epic tale of subterfuge and spies in Cliff Walkers. And in the Scottish dramedy Limbo, a young musician is stranded in a starkly beautiful no-man's-land.

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Kate Winslet On The Roles That Scare Her And How 'Titanic' Shaped Her Career

1:43pm April 30, 2021

by Terry Gross

Winslet stars in the new HBO series, Mare of Easttown. She spoke to Fresh Air in 2020 about her breakout turn in Titanic when she was in her 20s. "I was learning on the fly," she says.

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About Endlessness opens with the visual of a couple (Jan-Eje Ferling and Tatiana Delaunay) floating through gray, cloudy skies.

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Bittersweet Film 'About Endlessness' Highlights Life's Humor And Despair

12:27pm April 30, 2021

by Justin Chang

A priest loses his faith. A woman breaks the heel of her shoe. A couple visits their child's grave. Life unfolds as a series of stylized, bone-dry comic sketches in Roy Andersson's sublime new film.

(L-R) Maya Rudolph as "Linda Mitchell", Abbi Jacobson as "Katie Mitchell", Mike Rianda as "Aaron Mitchell", Doug the Pug as "Monchi" and Danny McBride as "Rick Mitchell".

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In 'The Mitchells Vs. The Machines,' A Dysfunctional Family Gets A Hard Reboot

5:00am April 30, 2021

by Glen Weldon

A very funny machine uprising forces an estranged daughter (Abbi Jacobson) and father (Danny McBride) to save the world — and rebuild their relationship.

'Citizen Kane' Has A Rotten Day

5:08pm April 29, 2021

For years, Orson Welles' Citizen Kane has been widely viewed as the greatest film ever made. But now an 80-year-old negative review has resurfaced, bringing its Rotten Tomatoes score down from 100%.

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Collection Showcases 20 Years Of Louis Armstrong's Studio Work

1:20pm April 29, 2021

by Kevin Whitehead

A CD set from Mosaic, full of singles and albums made between '46 and '66, confirms the variety of Armstrong's studio sides — and shows how much work went into making them sound casual.

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Did Last Night's Oscars Work As A TV Show?

6:34pm April 26, 2021

by Eric Deggans

We've talked about the ratings and who won what — but did the Oscars telecast work as good TV? Oscars producers made some unusual choices this year. We break down the good, the bad and the ugly.

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Chloé Zhao accepts the Oscar for best director during Sunday night's ceremony. Her film Nomadland also won best picture.

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7 Takeaways From The Train-Station Oscars

8:38am April 26, 2021

by Linda Holmes

A bungled ending, some charming winners, and making the best of a bad situation — the 2021 Oscars left an impression in a few ways.

Academy Awards Were Handed Out Despite Pandemic Theater Closures

8:17am April 26, 2021

by Mandalit del Barco

The Academy Award made history Sunday night: The first woman of color won an Oscar for best director, and the first Korean won an Oscar for best supporting actress. Nomadland won best picture.

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Daniel Kaluuya, winner of the award for best actor in a supporting role for Judas and the Black Messiah, poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday.

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Oscars 2021: The Complete Winners List

11:18pm April 25, 2021

Find all the 2021 Academy Award winners right here. We'll be updating the list throughout the night. Chloé Zhao has become the first woman of color to win the Oscar for best director.