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Hirsute hero Captain America (Chris Evans) is takin' care of bushiness in Avengers: Infinity War.

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Space-Hopping 'Avengers: Infinity War' Raises The Stakes To Infinity — And Beyond

8:51pm April 24, 2018

by Glen Weldon

The Avengers try to keep a space-tyrant from bedazzling his space-glove and performing cosmic genocide. The film doubles down on character interactions both familiar (good) and unfamiliar (less good).

Daniel Giménez Cacho plays an official of the Spanish crown who is stationed at a remote outpost along the Paraguay River in Zama.

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'Zama' Offers A Withering Critique Of Colonialism From Within

12:45pm April 24, 2018

by Justin Chang

Lucrecia Martel's latest film centers on a frustrated Spanish official who is stationed at a remote outpost in South America in 1790. Critic Justin Chang calls Zama "feverishly brilliant."

Amy Schumer stars as a woman who acquires a boost of self-confidence after a bump on the head in I Feel Pretty.

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Beauty And A Bump On The Head In 'I Feel Pretty'

4:23pm April 23, 2018

by Linda Holmes

Amy Schumer stars in the new comedy about a woman whose freak accident fills her with confidence in what she believes to be her magically altered appearance.

Ronan Farrow On #MeToo, Diplomacy, And The 'War On Peace'

3:22pm April 23, 2018

The newly minted Pulitzer winner talks about his latest work.

The RiverRun International Film Festival Celebrates 20th Anniversary

5:00am April 23, 2018

by Eddie Garcia

The RiverRun International Film Festival is in full swing at venues across the Triad.

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The new documentary by William Friedkin (left) centers around footage of an exorcism performed by Rev. Gabriele Amorth (right), who has performed the procedure tens of thousands of times.

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'Exorcist' Director Makes A New Movie About Exorcism (It's A Documentary)

7:42am April 22, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

William Friedkin had never actually witnessed an exorcism. Then he recorded the footage at the center of The Devil And Father Amorth. "I was scared, seriously scared," he says.

The AMC cinema in Riyadh hosted the first film screening in more than three decades on April 18. Movie theaters open to the wider public next month after Saudi Arabia lifted a 35-year ban on cinemas as part of a far-reaching liberalization drive.

As Saudi Arabia's Cinema Ban Ends, Filmmakers Eye New Opportunities

7:00am April 21, 2018

Allowing cinemas is part of a modernization drive by the Saudi government, which hopes to create more business opportunities and become a regional film hub. But it's a tough place to be a filmmaker.

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Amy Schumer Deftly Challenges Beauty Standards In 'I Feel Pretty'

2:20pm April 20, 2018

by David Edelstein

A woman with low self-esteem hits her head and suddenly sees herself as madly attractive. Critic David Edelstein says I Feel Pretty suggests the notion of what's "pretty" should be "elasticized."

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Remembering Milos Forman, Director Of 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'

2:20pm April 20, 2018

by Terry Gross

The Academy Award-winning filmmaker, who died on April 13, spoke to Fresh Air in 1994 about growing up in the former Czechoslovakia, first under the Gestapo, then under communist rule.

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Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Wong (Benedict Wong) in Avengers: Infinity War.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Our Summer Movie Preview

6:00am April 20, 2018

by Linda Holmes

Every year at this time, we make wild predictions about what will make money and what will not. But more importantly, we share the films we're looking forward to the most — big and small.

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