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Sundance Film Festival Kicks Off In Park City, Utah

6:33pm January 19, 2017

by Mandalit del Barco

The Sundance Film Festival begins Thursday night in Park City, Utah. Some of the themes that have emerged for this year's festival include climate change, Syria and coming-of-age films.

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'The Founder': Michael Keaton Brings A Ruthless Ray Kroc To Life, With Relish

5:00pm January 19, 2017

by Andrew Lapin

As the businessman who built a network of McDonald's franchises while nastily — and gleefully — disenfranchising his business partners, Keaton exudes a sleazy brio.

A castaway meets his reptilian — adversary? — in The Red Turtle.

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'The Red Turtle': An Animated Fable Of Humanity, Nature And The Nature Of Humanity

5:00pm January 19, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

In this wordless film, a man stranded on a tropical island struggles against the forces of nature to leave — until those same forces provide a reason to stay.

Diesel's Sweeties: Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen and Deepika Padukone in xXx: Return of Xander Cage.

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Running On Diesel Fumes: 'xXx: Return Of Xander Cage'

5:00pm January 19, 2017

by Chris Klimek

A 49-year-old Vin Diesel returns to the hugely unlikely franchise that he and director Rob Cohen launched in 2002. Because sometimes only an "extreme-sports/black-ops squad" can save the world.

Damien Bonnard, India Hair and Raphaël Thiéry in Staying Vertical.

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In 'Staying Vertical,' A Writer Gets Drawn Into The Sexual Life Of A Small Village

5:00pm January 19, 2017

by Ella Taylor

The latest film by writer/director Alain Guiraudie (Stranger by the Lake) is a brutally frank meditation on polymorphous carnality in rural southern France.

Then and now: In his new documentary Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened, director Lonny Price, left, reconnects with fellow cast members — including Ann Morrison and Jim Walton — from the 1981 Broadway flop, Merrily We Roll Along.

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How A 1981 Sondheim Flop Turned Out To Be The 'Best Worst Thing'

5:12pm January 17, 2017

by Bob Mondello

Most musicals that close after 16 performances barely prompt memories, let alone documentaries. But Merrily We Roll Along rolled along so bizarrely, it became the stuff of Broadway legend.

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Actor Aamir Khan plays former wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat, training his on-screen daughters in the art of wrestling, in the film Dangal.

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Female Wrestlers Are Unlikely Heroines Of Bollywood's Biggest Smash

3:47pm January 13, 2017

by Julie McCarthy

Disney and Bollywood teamed up to make the movie 'Dangal,' based on a real-life wrestling success story.

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Remembering Celebrated Indian Actor Om Puri, Star Of 'East Is East'

1:23pm January 13, 2017

Puri, who died last Friday in Mumbai, appeared in more than 300 movies, including the British film, My Son the Fanatic. Originally broadcast in 2000.

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Hilarity And Hostility Converge In The Family Comedy 'Toni Erdmann'

1:23pm January 13, 2017

by David Edelstein

The German film centers on a prankster father who barges into the life of his business consultant daughter. Critic David Edelstein says Toni Erdmann keeps you guessing — in a good way.

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Katherine G Johnson (Taraji P. Henson) as Katherine G. Johnson and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe) in Hidden Figures.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Hidden Figures' And 'One Day At A Time'

7:00am January 13, 2017

by Linda Holmes

This week, the women of NASA and the women of a Netflix reboot both get lots of attention, and we close the show with what's making us happy this week.