The New York Times – Film:
This unsparingly grim Netflix western draws from a tradition of works eager to push beyond sanitized frontier myths. Here’s a supplementary guide.
Author: Chris Vognar
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‘The War on Disco’ Explores the Racial Backlash Against the Music
The New York Times – Music:
“The War on Disco,” a new PBS documentary, explores the backlash against the genre and the issues of race, gender and sexuality that informed it.
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Two Documentaries on School Integration Offer New Views of an Old Problem
The New York Times – Film:
Premiering in September, the films take very different looks at what has and hasn’t changed in the almost 70 years since Brown v. Board of Education.
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Cormac McCarthy Movies: Stream These 5 Film Adaptations
The New York Times – Film:
The Coens and Ridley Scott are among the directors who took big swings at the novelist’s work. The distinctive writer left his mark on the big screen.
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Wes Bentley Was at Rock Bottom. Now He Is on ‘Yellowstone.’
The New York Times – Film:
Years of addiction and struggle followed his breakout role in “American Beauty.” He lived to tell the tale, and get a major role on TV’s biggest show.
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Guillermo del Toro Opens His ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’
The New York Times – Film:
For the first season of his horror anthology for Netflix, the filmmaker handpicked eight directors to tell a series of strange and macabre tales.