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This month’s roundup of under-the-radar titles on your streaming subscription services features a host of memorable comedies, plus a harrowing documentary about the life of a war correspondent.
Category: Movies
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Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel in a Spooky, Tangled Thriller
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Our film critic Alissa Wilkinson reviews “Mother Mary.”
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To Play a Man With Tourette’s, He Swapped the Script for Real Life
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Robert Aramayo immersed himself in John Davidson’s life to prepare for the movie “I Swear.” It earned Aramayo a BAFTA, but Davidson’s tics became the talking point.
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‘Reefer Madness,’ the P.S.A. That Backfired Spectacularly
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The comically self-serious and outrageous 1936 morality tale, which warned the public about marijuana, became an unintentional parody and midnight-movie classic decades later.
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‘Half Man,’ and 5 More Things to Watch on TV This Week
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This new series, starring, written and directed by Richard Gadd of “Baby Reindeer,” comes to HBO, and Hulu observes 420 with a cavalcade of cannabis series.
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‘All the President’s Men’ at 50: Times Journalists Look Back
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New York Times staff members shared why they regard the 1976 film as one of the best movies about their profession.
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‘The Interview’: Violence Shaped Charlize Theron. It Doesn’t Define Her.
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The Oscar-winning actress on pain, healing and becoming an action hero.
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Luca Guadagnino Wants a Difficult Opera to Break Free of Polemics
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The Italian filmmaker hopes his staging of John Adams’s “The Death of Klinghoffer” will help audiences look past the controversies surrounding the work.