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fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
5 days ago

FilmWatch Weekly: A holiday buffet of 'Marty Supreme,' 'The Housemaid,' and 'Song Sung Blue,' plus more * Oregon ArtsWatch

This year's buffet is a well-balanced one, with options for a range of dietary preferences, and a remarkably tasty one, with Oscar bait nestled against elevated versions of more standard fare. That said, it's a remarkably Caucasian quartet of new films, each one a story about white people with problems. If you're looking for differently hued protagonists, your options are blue ( Avatar: Fire and Ash) or yellow ( The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants).
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Director lightened up on Rental Family' and found the perfect star

The industry, born in Japan in the early `990s, now accounts for about 300 businesses in the country. Ideas ping-ponged about and the screenplay underwent various changes, all as a tumultuous period of isolation and upheaval spread out across the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown. Not so ironically, a primary theme in Rental Family is our need to get out there, find authentic connections and form tight-knit communities beyond bloodlines.
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fromPolygon
5 months ago

Lois Lane in the new Superman movie is either a terrible journalist, or playing a dangerous game

Lois Lane's portrayal in James Gunn's Superman raises questions about her skills as a journalist, often appearing unrealistic and superficial, even within a comic book context.
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fromCbsnews
7 months ago

How unfair representation in film led to the creation of a Chinese film studio in Brooklyn

The Great Wall Film Company was established to combat demeaning portrayals of Asian Americans in early Hollywood.
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