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• 50 Years Ago, ‘Jaws’ Hit Bookstores, Capturing the Angst of a Generation

  12-07-2024 17:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The novel became the beach read of the summer, with the shark at its center embodying the unease of an era of political and social upheaval.
  
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• Susan Backlinie, First Shark Attack Victim in ‘Jaws,’ Dies at 77

  13-05-2024 00:26 via nytimes.com
  
  Ms. Backlinie, a stunt woman, appeared in the terrifying opening scene of the 1975 blockbuster in which a great white shark attacks.
  
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• Star Directors Buy Historic Village Theater in Los Angeles

  22-02-2024 00:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Concerned about the future of moviegoing in the filmmaking capital, Jason Reitman and a group of distinguished directors purchased the historic Village Theater in Westwood.
  
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• With ‘Masters of the Air,’ a 10-Year Dream Lifts Off

  01-02-2024 19:40 via nytimes.com
  The Apple TV+ series from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks is an heir to their World War II epic “Band of Brothers,” set this time among a group of bomber pilots.
  
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• “Munich” Came Out 18 Years Ago but Is the Best Movie About Israel Right Now

  23-12-2023 13:00 via nytimes.com
  Steven Spielberg’s “Munich” was considered by many to be a flop in 2005. But its examination of the moral toll of vengeance couldn’t feel more relevant.
  
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• First Look: ‘The Color Purple’ Movie Musical

  05-09-2023 11:01 via nytimes.com
  
  The director Blitz Bazawule added magical realist elements to his adaptation. But convincing Fantasia Barrino to return after Broadway took some work.
  
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• With Indiana Jones’s Return, Looking Back at the Opening Scene of ‘Raiders’

  03-07-2023 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A shot-by-shot breakdown of the “Raiders of the Lost Ark” sequence that became a defining one in adventure movies.
  
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• ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ Review: Turning Back the Clock

  28-06-2023 21:15 via nytimes.com
  
  The gruff appeal of Harrison Ford, both de-aged and properly weathered, is the main draw in this generally silly entry in the long-running franchise.
  
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• Save Turner Classic Movies

  24-06-2023 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Movies from the past shape our present.
  
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• Plot Twist at Turner Classic Movies Upsets Film Fans

  22-06-2023 18:53 via nytimes.com
  
  The network’s owner, Warner Bros. Discovery, promised there would be little to no change for viewers despite budget cuts behind the scenes.
  
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• Spielberg, Who Regrets Cutting ‘E.T.’ Guns, Says Don’t Revise Old Works

  26-04-2023 23:27 via nytimes.com
  
  “No film should be revised based on the lenses we now are either voluntarily or being forced to peer through,” Steven Spielberg said.
  
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• Bill Butler, Cinematographer Best Known for ‘Jaws,’ Dies at 101

  08-04-2023 19:30 via nytimes.com
  
  He came up with a mechanism that allowed Steven Spielberg to film underwater. His work on “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” earned him an Oscar nomination.
  
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• Fear of an A.I. Pundit

  31-03-2023 19:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Could machine intelligence become prophetic?
  
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• A Stage Adaptation of ‘Smash’ Is Setting Its Sights on Broadway

  22-03-2023 14:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Producers including Steven Spielberg have been exploring several possible incarnations of the decade-old TV series. Now they have a plan.
  
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• Our Favorite Photos From the Oscars Red* Carpet

  13-03-2023 05:45 via nytimes.com
  
  *Yeah, yeah, champagne.
  
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• Film Artists Reflect on the Movies that Left a Mark

  23-02-2023 15:03 via nytimes.com
  
  For a retrospective series at the Berlin International Film Festival, directors and actors selected formative coming-of-age movies. Their choices show links between the cinematic past and present.
  
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• What ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ Owes to Samurai and Sergio Leone

  22-02-2023 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The DreamWorks sequel has garnered praise for its vibrant animation, darker story and fight sequences inspired by classic films.
  
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• 2023 Oscar Snubs and Surprises: Viola Davis, ‘Avatar’ Sequel and More

  24-01-2023 20:22 via nytimes.com
  
  It’s a record-setting year for performers of Asian descent. In the actress race, there’s room for Andrea Riseborough but not Viola Davis or Danielle Deadwyler.
  
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• Oscar Nominations 2023: The Biggest Snubs and Surprises

  24-01-2023 17:06 via nytimes.com
  
  It’s a record-setting year for performers of Asian descent. In the actress race, there’s room for Andrea Riseborough but not Viola Davis or Danielle Deadwyler.
  
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• Premios Oscar: lo que hay que saber sobre los posibles nominados

  23-01-2023 14:23 via nytimes.com
  
  Es un año inusualmente fluido para los Premios de la Academia, pero nuestro experto tiene la información para predecir lo que podrá pasar en los máximos premios del cine de EE. UU. Aquí están sus pronósticos.
  
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• Our Predictions for the Oscar Nominees in Six top Categories

  18-01-2023 20:46 via nytimes.com
  
  It’s an unusually wide open year for the Academy Awards. But our expert has a good idea about what will make the cut. Here are his projections.
  
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• Steven Spielberg Gets a Record 13th Directors Guild Award Nomination

  11-01-2023 19:33 via nytimes.com
  The all-male list omitted major contenders this season like James Cameron, Baz Luhrmann, Sarah Polley and Gina Prince-Bythewood.
  
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• The Golden Globes Are Back. Will the Celebrities Be?

  10-01-2023 16:47 via nytimes.com
  At a film gala organized by the National Board of Review, filmmakers discussed the embattled awards show.
  
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• How Will History Remember Jan. 6?

  19-12-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  History is not just what happened. It is the meaning we make out of what happened and the story we tell with that meaning.
  
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• Contemplating a Canon of Jewish American Films

  16-12-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Two new films remind us that the experiences of U.S. Jews don’t often get the Hollywood treatment. When they do, depictions range from shticky to subtle.
  
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• ‘The Fabelmans’ Is Judd Hirsch’s Latest Great Story

  11-12-2022 16:00 via nytimes.com
  The veteran actor has been singled out for his rousing performance in Steven Spielberg’s drama. It’s the latest chapter in a long career full of anecdotes.
  
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• When Jewish Artists Wrestle With Antisemitism

  09-12-2022 16:32 via nytimes.com
  In this unsettling moment, comedians, filmmakers, playwrights and others have been struggling against a long-ingrained American response to look away.
  
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• Highbrow Films Aimed at Winning Oscars Are Losing Audiences

  09-12-2022 09:00 via nytimes.com
  The kind of critically praised dramas that often dominate the awards season are falling flat at the box office, failing to justify the money it takes to make them.
  
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• ‘The Fabelmans’: What’s Real and What’s Fictional

  23-11-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Here’s a guide to how the events of Steven Spielberg’s new semi-autobiographical film compare with what really happened.
  
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• ‘The Fabelmans’ Review: Steven Spielberg Phones Home

  10-11-2022 22:59 via nytimes.com
  The director’s latest movie focuses on a budding filmmaker a lot like himself. But Michelle Williams, as his mother, is the soul of this fractious family drama.
  
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• ‘The Fabelmans’ Review: Spielberg’s Own Sentimental Education

  10-11-2022 15:47 via nytimes.com
  The director’s latest movie focuses on a budding filmmaker a lot like himself. But Michelle Williams, as his mother, is the soul of this fractious family drama.
  
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• Steven Spielberg Gets Personal in ‘The Fabelmans’

  09-11-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  In making his autobiographical film “The Fabelmans,” he confronted some painful family secrets, as well as what it means to be Jewish in America today.
  
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• How Michelle Williams Learned to Act from a Happier Place

  18-10-2022 20:32 via nytimes.com
  No actor working today has evoked the tragedy and pathos of the leading lady — and brought those qualities to her art — as deeply as Williams. Now she’s figuring out how to fuel that same creativity from a very different place.
  
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• Michelle Williams

  13-10-2022 11:33 via nytimes.com
  No actor working today has evoked the tragedy and pathos of the leading lady — and brought those qualities to her art — as deeply as Williams. Now she’s figuring out how to fuel that same creativity from a very different place.
  
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• In Toronto, Films by Women About Women, but That’s Where the Similarities End

  16-09-2022 20:48 via nytimes.com
  The Toronto International Film Festival returns to business mostly as usual with throngs of excited attendees and some of the year’s most anticipated new movies.
  
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• The Eight Film Festival Movies That Got the Biggest Awards Boost

  15-09-2022 22:32 via nytimes.com
  “Women Talking,” women fighting, a pair of Brendans and more: After Toronto, Venice and Telluride, here are the titles and performances in the conversation.
  
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• In ‘The Fabelmans,’ Steven Spielberg Himself Is the Star

  11-09-2022 19:13 via nytimes.com
  But it’s Michelle Williams who burns brightest in this film based on Spielberg’s childhood, which just premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.
  
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• How Five Sci-Fi Movies From 1982 Shaped Our Present

  04-08-2022 18:32 via nytimes.com
  
  “Blade Runner,” “E.T.,” “Tron,” “The Wrath of Khan” and “The Thing” all arrived that one season 40 years ago to become indelible and influential.
  
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• Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present

  04-08-2022 14:43 via nytimes.com
  
  “Blade Runner,” “E.T.,” “Tron,” “The Wrath of Khan” and “The Thing” all arrived that one season 40 years ago to become indelible and influential.
  
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• Streaming Took Over Hollywood. Will It Take Best Picture, Too?

  26-03-2022 14:10 via nytimes.com
  
  A few years ago, the entertainment industry was arguing over whether movies on streaming services even counted as a film. Now, one is poised to win the Oscars’ top prize.
  
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• Streaming Has Won the Hollywood Debate. Is Best Picture Next?

  26-03-2022 10:00 via nytimes.com
  
  A few years ago, the entertainment industry was arguing over whether movies on streaming services even counted as a film. Now, one is poised to win the Oscars’ top prize.
  
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• We Aren’t Just Watching the Decline of the Oscars. We’re Watching the End of the Movies.

  25-03-2022 10:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Why big-screen entertainment is no longer the essential American popular art form.
  
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• Rachel Zegler, ‘West Side Story’ Star, Is Invited to the Oscars After All

  23-03-2022 22:25 via nytimes.com
  
  On Sunday she revealed on Instagram that she had not been invited to the ceremony, prompting an outcry. She has since been added as a presenter.
  
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• Oscars Rewind: The Last Time Jane Campion and Steven Spielberg Went Head-to-Head

  20-03-2022 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The filmmakers are nominated for best director this year, just as they were in 1994. Back then, there wasn’t a clear favorite.
  
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• Directors Guild Nominations Focus on Veterans Like Jane Campion and Steven Spielberg

  27-01-2022 23:11 via nytimes.com
  
  The films of all five contenders are also up for Producers Guild Awards, suggesting that they will make up the top tier of best-picture nominees at the Oscars.
  
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• Why I Still Love ‘West Side Story’

  12-01-2022 00:35 via nytimes.com
  
  Yes, it has flaws. No, remaking it wasn’t a mistake.
  
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• What Is ‘West Side Story’ Without Jerome Robbins? Chatty.

  24-12-2021 15:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Justin Peck takes over choreographic duties in the Steven Spielberg adaptation of the 1957 musical in which words, not bodies, rule the screen.
  
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• Adaptaron ‘West Side Story’. No lo necesitábamos

  17-12-2021 13:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Lo que necesitamos son recursos para que los latinos hagamos nuestras propias historias.
  
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• The ‘West Side Story’ Remake We Didn’t Need

  15-12-2021 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  We need the resources to craft our own stories, not more accurate retellings of narratives that weren’t even meant for us.
  
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• Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ Opens to Tepid Box Office Receipts

  12-12-2021 20:36 via nytimes.com
  
  Musicals often take time to build an audience, but can this remake, with little star power, compete with franchises and spectacles?
  
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