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Barbara Walters as seen in "Barbara Walters Tell Me Everything" (ABC News Studios)

A new Barbara Walters documentary delves into the sometimes unflattering truth of her life

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Camille Rutherford as Agathe in "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life" (Sony Pictures Classics)

“Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” is a rom-com for book lovers plagued by reality’s disappointments

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Paul Reubens (Dennis Keeley/HBO)

“Pee-wee as Himself” director says working with Paul Reubens was “contentious” and “thrilling”

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Lea Myren in "The Ugly Stepsister" (Lukasz Bak/IFC)

“The Ugly Stepsister” rewrites “Cinderella” as a grotesque and darkly funny feminist fable

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Andy Kaufman as Tony Clifton (Courtesy of Drafthouse Films)

“It’s not the thing, it’s the story about the thing”: Andy Kaufman’s life was one long performance

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Anamaria Vartolomei as Maria Schneider and Matt Dillon as Marlon Brando in "Being Maria" (Courtesy of Kino Lorber )

“There is only one Brando”: Matt Dillon on playing an icon in “Being Maria”

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"Secret Mall Apartment" (Courtesy of Michael Townsend)

A group of 8 artists lived in a mall for 4 years — this documentary uncovers their secret world

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Adrien Brody in "The Brutalist" (Courtesy of A24)

8 underrated performances that prove Adrien Brody’s Oscar-worthy talent

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Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley appear in "Come See Me in the Good Light" (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Brandon Somerhalder)

“Come See Me in the Good Light” captures Andrea Gibson’s poetic fight for life

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Pee-wee as Himself (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

“Pee-wee as Himself” reveals Paul Reubens’ struggle for control—on and off screen

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Marlee Matlin in "Not Alone Anymore" (Courtesy of Actual Films)

Marlee Matlin’s life in her own words: A Deaf trailblazer opens up

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Jharrel Jerome (Anthony Robles) in "Unstoppable" (Ana Carballosa/Prime)

“Unstoppable”: A story of wrestling and adversity that takes disability tropes to the mat

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Jonno Davies as Robbie Williams in "Better Man" (Paramount Pictures)

Robbie Williams’ “Better Man” swaps insight for spectacle—Complete with a CGI monkey

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Every Little Thing (Courtesy of Kino Lorber)

“Every Little Thing” captures the fierce grace of hummingbirds and their heroic healer

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Scoot McNairy as Woody Guthrie in "A Complete Unknown" (Searchlight Pictures)

“A Complete Unknown” actor Scoot McNairy talks playing Woody Guthrie “with no guardrails”

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Nicholas Hoult stars as Thomas Hutter in "Nosferatu" (Focus Features)

“Under the spell of Orlok”: “Nosferatu” director on making vampires scary again post-“Twilight”

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The Substance (Mubi)

The year’s most disturbing nudity in film

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Timothée Chalamet in "A Complete Unknown" (Searchlight Pictures)

“He’s a contrarian”: “A Complete Unknown” unmasks Bob Dylan to reveal the man, not enigmatic icon

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Henry Cavill in “Argylle” (Universal Pictures/Apple Original Films)

The worst performances of 2024

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Taron Egerton in "Carry-On" (Netflix)

“Carry-On,” Taron Egerton: There’ll be peace when you are done (with this TSA “Die Hard” wannabe)

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Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in "Queer" (A24)

How “Queer” writer Justin Kuritzkes told a love story through “the language of addiction”

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The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Neon)

“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” explores the ideology of Iranian family members who “submit to power”

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Ronan Farrow in "Surveilled" (HBO)

“It is a weapon”: Ronan Farrow discusses the spyware in our pockets in “Surveilled”

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Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall for "Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes" (Freestyle Digital Media)

“She guided him in his activism”: Film shows how Lauren Bacall made Humphrey Bogart a Democrat

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