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In ‘Moxie,’ on Netflix, trying to make school cool — or at least less toxic

Directed by Amy Poehler from a young adult novel, the movie’s an empowerment lesson for young women where sometimes all you see is the lesson rather than the story in which it’s embedded.

Eddie Murphy is back, and back up to speed, in ‘Coming 2 America’

After 33 years, the belated sequel to Eddie Murphy’s most congenial hit lands on Amazon Prime largely in possession of the first film’s better qualities.

Yale banners and signs pop up near Harvard Square for George Clooney film ‘The Tender Bar’

There’s no mischief behind the signs that arrived just outside Harvard Square this week, and students from the New Haven, Conn., school are not to blame.

Raise high the roof beam, Joanna

A mild coming-of-age-in-literary-Manhattan story that grows in focus and confidence alongside its main character, a naive young writer at sea in the book world.

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In Focus: This year’s Boston Israeli Film Festival looks at war and peace
The Boston Israeli Film Festival has consistently presented films that both offer insight into that country’s history, politics, people, and culture and illuminate themes and issues that are universal.

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Language lessons, a classic reissued, subversive entertainment
A look at documentaries both recent ("Yiddish") and old ("Shoah" and "F.T.A.").

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Moving beyond the Avengers

Writer-directors Anthony and Joe Russo’s latest movie, ‘Cherry,’ is a serious departure from the Marvel blockbusters they’re famous for.

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Things aren’t necessarily the way they look in ‘Keep an Eye Out’

The latest film from the bonkers French director Quentin Dupieux is a slapstick Kafkaesque comedy of bureaucracy and bloodshed.

Golden Globes 2021: A complete list of winners (and nominees)

Here are the actors, directors, and musicians who took home the golden trophies at the mostly-virtual show Sunday.

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Armie Hammer is in ‘Crisis’ and they can’t hide it

Trailers for the opioid epidemic thriller were already in the can when allegations of abuse surfaced online.

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Some sequels take longer (a lot longer) to arrive than others

"Coming 2 America" comes from a long line of long-in-the-making part twos.

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Imagination rules the ruthless in ‘Night of the Kings’

Philippe Lacôte's prison thriller is an “Arabian Nights” revamp with gang warfare.

Class action, power chords, and a walrus-loving whistleblower

French students film themselves; rock music and rebellion in Armenia; a marine mammal custody fight.

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It’s payback time for the all-American swindler in Netflix’s ‘I Care a Lot’

Rosamund Pike plays a shark who rips off the elderly by becoming their legal guardian.