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Report from the Sundance Film Festival: from Taylor Swift to a ‘dying’ dad

A look at this year’s documentary slate.

Some ‘Gentlemen’ are more gentlemanly than others

Director Guy Ritchie returns to London gang turf, this time with Matthew McConaughey and a cast eager to get in on the action.

Hiding in plain, and not-so-plain, sight: Gene Hackman turns 90

He’s the oldest of the Silver Age anti-stars who helped remake Hollywood in the ‘70s.

In Focus: Assessing the Oscar feature documentary finalists

They all examine urgent issues — workers’ rights, corporate power, the erosion of democracy, and environmental disaster — not to be found in the films nominated for best picture.

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Disney says goodbye to Fox (no, not that one)
Hello, 911? I’d like to report a murder. The victim, aged 105, was the Fox Film Corporation a.k.a. 20th Century Fox — or, as it has been known for decades, simply “Fox.” The killer, the Walt Disney Company, is still at large. Very large.

SCENE HERE | LOCAL FILMS, FESTIVALS, AND FACES
Films from Japan at the MFA, Holocaust rescuer, dark doings on the North Shore
Japan is the focus of two upcoming film events.

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DOC TALK

Autumn of the oligarch

Without Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his fellow oligarchs, Vladimir Putin might not have risen to power. Khodorkovsky finally turned on Putin, but he paid a heavy price.

Photos: Stars arrive at the SAG Awards in Los Angeles

Movie and TV stars were arriving on the red carpet of the Screen Actors Guild’s annual awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

DOC TALK

30 great documentaries to stream right now

A highly selective list of titles to watch at home.

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Movies to stream while you’re stuck inside this winter

Here are some movies well worth streaming that you likely missed when in theaters.

Movie openings and events coming soon to Boston

The film week ahead in and around Boston.

MOVIES

In ‘Clemency,’ facing what it is to put a man to death

A remarkable drama from writer-director Chinonye Chukwu, about a prison warden losing her bearings after an execution by lethal injection gets botched.

MOVIES

Robert Downey Jr., in ‘Dolittle,’ talks the talk animal-wise, without walking the walk movie-wise

A clattery, splattery mess of a family movie, suitable for the youngest audiences only.

MOVIE REVIEW

In ‘Les Misérables’: trapped on the outskirts of Paris — and the outskirts of French society

Ladj Ly’s debut feature (an Oscar nominee this year for best international film) is a document of social crisis disguised as a white-knuckle cop movie.