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The HBO film The Tale stars Laura Dern as a woman who realizes later in life that a relationship she had at 13 years old with two adults was child sexual abuse. (HBO)
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A ‘Tale’ of child sex abuse was inspired by filmmaker’s real-life trauma

"When I looked at it with my adult eyes, there was abuse all over it," she says.

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Philadelphia native Lee Daniels’ life and career will be explored on the PBS series “Breaking Big.” (Michel Spingler/AP)
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Lee Daniels’ life explored on ‘Breaking Big’

The intriguing PBS series “Breaking Big,” airing Friday at 8:30 p.m., traces the life and career path filmmaker and TV mogul Lee Daniels.

8 years ago

In this combination photo, Hilary Swank accepts the Oscar for best actress for her role in
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Transgender Hollywood seeks recognition, and not just roles

When actress Scarlett Johansson reversed course recently and canceled plans to play a transgender man in the film "Rub & Tug," transgender actors were gratified and surprised.

8 years ago

Doreen Garner and Terence Nance host a segment of Nance's new HBO show,
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New HBO series debuts at Blackstar Film Festival in Philly

Terence Nance, a New York experimental filmmaker with a long history with the Blackstar Film Festival in Philadelphia, chose the festival to launch his new HBO series.

8 years ago

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David Newell for “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”

David Newell, better known as Mr. McFeely on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” talks with Patrick Stoner about Fred Rogers ...

Air Date: August 3, 2018

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The Voices of “Teen Titans Go! To the Movies”

Air Date: August 2, 2018

Blackstar organizers Meg Onli, Patrice Worthy, Maori Karmael Homes, Nehad Khader, and Denise Beek in front of an artwork by Jade Montserrat at the Institute for Contemporary Art. Blackstar highlights the work of black filmmakers from around the world. (Credit: Jen Kinney)
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Blackstar Film Festival, in its seventh year, keeps expanding the mainstream

The festival showcases films that may be difficult to find in mainstream theaters.

8 years ago

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(From left) Executive Producer Elisa Gambino; Director Neal Broffman; father, Akhil Tripathi;  and mother, Judy Tripathi; during a Q&A after a screening of 2015 documentary, Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi. The documentary was screened in Sunil's hometown for the first time on July 26, 2018, at the Bryn Mawr Film Institute, in Sunil's hometown. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
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Family of man falsely accused in Boston Marathon bombing screens film in Bryn Mawr hometown

'Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi' shows how unverified accusations on social media can snowball into mainstream news coverage.

8 years ago

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Cher and Andy Garcia for “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again”

Cher and Andy Garcia talk with Patrick Stoner about working on “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again” with the original cast & Cher updat ...

Air Date: July 27, 2018

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Hugh Grant for “A Very English Scandal”

The venerable British actor discusses his new film. ...

Air Date: July 16, 2018

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Andy Samberg and Selena Gomez for “Hotel Transylvania 3”

Air Date: July 15, 2018

Scarlett Johansson announced on Friday she is dropping out of the starring role in Rub & Tug, a film about a transgender man who ran an extensive prostitution ring during the 1970s and '80s. (Jordan Strauss/Invision)
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Amid backlash, Scarlett Johansson drops transgender role

"In light of recent ethical questions raised surrounding my casting as Dante Tex Gill, I have decided to respectfully withdraw my participation in the project," Johansson said

8 years ago

This monumental leather jacket sculpture, titled PODERWAĆ, 2017, by Ursula von Rydingsvard, inspired a film series on the leather jacket in cinema. (Credit: Carlos Avendaño)
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Hypermasculine, totally queer: Celebrating the leather jacket in cinema — July and August 2018

The Fabric Workshop and Museum has partnered with Lightbox Film Center to present a film series celebrating the iconic jacket.

8 years ago

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Ed Helms and Jon Hamm for “Tag”

Two stars of the ensemble comedy “Tag” discuss the film. ...

Air Date: June 15, 2018

Gregory Peck is shown as attorney Atticus Finch, a small-town Southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape, in a scene from the 1962 movie
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From Atticus Finch to Rodney Dangerfield, 18 Films for Father’s Day

Film critic Piers Marchant shares his eclectic recommendations for dad-centric movies.

8 years ago

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