‘Beauty and the Beast’: Disney’s $300 Million Gamble
In adapting its 1991 animated hit with live action and digital flourishes, the studio treads a minefield that comes with tweaking a revered classic.
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CreditWarner Bros. Pictures The Five Ages of King Kong
Since his debut in 1933, King Kong keeps getting rebooted. Here’s a look at what all those remakes mean, including the latest, “Kong: Skull Island.”
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CreditJustin Lubin/Universal Pictures Erased Onscreen: Where Are All the Interracial Couples?
Such relationships may be on the rise, but you’d never know it from movies, where “Loving” and “Get Out” are the rare exceptions.
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CreditBen Rothstein/20th Century Fox ‘Logan’ Pulls In $85.3 Million as Fox’s Bet Pays Off
The studio booked “Logan,” a violent “X-Men” spinoff, into 4,071 theaters, a large number for an R-rated film. “Get Out” was second in box-office totals.
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CreditUriel Sinai for The New York Times The Unlikely Story Behind a Palestinian Hip-Hop Film From Israel
The government helped with financing for “Junction 48” but is now taking a harder look at such projects.
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CreditDisney An Alabama Drive-In Bans ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Over Gay Character
A Facebook post from the owners said they would “not compromise on what the Bible teaches.” It’s not clear that Disney planned to show the film there.
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CreditKo Sasaki for The New York Times Going From Bond Girl to ‘a Normal Life’
Mie Hama, a former Japanese film star who appeared in the 1967 James Bond film “You Only Live Twice,” on why she decided to leave Hollywood behind.
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CreditFrazer Harrison/Getty Images Sundance Now, a Film Festival Built for This Screen
The streaming service offers independent films like those shown at the annual Sundance Film Festival.
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CreditWarner Bros., via Photofest You Must Remember This: Why We Return to ‘Casablanca’ and ‘High Noon’
Noah Isenberg’s “We’ll Always Have Casablanca” and Glenn Frankel’s “High Noon” examine the cultural and political contexts of two Hollywood classics.
