#Cate Blanchett Reflects on ‘Tár,’ Sparring with Judi Dench in ‘Notes on a Scandal’ and 25-Year Filmography: “I Don’t Think a Lot About Legacy”

#Cate Blanchett Reflects on ‘Tár,’ Sparring with Judi Dench in ‘Notes on a Scandal’ and 25-Year Filmography: “I Don’t Think a Lot About Legacy”

Cate Blanchett Reflects on ‘Tár,’ Sparring with Judi Dench in ‘Notes on a Scandal’ and 25-Year Filmography: “I Don’t Think a Lot About Legacy” Cate Blanchett, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s honoree for outstanding performer of the year, sat down for a wide-ranging conversation on Friday, spanning her early acting beginnings to her current…

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#Judi Dench Slams “Crude Sensationalism” of Season 5 of ‘The Crown’: “This Cannot Go Unchallenged”

#Judi Dench Slams “Crude Sensationalism” of Season 5 of ‘The Crown’: “This Cannot Go Unchallenged”

Judi Dench Slams “Crude Sensationalism” of Season 5 of ‘The Crown’: “This Cannot Go Unchallenged” Judi Dench has joined the growing chorus of voices that have taken umbrage with the upcoming season of Netflix’s The Crown, with the two-time Oscar winner accusing the producers of the royal drama of blurring “the lines between historical accuracy…

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#Nazi teens in 1939 England

#Nazi teens in 1939 England

“#Nazi teens in 1939 England” Running time: 99 minutes. Rated PG-13 (some violence.) In theaters and On Demand. Today’s bizarre history lesson: A British finishing school once housed the teen daughters of top Nazis. That WTF? academy was Augusta-Victoria College on the southeast coast of England. A short-lived and one-of-a-kind institution, the school upheld German…

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#Unfunny movie destroys a brilliant play

#Unfunny movie destroys a brilliant play

“#Unfunny movie destroys a brilliant play” Running time: 95 minutes. Rated PG-13 (suggestive references and some drug material). In select theaters and on demand. Fifteen minutes into the awful new movie “Blithe Spirit,” something changes: The actors finally start speaking a few lines that were actually written by Noël Coward. Unfortunately, not many more arrive after…

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