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In 'Spotlight,' filmmakers take a journalist's care in retelling the story of church sex abuse

By PBS News Hour

Juliette Binoche lets intuition drive her diverse acting career

By PBS News Hour

Prolific performer Juliette Binoche is best known for her roles in movies such as “The English Patient” and “Chocolat.” But she’s also remained a dedicated theater actor, recently wrapping up a tour of “Antigone” that took her around Europe and…

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7 ways the Internet celebrated Back to the Future day

By Colleen Shalby

Thirty years ago, "Back to the Future 2" took Doc Brown and Marty McFly on a trip through time to ... today. That is, Oct. 21, 2015. In a new video message released today, Doc, played by Christopher Lloyd, welcomes…

How this NewsHour reporter became a zombie

By Mike Melia

It's rare to witness someone's dreams come true, even if they are the stuff of nightmares.

150 years on, meet the prolific pioneer who brought us the movie projector

By Carey Reed

Before the digital revolution hit the movie industry, the projector used in movie theaters was an evolution of the Phantoscope, developed by Charles Francis Jenkins, who was born nearly 150 years ago on Saturday.

'Straight Outta Compton' calls out racial divide that lingers today

By PBS News Hour

The album "Straight Outta Compton" by rap group NWA burst onto the hip hop scene in 1988, evoking the turmoil of gang violence, crack cocaine and poverty and the tension between young black Americans and the police. A new movie,…

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Here's what happened when we tried to write a list of films by and starring women of color

By Corinne Segal

A report released Wednesday focusing on the top-grossing films of the last seven years makes one thing clear: women and people of color are sorely underrepresented in Hollywood.