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A Jedi and a Jar Jar walk into a movie... Maximum Film/Alamy hide caption

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Thelma Schoonmaker accepts the Oscar for achievement in film editing in 2007 for her work on The Departed. Mark J. Terrill/AP hide caption

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The pioneering women behind the invisible art of film editing

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"We have to live with the monsters we create," Justine Triet told NPR's Scott Simon, when he asked whether characters linger with her after a film. "I've been living with these people for three years, and I think I'll probably live with them for at least another year." Les Films Pelléas hide caption

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Civil War imagines a second civil war has broken out in the United States. Kirsten Dunst stars as a journalist in the film, which comes out April 12. Murray Close/A24 hide caption

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Here are 6 movies to see this spring

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Sunday Puzzle: P is for President

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A 19th century taste test. Carole Bethuel/IFC Films hide caption

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The 'food' you see on-screen often isn't real food. Not so, in 'The Taste of Things'

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Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption

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Young Celie (Phylicia Pearl Mpasi) and young Nettie (Halle Bailey) share an unbreakable bond. Eli Adé/Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption

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In Leo Adam Sandler voices a 74-year-old lizard who learns he has a gift for helping kids sort through their problems. Netflix hide caption

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'Leo' is an animated lizard with an SNL sensibility — and the voice of Adam Sandler

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This new book selects more than 130 films over the last century and invites contributors to reflect on how some of their favorite films shaped their own identities as Asian Americans. Black Dog & Leventhal hide caption

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Jeff Yang's new book is a 'cheer out loud' for the films that made Asian America

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A cutthroat power couple Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) and Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) end up in a power struggle in Fair Play. Sergej Radovic/Netflix hide caption

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Clockwise from top left: Invisible Beauty, Foe, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 and Nyad. Magnolia Pictures; Amazon Studios; A24; Murray Close/Lionsgate; Focus Features; Liz Parkinson/Netflix hide caption

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Michael Oher of the Carolina Panthers celebrates with his family after the NFC Championship Game against the Arizona Cardinals at Bank Of America Stadium on January 24, 2016 in Charlotte, N.C. Scott Cunningham/Getty Images hide caption

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The marquee at The Grove theater in Los Angeles announces the opening of Barbie in July 2023. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Can movie theaters sustain the 'Barbie boost'?

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Matthew López (left) on the set of his new movie, Red, White & Royal Blue. Jonathan Prime/Prime Video hide caption

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In 'Red, White & Royal Blue,' a director centers true queer intimacy on screen

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William Friedkin speaks onstage at a screening of "The Exorcist" during the 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival on April 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for TCM) Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for TCM hide caption

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