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as in documentary
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as in comedy
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Director Pablo Larrain’s terrific Chilean docudrama stars Gael Garcia Bernal, and comes hot off some tantalizing recent history.
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2024
Under the deal, Netflix agreed to move a dramatization disclaimer from the credits to the beginning of each episode — a first for the streaming giant that could signal a more cautious approach to docudramas and biopics.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
In fact, back in 1981, NBC spent a then- whopping $5 million to film a three-hour docudrama about one of the most famous campus protests of the whole Vietnam era.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
Religion has long been woven into or featured in Martin Scorsese’s films, and now the Oscar-winning director and producer is going to tackle another aspect in a docudrama dramatizing the lives of eight Christian saints.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2024
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Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2024
Under the deal, Netflix agreed to move a dramatization disclaimer from the credits to the beginning of each episode — a first for the streaming giant that could signal a more cautious approach to docudramas and biopics.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
In fact, back in 1981, NBC spent a then- whopping $5 million to film a three-hour docudrama about one of the most famous campus protests of the whole Vietnam era.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
Religion has long been woven into or featured in Martin Scorsese’s films, and now the Oscar-winning director and producer is going to tackle another aspect in a docudrama dramatizing the lives of eight Christian saints.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2024
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Speaking about the disgraced film producer in Sav Rodgers' documentary Chasing Chasing Amy, Smith recalls screening the movie for Weinstein, 72, and feeling overjoyed at his reaction.Jen Juneau, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Honorees who have contributed to proud and authentic Jewish storytelling will include: Sheryl Sandberg’s Screams before Silence, Netflix’s Fauda and Jewish Matchmaking, FX’s The Patient, Amazon’s Destination NBA: A G League Odyssey, and David Baddiel’s documentary, Jews Don’t Count.Marc Berman, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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From Joe Rogan to Greg Gutfeld, conservative comedy’s influence grows Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Grab dinner or a few drinks, see a movie or comedy show, stay in and make dinner together, or sit on the porch with a glass of wine.Alex Vance, Parents, 1 Nov. 2024
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The report did not specify how complex those generative AI features would be.Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024
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These sneakers also boast an attractive aesthetic, and the slip-on feature is helpful for seniors with arthritic hands who may have trouble tying laces.Trina Gray, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
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Even Lawrence, the steadiest of the lot, gets caught up in the melodrama.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
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Haley was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor in the 2006 Academy Awards for his performance in Todd Field’s 2006 satirical melodrama Little Children.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
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Beyond that, however, the film’s pleasures are a bit harder to pin down.David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
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But the following musical number, a grand procession through the streets of Mexico City, also functions as a plea to the viewer — to buy in, to accept the film’s idiosyncratic world, one where Rita quickly gets entangled with a drug lord (Karla Sofía Gascón) seeking gender-affirming surgery.Paula Aceves, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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But in this first-rate production – featuring superb performances from Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati – the play nevertheless emerges as a gripping drama of great wit, absurdity and tragicomedy.The Week UK, theweek, 26 Sep. 2024
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Her writing radiates a cosmic empathy that coexists, sometimes on the same page, with a strain of intolerance blind to life’s tragicomedy.Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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The actor moved into indie actioners in the 2000s and tried to spotlight a budding film industry in developmental countries but did resurface in movies such as The Expendables 3 and Eddie Murphy’s Dolemite Is My Name and Coming 2 America, as well as the Kevin Hart mini-series True Story.Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
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Alvarez wrote such Marlon Wayans movies as Fifty Shades of Black, Sextuplets and Naked.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2024
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Gaga would be seen as a key component of what Phillips wants to do with this sequel as well, in terms of integrating old-fashioned musical numbers into the psychodrama.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
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Excess, violence, and the kind of family psychodrama that would make Sigmund Freud’s eyes pop — yes, the first full trailer for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is here.Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Docudrama.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docudrama. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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