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Film Adaptation Of 'The Circle' Is Part Satire, Part Moralistic Melodrama
Howard and Lillian: A True Hollywood Love Story chronicles the marriage of Lillian and Howard Michelson, who triumphed over challenges that have doomed many Hollywood couples. Zeitgeist Films hide caption
Bert Berns (left) and Jerry Wexler (right) wrote The Drifters' "I Don't Want to Go On Without You" in 1964. (But when the music business drove them apart, they did anyway.) Abramorama hide caption
Zooler (Tomer Kapon) bonds with his grieving neighbor Eyal (Shai Avivi) in One Week and a Day. Oscilloscope hide caption
Obit profiles the Obituaries desk of The New York Times, where journalists distill whole lifetimes into 800 words. Kino Lorber hide caption
Scenes from Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992. ABC Press hide caption
Jane Jacobs commandeering a city planning meeting. Courtesy of IFC Films hide caption
City Planning As A Contact Sport In 'Citizen Jane: Battle For The City'
'Quiet Passion' Captures The Wit And Vulnerability Of Poet Emily Dickinson
Isabelle (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) takes in (and takes to) the sea air in Slack Bay. Kino Lorber hide caption
Chris (Christian Bale) and Ana (Charlotte Le Bon) have a reason to look worried in Terry George's The Promise. Open Road Films hide caption
The irascible chef poses in front of his San Francisco restaurant in the documentary Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent. The Orchard hide caption
Polyester Posse: Ord (Armie Hammer), Justine (Brie Larson), Chris (Cillian Murphy), Stevo (Sam Riley) and Frank (Michael Smiley) walk the walk. Kerry Brown /A24 hide caption