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'1917' Is A World War I Epic Crafted To Look Like A Single Continuous Camera Shot

The World War I film, 1917, tells of an urgent rush to the front lines and has been designed to look as if it's a single, continuous shot.

'1917' Is A World War I Epic Crafted To Look Like A Single Continuous Camera Shot

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A Critic Returns To The Books, TV, Music And Movies He Didn't Get To In 2019

Merritt Wever and Toni Collette play two detectives investigating a series of sexual assaults in the Netflix show Unbelievable. Beth Dubber/Netflix hide caption

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A Critic Returns To The Books, TV, Music And Movies He Didn't Get To In 2019

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Few things haunt a critic more than loving something and not being able to share it. This year, Fresh Air critic John Powers circles back to Unbelievable, Atlantics, Where the Light Falls and more.

A Critic Returns To The Books, TV, Music And Movies He Didn't Get To In 2019

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'Little Women' Again? Greta Gerwig's Adaptation Is Both Faithful And Radical

March sisters Meg (Emma Watson), Amy (Florence Pugh), Jo (Saoirse Ronan) and Beth (Eliza Scanlen) return to the screen in a new adaptation of Little Women. Wilson Webb/CTMG/Columbia Pictures hide caption

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'Little Women' Again? Greta Gerwig's Adaptation Is Both Faithful And Radical

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Gerwig gives us the warm, homespun pleasures of Louisa May Alcott's beloved novel, but she also holds the well-worn text up to the light to consider some of its flaws and compromises.

'Little Women' Again? Greta Gerwig's Adaptation Is Both Faithful And Radical

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NPR's Favorite Movies Of 2019

The Cave, The Farewell, Booksmart, Little Women, Hustlers and Fast Color (from left, starting in top row) all made NPR's favorite-movie list this year. National Geographic, Casi Moss/A24, Annapurna Pictures, Wilson Webb/Columbia Pictures, Alison Cohen Rosa/STXfilms, Jacob Yakob/Codeblack Films hide caption

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NPR's Favorite Movies Of 2019

Parasite, Knives Out, Avengers: Endgame, Little Women and Marriage Story are among the year-end list of 20 films that NPR critics loved the most.

'The Rise Of Skywalker' Makes For An Exciting, Exhaustive, Effortful Ending

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'The Rise Of Skywalker' Makes For An Exciting, Exhaustive, Effortful Ending

The final chapter in "The Skywalker Saga" returns J.J. Abrams to the director's chair, and the result, while overstuffed with characters and plot, delivers on space-operatic action.

Double Feature: Critic Justin Chang Pairs His Favorite Films Of 2019

Parasite and Knives Out top Justin Chang's 2019 list of movie pairings. At left, Lee Sun-kyun and Cho Yeo-jeong play a wealthy couple whose hired help isn't quite what it seems in Bong Joon-ho's thriller, Parasite. Chris Evans (right) is a trust-fund playboy in Knives Out. Neon CJ Entertainment and Claire Folger/Lionsgate hide caption

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Double Feature: Critic Justin Chang Pairs His Favorite Films Of 2019

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In a year where wealth, inequality and class rage were hot movie topics, few had more to say than Parasite and Knives Out — two films that seemed to be in conversation with each other.

Double Feature: Critic Justin Chang Pairs His Favorite Films Of 2019

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