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Aretha Franklin biopic follows familiar rhythms of the genre
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This year’s Academy Awards ceremony went international amid a year for film like no other
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Chloé Zhao becomes only the second woman, after Barbra Streisand, to win best director
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Wolfwalkers, Brendan Gleeson and Normal People could win in the controversy-hit awards
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If Andra Day were in a better film, she’d be in contention for an Oscar
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The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this year
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We wouldn’t have blinked if Michael Flatley suddenly tapped his way across the floor
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Beyoncé’s jaw-dropping multimedia homage to motherhood stunned the audience and set social media on fire
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