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Oscar and Tony-nominated actor Melinda Dillon has died at 83.

Oscar and Tony-nominated actor Melinda Dillon has died at 83.

Melinda Dillon, star of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and A Christmas Story, has died at the age of 83.

Oscar-nominated actress Melinda Dillon, best remembered as Ralphie's mother in "A Christmas Story" and for climbing Devils Tower with Richard Dreyfuss in search of UFOs in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," has died at age 83.

Oscar and Tony-nominated actor Melinda Dillon has died at 83.

Oscar and Tony-nominated actor Melinda Dillon has died at 83.

A cause of death for the two-time Oscar-nominee hasn’t been made public.

Crime novelist and The Wire writer George Pelecanos is showcasing low-budget movies from the 1970s at AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring.

Ashby, already an Oscar-winning editor, debuts with a tour-de-force that—and here’s the twist—could hardly be made today, at least not by a major studio. Its trenchant critique of US racism in general and gentrification in particular indict Americans in 2023 as much, if not more, than our (fore)fathers in 1970. Most surprising of all for our dour moment, it’s a comedy—directed by a white man, but adapted by a Black man (Billy Gunn) from a novel by a Black woman (Kristin Hunter). Class ...

While The Loved One may be uneven, it’s far from unfocused. Over-ambitious perhaps, the film’s hectic production shows; it is no Dr. Strangelove, even if the two movies share a writer and similar themes. But Kubrick’s horrifying black comedy is among the greatest films ever made. To fall short of that can still mean greatness.