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The documentary shows a bunch of the famous names who stopped by to see Oscar the Grouch, Grover and the rest of Henson’s Muppets crew, from James Earl Jones and Stevie Wonder to Johnny Cash and Paul Simon. With behind-the-scenes footage, “Street Gang” lets audiences take a peek at the puppeteering comedy team of Henson and Frank Oz, but also digs into how it explained the death of Mr. Hooper to kids after actor Will Lee had a fatal heart attack in 1982 and even deals with the work-a-holi...

"Were all of us passing for something or other. Arent we?" This question – something Irene (Tessa Thompson) asks on the side of a dance floor – will haunt you during and well after Rebecca Halls directorial debut, "Passing," which premiered Saturday night at Sundance Film Festival. The black-and-white film (more on that choice later) stars the aforementioned Thompson and Ruth Negga as Clare, two childhood friends who run into each other as adults in 1920s New York. The pair quickly reali...

Four stars Starring: Clare Dunne, Harriet Walter, Ian Lloyd Anderson, Ruby Rose O’Hara, Molly McCann, Conleth Hill, Daniel Ryan, Erika Roe, Dmitry Vinokurov, Mabel Chah and Aaron Lockhart Rating: R, for profanity and vicious domestic violence Available via: Amazon Prime By Derrick Bang Enterprise film critic There’s a strong sense, throughout this superbly mounted little Irish drama, that star/co-scripter Clare Dunne writes from personal awareness. I dearly hope that isn’t the case. She ...

The new film Herself is a bold drama that deals with domestic violence and how victims find the strength to move on. It’s a subject that’s been dealt with in fiction, but rarely in the honest and compassionate manner that we see in Phyllida Lloyd’s new film . When done on television, it’s almost always supporting characters or guest stars—and in film, if the victim is the protagonist, it’s kept almost entirely to revenge thrillers, from Enough to last year’s The Invisible Man, ...

The Associated Press This image released by Amazon Studios shows Clare Dunne, from left, Molly McCann and Conleth Hill in a scene from "Herself." (Pat Redmond/Amazon Studios via AP) Phyllida Lloyd’s “Herself,” an Irish drama of spousal abuse set against Dublin’s housing crisis, has some narrative weak spots but its foundation of resilience and heart is strong. Previous forays into film by Lloyd, a veteran theater director, have been more elaborate, starrier affairs (“Mamma Mia!” �...

NEW YORK (CNS) -- A miracle story about St. Brigid proves pivotal to the emotionally complex Irish drama Herself (Amazon).

Review: Herself is a mostly pleasing film that takes too many mood turns Ed Symkus Theres a special sort of small British film that doesnt have a precise label, but often has adjectives such as feelgood or laidback attached to it. Top of my head: "Waking Ned Devine," "Calendar Girls," "The Full Monty," "Happy-Go-Lucky." Frequently theyre much more about characters and words and acting than about the stories, which are often comparatively slight. Thats not a complaint. Im a fan of the above-ment...

Phyllida Lloyd’s “Herself,” an Irish drama of spousal abuse set against Dublin’s housing crisis, has some narrative weak spots but its foundation of resilience and heart is strong. Previous forays into film by Lloyd, a veteran theater director, have been more elaborate, starrier affairs (“Mamma Mia!

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This is our first newsletter of 2021, and it has already been quite a year. The events of this past week surpass any thoughts on movies at the moment. I feel I have likely said this before, but there is no one better at sorting through the cultural confusion of a moment like Wednesday than Times TV critic Lorraine Ali. As she wrote, “Wednesday’s violent attack cannot be seen as yet another preparatory ‘stress test’ for democracy. It was the real thing. We, as a nation, are not immune to...