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Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel star in “News of the World.”Universal PicturesShow MoreShow Less
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Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel appear in a scene from “News of the World.” (Bruce W. Talamon/Universal Pictures)
There was an era – and that era was the 1970s – when a Time magazine poll named news anchor Walter Cronkite as “the most trusted man in America,” and Watergate investigative heroes Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were largely responsible for the occupation of journalist regularly charting near the top of the rankings of most admired professions in the USA. (Even today, 99% of mainstream American journalists remain committed to delivering the truth, despite the delusional cries of “Fake news!” popularized by certain public figures.)
Here s what s playing â Jan. 15-21 â at movie theaters and on virtual cinemas in the Berkshires and environs. Where films have been reviewed, the capsules include the name of film critic and the day the full review was posted on berkshireeagle.com. All reviews are by Associated Press critics.
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On January 23rd, 2020, China locked down Wuhan, a city of 11 million, to combat the emerging COVID-19 outbreak. Set deep inside the frontlines of the crisis, this documentary tells indelible human stories at the center of this pandemic â from a woman begging in vain to bid a final farewell to her father, a grandpa with dementia searching for his way home, a couple anxious to meet their newborn, to a nurse determined to return personal items to families of the deceased. These raw and intimate stories bear witness to the death and rebirth of a city under a 76-day lockdown, and to the human resilience that persists in times of profound tragedy. 1:33. VC
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A veteran and child become pals in moving Tom Hanks western, News of the World Paul Greengrass moving western is helping to reopen movie theaters before it streams. January 11, 2021 3:06pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Is News of the World a new movie or an old one?
The answer may seem obvious; the western came out just a few weeks ago and is just appearing in Minnesota theaters now. But writer/director Paul Greengrass takes advantage of new/old tensions by telling a story that resembles others we know True Grit, The Searchers, Days of Heaven in an immediate way.
One scene that beautifully illustrates his approach occurs about halfway through this moving and exciting drama. Civil War veteran Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Tom Hanks) has become the guardian of a mute orphan he names Johanna (Helena Zengel). Transporting her across the wilds of Texas so she can live with an aunt and uncle, he takes her to he