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Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck team up for Joan Didion-based Netflix film
Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck team up for Joan Didion-based Netflix film
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Golden Globes 2018: Dee Rees on 'Mudbound's' pressing relevance
Filmmaker Dee Rees says her movie reflects themes of racial injustice because issues of police brutality and racial profiling were making headlines throughout the country when the film was being made, and "we were living that as we were there."
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Netflix's Oscar-hopeful 'Mudbound' debuts trailer: Two '40s southern families struggle to survive
Carey Mulligan leads stellar cast in epic period piece that could earn Netflix its first Oscar.
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Sundance Report: Dee Rees's Powerful, Stunning Jim Crow Drama 'Mudbound' Becomes a Festival Sensation
At the Sundance Film Festival last year, the dramas The Birth of a Nation and Manchester by the Sea made the most noise, locking down major distribution deals and inspiring very early Oscar talk. Birth fell out of favor when a college rape case involving writer-director Nate Parker resurfaced, but Manchester has proven to be an awards contender. This year, the movie that’s generating the most buzz through the festival’s first weekend is Mudbound, Dee Rees’s powerful and stunning World War II d