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Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris arrived at their first Sundance Film Festival feeling worn down. Making their debut feature, Little...

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Steven Spielberg likes to tell a story that captures the tension between art and commerce in 1970s Hollywood: In January...

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In a state court in Los Angeles this week, 12 jurors are hearing opening arguments in a case that has...