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“I talked about my growing up and about my parents, my mother and father,” she said in a recent interview with IndieWire, speaking through a translator. “Later, on the set, I realized what an important conversation that was. I felt that I wasn’t very different from Isaac through that conversation, and that conversation was vital to understanding and portraying my character.” In the ’80s-set “Minari,” Chung draws from his experiences to frame a quintessentially American story of family, ambition, and hope....

You can be asked to play the role of a young man who ends up in a Bolivian prison after his first job as a mule transporting la Blanca. Or you can be located in present-day New Jersey, and time travel to witness the connected historical experiences of racial injustices in the United States. You can actually be yourself, stepping into a garden and encountering oral histories from African American Women....

As has been the norm in recent years, NBC owns the broadcasting rights to the 2022 Olympics. While the network will not be sending any announcers to Beijing to cover the games, the NBC Sports team will continue to cover the Olympics remotely. Although the games officially start on February 4 with the lighting of the Olympic Torch, competition is already underway in several sports. NBC begins their primetime coverage of the games Thursday February 3 at 8PM ET, but the most extensive coverage can be found on NBCOlympics....

“Luca” is a wholesome animated film for the entire family to enjoy. If you’re not already signed up for Disney+, join today so you can watch it from the comforts of home. Since it’s not a Premier Access movie, you can stream “Luca” exclusively on Disney+ at no extra charge. The coming-of-age movie, which arrives on the streaming network on Friday, is about the unlikely friendship between young shapeshifting sea monsters....

It starts on roiling seas, as the Swedish teenager makes her way across the Atlantic Ocean to attend and speak at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York City in September of last year. For some, that act — spending over two weeks on a racing yacht to cross an ocean, rather than simply take a flight there — was a put-on by Thunberg, some sort of show, but “I Am Greta” makes it clear that it was truly an extension of her beliefs....

In “I Care a Lot,” Marla Grayson (Oscar nominee Rosamund Pike) is a professional, court-appointed guardian for dozens of elderly wards whose assets she seizes and bilks through dubious but somehow legal means. It’s a well-oiled racket that Marla and her business-partner and lover Fran (Eiza González) use with brutal efficiency on their latest “cherry,” Jennifer Peterson (two-time Academy Award winner Dianne Wiest) — a wealthy retiree with no living heirs or family to call her own....

SXSW Grand Jury Prize winner “I Love My Dad” stars Patton Oswalt as Chuck, a desperate father looking to reconnect with his estranged son Franklin, played by writer/director James Morosini. Chuck impersonates a waitress (Claudia Sulewski) online to strike up a relationship with a depressive Franklin, who has blocked Chuck on all forms of social media. The only issue? Well, Franklin metaphorically swiped right on Chuck’s alter ego. Per an official synopsis, “Things begin to spiral when Franklin falls for this imaginary girl and wants nothing more than to meet her in person, as Chuck has inadvertently catfished his own son....