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Reis is the star and co-writer of “Catch the Fair One,” a new film that sheds much-needed light on the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (MMIW) movement. Directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka and executive produced by Darren Aronofsky, “Catch the Fair One” is a gripping and tightly-wound drama about this overlooked issue, galvanized by a knockout breakout performance from Reis. Wladyka found Reis on Instagram in 2017, and brought her on as his lead and creative collaborator after seeing her fight and an initial screen test....

The Walt Disney Company executive chairman Bob Iger teased the new introduction on Saturday, tweeting, “To all fans of #BlackPanther: watch the film on #DisneyPlus late tonight, for a special tribute to someone that was and will always be near and dear to our hearts.” The updated intro includes the page-turning design that opens all Marvel movies, but now with new concept art, and images and footage from “Black Panther.” As Boseman also starred as T’Challa/Black Panther in “Captain America: Civil War,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” and “Avengers: Endgame,” footage from those films is included in the spot as well....

Sorkin helped me to figure out how he did it during a Zoom interview for the Writers Guild Foundation. Because Sorkin kept pulling the script out of the drawer to develop as the Spielberg-produced project went through a succession of directors (including Paul Greengrass, Gary Ross, Peter Berg, and Ben Stiller), the refined screenplay kept getting better, shorter, more condensed. “I’m sure that I wrote more than 20 drafts of script,” Sorkin said....

Historically, most of the DOC NYC shortlist titles overlap with the Academy’s official 15-film Oscar Shortlist. With the notable exception of Netflix’s Oscar-winning “My Octopus Teacher,” for 10 years the festival has screened the documentary that went on to win the Academy Award, including “Summer of Soul,” “American Factory,” “Free Solo,” “Icarus,” “O.J.: Made in America,” “Amy,” “Citizenfour,” “20 Feet From Stardom,” “Searching for Sugar Man,” and “Undefeated.” The festival has also screened 44 of the last 50 Oscar-nominated documentary features....

Based on a memoir by Sergey Fetisov, the steamy Cold War drama honors this lost chapter of gay history with a handsome rendering that only occasionally stumbles under the weight of historical accuracy. The film’s tragic throughline won’t break any molds, but with smoldering performances by its two strapping young leads, the target audience is unlikely to care. Despite the heat of its title, “Firebird” begins in the water as three lithe bodies splash playfully in a dark sea....

The all-Black cast included “This is Us” star Sterling K. Brown and his wife Ryan Bathe as Ross and Rachel, Aisha Hinds of “911” played Monica; Uzo Aduba, who won an Emmy on Sunday, played Phoebe; Kendrick Sampson of “How to Get Away With Murder” played Joey, while “Hollywood” star Jeremy Pope played Chandler. Before the episode started, actress Cynthia Erivo set the tone with a beautiful rendition of the famous theme song....

In agreement with SAG-AFTRA and GLAAD, IMDb users can now hide their birth dates, birth names, and more from both IMDb and IMDbPro for free. SAG-AFTRA sponsored a California State bill in 2017 asking sites like IMDb to remove or not post actors’ ages or birthdays upon request. The bill was signed into law by then-Governor Jerry Brown but was later struck down by a federal judge. GLAAD stated that publishing transgender people’s birth names without permission is an invasion of privacy and could lead to discrimination....