
Ben Kenigsberg
Journalist at Freelance
Film critic and journalist at various publications, frequently @nytimes.
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | Ben Kenigsberg
6 hours ago12 Classic Movies That Are Still a Pleasure to WatchWe’ve all watched classic movies that are indisputably great, but aren’t much fun. These classic movies easily stand the test of time. Notorious (1947) …9 hours agoMaria Bello Files For DivorceMaria Bello wants to 86 her marriage to a celeb chef ... because she just filed for divorce.
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Ben Kenigsberg
This month's picks follow a journalist facing an Alzheimer's diagnosis and a unionization effort for Amazon workers. Plus, an exploration into the nature of film editing. The proliferation of documentaries on streaming services makes it difficult to choose what to watch. Each month, we select three nonfiction films - classics, overlooked recent docs and more - that will reward your time. Stream it on Paramount+. Rent it on Amazon, Apple TV and Fandango at Home.
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1 week ago |
rogerebert.com | Ben Kenigsberg
Jafar Panahi's "It Was Just an Accident," a Death and the Maiden -like drama about a group of Iranians confronting a man whom they suspect was their torturer in prison, won the Palme d'Or on Saturday night at the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
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1 week ago |
rogerebert.com | Ben Kenigsberg
The title of Kelly Reichardt's "The Mastermind, " the last film to premiere in competition at Cannes this year, only gets funnier the more you think about it. Josh O'Connor stars as J.B., a judge's son and former art student who hatches a plan to rob a handful of paintings from a museum in Framingham, Massachusetts.
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2 weeks ago |
rogerebert.com | Ben Kenigsberg
Few movies at Cannes this year have been as aggressively confrontational as Nadav Lapid's "Yes," showing in the parallel festival Directors' Fortnight. "Nothing in this film was reasonable," Lapid said, introducing it on Thursday. "Nothing in this film was normal." He praised his collaborators for following the project's logic and repeatedly saying yes. The Israeli director won the top prize at Berlin in 2019 for "Synonyms" and made his Cannes competition debut with "Ahed's Knee" in 2021.
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