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Oscar Isaac stars in director Paul Schrader's "The Card Counter," as an ex-military interrogator-turned-gambler haunted by the ghosts of his past (Focus Features)

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Midday at the Movies: 'Sankofa,' 'Nuclear Family,' 'The Card Counter'

Tom Hall

Film critics Ann Hornaday and Jed Dietz join us with their takes on what's hot, and not, in current cinema.

The four-part documentary, nearly a decade in the making, premiers Sunday 9/19, on PBS (credit PBS)

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"Muhammad Ali" Filmmakers On Their Portrait Of An American Icon

Tom Hall

Sarah Burns and husband David McMahon co-directed the new doc with Sarah's father, filmmaker Ken Burns.

A scene from "In the Heights," with Anthony Ramos and Melissa Barrera (center) and cast. (Photo by Macall Polay)

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Rousuck's Review: Lin-Manuel Miranda's "In the Heights," From Broadway To The Big Screen

J. Wynn Rousuck

The award-winning Broadway musical gets a high-energy film adaptation, but the movie hasn't yet found its audience.

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"Live, Young, Blood" Screens at Creative Alliance

Tom Hall

On Sunday night at the Creative Alliance in East Baltimore, Bobby Marvin Holmes and Justin Gladden will screen their film, "Live, Young, Blood." It takes…