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Though "Idiocracy" and "The Godfather" topped their list, the sheer range of suggestions shows how there are many ways to understand the country.

The director Ishiro Honda took a break from Godzilla with a villain who could turn himself into a cloud of gas. A new series pipes him into the 21st century.

"I would just watch it, replay it, watch it, replay it," the "Moana" star said.

Renny Harlin's high-altitude thriller starring Sylvester Stallone and John Lithgow was peak early 1990s action extravagance.

Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, said her lawsuit challenging the president's changes to the performing arts center was a fight for justice.

The New York Times Film Critic, Alissa Wilkinson, breaks down how Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 epic deconstructs and exemplifies American ideals.

A pop culture reporter explains why she revels in debating movies that cross the line from bad to sublime.

The couple's private celebration created a public spectacle outside Madison Square Garden.

While it was good to see again Rachid Ouramdane's moving duet from a decade ago, Akram Khan's new piece was unconvincing.

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