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Romain Gavras on his ferocious drama ‘Athena’: ‘I don’t think films can change the world’

By Thomas Page, CNN Earlier this month, French filmmaker Romain Gavras arrived at the Venice Film Festival and dropped a metaphorical bomb with his latest film “Athena.” Billed as a drama set in a Parisian high-rise community (also known as a banlieue), audiences might’ve guessed what to expect. Banlieues have been a mainstay of French

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‘Sidney’ does justice to Sidney Poitier’s remarkable life and trailblazing career

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN In theory there’s only so much to be done with a celebrity biography, but when the subject is Sidney Poitier, that’s an unusually target-rich environment. “Sidney,” a documentary from director Reginald Hudlin produced by Oprah Winfrey, does the actor justice, providing context, depth and considerable warmth in chronicling his remarkable

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