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‘Nomadland’ drops Frances McDormand into a rootless life on the open road

As with her breakthrough movie “The Rider,” director Chloé Zhao straddles a line between fiction and reality with “Nomadland,” parachuting Frances McDormand into what almost feels like a documentary about those living a rootless existence as nomads traveling across America. It’s a very good film, if one that cruises into awards season fueled by what

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‘Amend’ brings Will Smith’s starry touch to the 14th Amendment’s tumultuous history

Having already aired director Ava DuVernay’s documentary “13th,” about the legacy of the 13th Amendment, Netflix ups the ante by devoting a six-part series to the 14th with “Amend: The Fight for America.” It’s an ambitious project that mixes various techniques, stars and historians to enliven the history and connect it to the present, with

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