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The Master • CINEMATIC VIRTUOSO PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON DEVIATES FROM THE DARKNESS AND ANGST OF HIS PREVIOUS WORK FOR THE HUMOR AND ROMANCE OF 'LICORICE PIZZA'

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VALLEY BOY • PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON OPENS UP ABOUT ‘LICORICE PIZZA,’ A SWEET-NATURED AND FUNNY LOVE STORY SET IN HIS HOMETOWN

THE TIDE ALSO RISES • Fourteen years after the unlikely multiple-Grammy-winning collaboration ‘Raising Sand,’ Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have recorded an equally rootsy follow-up, ‘Raise the Roof’

The Virtual World Is Not Enough • Impatient to move beyond the limits imposed by a global pandemic, the planet’s army of dedicated auteurs, their courageous business supporters and fervent fans took 2021 by storm, revealing that it takes more than a virus to stifle voices of diverse creatives with original, life-changing stories to tell and sell.

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Int’l Race Packed With Powerhouse Contenders • More than 70 countries have submitted movies for the category

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World Tour • A more international documentary branch could widen the scope of the Oscar field

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Jennifer Lee Pays It Forward • Variety Creative Leadership Award honoree opened screen doors for female and other minority voices to express themselves

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Back Into the Breach • AFI Fest returns to the Chinese Theatre with a sense of purpose intact

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Serving the Director’s Point of View in ‘Belfast’ • How the film, about Kenneth Branagh’s childhood, showed events through the eyes of a child

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