At the beginning of the new movie The Green Knight, Dev Patel's Gawain is the young headstrong nephew of King Arthur. He isn't a knight yet and has a lot to prove. A24 hide caption
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Winston Duke (left) and Zazie Beetz in a realm where souls are auditioned for life on Earth in Nine Days. Michael Coles/Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt star in Disney's Jungle Cruise. Frank Masi/Disney Enterprises, Inc. hide caption
Scarlett Johansson arrives at the BAFTA Film Awards in London last year. She is suing Disney over the company's streaming release of the movie Black Widow at the same time as the theatrical release, which she said breached her contract and deprived her of potential earnings. Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP hide caption
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'The Green Knight' Fulfills A Quest To Find New Magic In An Old Legend
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'The Green Knight' Fulfills A Quest To Find New Magic In An Old Legend
Donkey (voiced by Eddie Murphy) and Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) 2001 film Shrek. Courtesy of Dreamworks Animation hide caption
Like last year, the sidewalks around San Diego's convention center are empty and no one is lined up at the famed Hall H. Daniel Knighton/Getty Images hide caption
Vicky Krieps, Thomasin McKenzie, Gael García Bernal and Luca Faustino Rodriguez in M. Night Shyamalan's new film Old. Phobymo/Universal Pictures hide caption
Gamhee (Kim Min-hee) shared a meal with a friend (Song Seon-mi) in The Woman Who Ran. Cinema Guild hide caption
Harvey Weinstein is already serving a 23-year prison sentence for rape and sexual abuse in New York. He was extradited to California early Tuesday for his arraignment. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Questlove, here at the Grammys in January 2020, says the pandemic has changed him. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for the Recording Academy hide caption
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Sonequa Martin-Green attends the premiere of Warner Bros Space Jam: A New Legacy at Regal LA Live on July 12, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Amy Sussman/FilmMagic via Getty Images hide caption
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Disneyland's updated Jungle Cruise ride features tourists of various ethnic backgrounds getting chased by wildlife. Christian Thompson/Disneyland Resort hide caption
Actress Adelina Anthony and actor Mateo Ray Garcia in The Daily War, part of PBS's Latinx film series. Silvia Lara/Courtesy PBS hide caption
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Edward Theatre's entrance, as seen from the street opened in 1914 in Kalbadevi, and was named after King Edward V, who visited Mumbai the same year. It initially started with stage plays, with a total of 509 wooden seats, distributed between three separate levels. Until a few years ago, the theatre turned cinema hall, played mostly B- grade Bollywood films. Viraj Nayar for NPR hide caption
India's Single-Screen Cinemas Were Struggling Before COVID-19. Now They're Dying Out
A "Help Wanted" sign posted in Brooklyn New York. Gabriela Bhaskar/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Dev Patel plays Sir Gawain, King Arthur's nephew, in The Green Knight. A24 hide caption
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The chef-turned-media personality died by suicide in 2018. His voice was recreated in the new documentary Roadrunner by AI technology. Courtesy of CNN/Focus Features hide caption
Billy Porter and Tiffany Haddish star in Like a Boss. GLAAD called Porter's character, Barrett, "a good example of casual inclusion, featuring an explicitly LGBTQ character." Eli Joshua Adé hide caption
Scales — debut feature from filmmaker Shahad Ameen — was Saudi Arabia's official entry for the 2021 Oscars. It's set in a dystopian fishing village and tells the lyrical story of a young woman struggling to find her place. Variance Films hide caption
Anthony Bourdain, in Roadrunner, the new documentary about his life. CNN/Focus Features hide caption