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Enter the church of “John Waters: Pope of Trash” at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles to worship trash and a man who cheerfully rebelled against so many things. The exhibit, the first of its kind devoted solely to Waters’ cinematic career opened on Friday, and Waters was an amiable presence at…

After making his name as one of the great directors of photography, but an opinionated and some might say difficult one who after catching David Lean’s eye as a second-unit cinematographer on “Lawrence of Arabia,” was hired and promptly fired as DP for “Doctor Zhivago,” Nicolas Roeg found himself better-suited to the role of director.…

There have already been so many powerful and illuminating nonfiction projects about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (including “20 Days in Mariupol,” possibly one of the greatest war documentaries ever made) that any filmmaker attempting their own entry needs to bring their A-game, especially if they’re not from Ukraine. When this chapter of history is closed, and the storytelling…

“QUEER JOY! QUEER JOY! QUEER JOY!” That phrase is heard being shouted with vigor and excitement by the focal queer teens at the end of “Summer Qamp,” but its sentiment is felt from the very beginning of this fiercely empathetic doc from director Jen Markowitz.  With an upbeat ease, “Summer Qamp” has the special touch…