Ladj Ly started with videos of police confrontations with his friends in Paris’s immigrant suburbs. Now, his wrenching film “Les Misérables” is up for an Oscar.
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The Best Movies and TV Shows New on Netflix Canada in December
New additions include “Marriage Story,” “All the Money in the World” and “The Witcher.”
Roman Polanski Accused of 1975 Rape
A French photographer said the director hit her and assaulted her when she was 18. She is the sixth woman to publicly accuse him of sexual abuse.
The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and Stan in Australia in November
Our picks for November, including The Queen, Queer Eye and Catastrophe
The Best Movies and TV Shows New on Netflix Canada in November
New additions include “The King,” staring Timothée Chalamet, Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” and “The Crown: Season 3”
DreamWorks Film ‘Abominable’ Is Pulled by Vietnam Over Chinese Map Scene
The animated movie briefly shows China’s disputed “nine-dash line” in the South China Sea, which includes territory claimed by Vietnam and other countries.
Peter Jackson Has a Lot of Power in New Zealand. Some Say Too Much.
The filmmaker’s intervention in a mayoral race, part of an effort to block a housing plan, was unheard-of in a country where money and fame are usually wielded lightly.
The Best Movies and TV Shows New on Netflix Canada in October
Every month, Netflix Canada adds a batch of movies and TV shows to its library. Here are the titles we think are most interesting for October.
Oleg Sentsov: Russian by Blood and Language, Ukrainian in Spirit
Released from a Russian jail in the Arctic in a prisoner swap, the filmmaker vows to fight on against what he calls President Vladimir V. Putin’s “political necrophilia.”
A Filmmaker Explored Japan’s Wartime Enslavement of Women. Now He’s Being Sued.
A documentary concludes that conservatives who deny the sexual enslavement of “comfort women” are “revisionists.” Conservatives interviewed in the film say they were defamed.