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film What’s missing from our list of 2016’s best films?
By Leonardo Adrian Garcia, Esther Zuckerman, A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Josh Modell, Katie Rife, Alex McLevy, Noel Murray, Jesse Hassenger December 21, 2016 | 6:00am
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games Our favorite games of 2016, part 1
By Alexander Chatziioannou, Zack Handlen, Anthony John Agnello, Sam Barsanti, William Hughes, Matt Gerardi December 21, 2016 | 6:00am
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film Adam Driver mellows out in Jim Jarmusch’s beautiful ode to ordinary living, Paterson
By A.A. Dowd December 21, 2016 | 6:00am
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aux Lena Dunham is concerned about her abortion street cred
By Katie Rife December 20, 2016 | 11:15pm
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aux Holy charcoals, Batman!: Adam West debuts his Batman-themed art
By Katie Rife December 20, 2016 | 9:57pm
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aux The cast of Fargo season 3 is really taking shape, don’t cha know
By Joe Blevins December 20, 2016 | 9:24pm
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aux Starz doesn’t want any more Blunt Talk from Patrick Stewart
By Katie Rife December 20, 2016 | 9:07pm
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aux The first trailer for The Emoji Movie is pretty ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
By Katie Rife December 20, 2016 | 8:14pm
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aux Soft-rock hero Richard Marx helps stop violent attack aboard Korean Air flight
By Katie Rife December 20, 2016 | 8:02pm
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tv The 2016 A.V. Club readers’ poll results are in
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog December 20, 2016 | 7:42pm
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film A fetus orders its mother to kill in the trailer for horror-comedy Prevenge
By Joe Blevins December 20, 2016 | 7:15pm
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aux Merriam-Webster names “surreal” its Word of the Year for 2016
By Katie Rife December 20, 2016 | 6:34pm
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aux Samantha Bee and Glenn Beck make peace over ugly Christmas sweaters
By Katie Rife December 20, 2016 | 6:07pm
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aux Today’s best deals: Final Fantasy XV, a pizza stone, and more
By Shep McAllister December 20, 2016 | 5:53pm
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aux Journey, Pearl Jam, Tupac Shakur lead this year’s class of Rock Hall inductees
By Katie Rife December 20, 2016 | 5:17pm
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music Cheap Girls cover Counting Crows’ “A Long December”
By David Anthony December 20, 2016 | 5:05pm
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aux Jediism doesn’t count as a religion, English Charity Commission rules
By Mike Vanderbilt December 20, 2016 | 4:27pm
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aux Viola Davis demands respect in an exclusive clip from Fences
By Esther Zuckerman December 20, 2016 | 4:00pm
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aux Meet the newest female protagonist in the Star Wars comics universe
By Shea Hennum, Oliver Sava, merged-5876237249237173262-z3or5dc, Tegan O'Neil December 20, 2016 | 4:00pm
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tv The OA goes out with an unfortunate bang
By Esther Zuckerman December 20, 2016 | 4:00pm
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games Blizzard Officially Confirms First Gay Character in Overwatch
By Holly Green December 20, 2016 | 3:28pm
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aux Learn the death-filled true story behind Disney’s 7th Air Bud movie
By Joe Blevins December 20, 2016 | 3:00pm
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games The Unexpected Dark Side Of Pokémon Sun and Moon Lore
By Robert Rodriguez December 20, 2016 | 1:00pm
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games Pokémon GO Players Have Walked Around The Earth 200,000 Times
By Cameron Wade December 20, 2016 | 12:51pm
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film Spoiler Space: Passengers
By Katie Rife December 20, 2016 | 12:15pm
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film Passengers strains the considerable charms of Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence
By Katie Rife December 20, 2016 | 12:15pm
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games Pelt Like a Pro In Overwatch’s New Snowbrawl
By Jacob Oller December 20, 2016 | 10:09am
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film Martin Scorsese finally gets his solemn, powerful Silence off the ground
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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film Toni Erdmann is the 3-hour, achingly sad prankster comedy of the year
By Mike D'Angelo December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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film Good performances can’t blast Hidden Figures out of prestige convention
By Jesse Hassenger December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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film Patriots Day turns the Boston Marathon bombing into a mostly gripping procedural
By Benjamin Mercer December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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film Mike Mills writes more memoir-in-montage with the intoxicating 20th Century Women
By A.A. Dowd December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv Trollhunters has the heart to save an uninspiring story
By Nick Wanserski December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv Bublé and Bennett are the last men standing (and crooning) in the TV holiday war
By Dan Caffrey December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv The year that broke: 16 ways 2016 let us down
By William Hughes, Sean O'Neal, Danette Chavez, Katie Rife, Sam Barsanti December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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aux Our 20 favorite books of 2016
By Laura Adamczyk, Ryan Vlastelica, Esther Zuckerman, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Samantha Nelson, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv Raw channels the best and worst of the Attitude Era
By Kyle Fowle December 20, 2016 | 5:51am
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tv People Of Earth’s season finale answers several questions while also creating more
By John Hugar December 20, 2016 | 3:54am
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aux Matthew McConaughey is still down for True Detective season 3
By Katie Rife December 19, 2016 | 11:24pm
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aux Today’s best deals: Universal Remote, DJI Phantom, and more
By Shep McAllister December 19, 2016 | 11:20pm
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tv The CW’s new Riverdale trailer is predictably bonkers
By Katie Rife December 19, 2016 | 10:47pm
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aux Seeso renews its commitment to Take My Wife
By Katie Rife December 19, 2016 | 9:59pm
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aux Showtime brazenly renews Shameless for an eighth season
By Katie Rife December 19, 2016 | 8:54pm
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aux Sure, Joel McHale will host those People’s Choice Awards for you
By Joe Blevins December 19, 2016 | 8:39pm
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film What the hell are Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard doing in Assassin’s Creed?
By Jesse Hassenger December 19, 2016 | 8:00pm
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aux Weekend Box Office: Have you heard the good news about Rogue One?
By Katie Rife December 19, 2016 | 7:59pm
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aux Jerry Lewis has no time for bullshit interview questions
By Joe Blevins December 19, 2016 | 7:23pm
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aux Amanda Waller takes control in this Suicide Squad: Most Wanted exclusive
By Oliver Sava December 19, 2016 | 6:36pm
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film Keanu Reeves is out for blood in the new John Wick: Chapter 2 trailer
By Katie Rife December 19, 2016 | 6:20pm
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tv Gordon Cole is back and full of donuts in the new Twin Peaks teaser
By Katie Rife December 19, 2016 | 5:38pm
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aux The Price Is Right’s 1972 debut episode is on YouTube and it is glorious
By Joe Blevins December 19, 2016 | 5:00pm
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tv The Man In The High Castle hits the accelerator in episode two
By Scott Von Doviak December 19, 2016 | 5:00pm
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film Ryan Gosling dreams of Harrison Ford in the Blade Runner 2049 teaser trailer
By Katie Rife December 19, 2016 | 4:29pm
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games The 10 Best PC Games Of 2016
By Holly Green December 19, 2016 | 11:40am
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games Hey, Overwatch, There are More Winter Holidays Than Christmas
By Delilah Sinclair December 19, 2016 | 9:45am
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tv An ambitious Elementary makes the most of Schrödinger’s Watson
By Genevieve Valentine December 19, 2016 | 7:00am
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film Ken Loach overdoes the misery in the final stretch of his Cannes-winning I, Daniel Blake
By Mike D'Angelo December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv Kaitlin Olson brings a touch of FX outrageousness to Fox with The Mick
By Erik Adams December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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aux Ayoade talks Ayoade in Ayoade On Ayoade
By Fran Hoepfner December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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film Denzel Washington shines in an inconsistent adaptation of August Wilson’s classic Fences
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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film Fairy tales and family tragedy converge in the kid-friendly melodrama A Monster Calls
By Noel Murray December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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film The animated karaoke bash Sing aims for cute but lands on irritating
By Jesse Hassenger December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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film “Why Him?” Bryan Cranston asks of James Franco in this sporadically funny hackwork
By Jesse Hassenger December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv The People Of Earth bid farewell to 2016
By LaToya Ferguson December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv Brad Leland on redeeming Buddy Garrity and taking a punch from Walker, Texas Ranger
By Erik Adams December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv Andy Richter on eating squirrel and admiring Guillermo Del Toro’s gifting abilities
By Marah Eakin December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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film The 20 best films of 2016
By A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Katie Rife, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Noel Murray, Jesse Hassenger December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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film The best of film 2016: The ballots
By A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Katie Rife, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Noel Murray, Jesse Hassenger December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv The Affair brings Noah and Alison back together again for some reason
By Gwen Ihnat December 19, 2016 | 4:00am
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tv The Shameless finale serves the forest, but misses the trees
By Myles McNutt December 19, 2016 | 3:01am
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aux The Wet Hot American Summer team is making a sci-fi Love Boat show
By Sam Barsanti December 19, 2016 | 2:00am
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aux R.I.P. Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hollywood icon
By Sam Barsanti December 18, 2016 | 11:44pm
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aux Despite glaring issues, Once Upon A Time retains Disney’s charm
By Mildred Louis December 18, 2016 | 11:15pm
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aux Today’s best deals: Catan, tax software, and more
By Shep McAllister December 18, 2016 | 11:05pm
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aux Jennifer Lawrence wants to play Mystique in a Guardians Of The Galaxy movie
By Sam Barsanti December 18, 2016 | 10:04pm
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aux It looks like someone from Rogue One will pop up on Star Wars Rebels
By Sam Barsanti December 18, 2016 | 8:41pm
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aux Mr. Robot’s Sam Esmail may take on actual robots with Metropolis miniseries
By Sam Barsanti December 18, 2016 | 7:54pm
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aux Hillary Clinton woos the electoral college on SNL, with help from Love Actually
By Dennis Perkins December 18, 2016 | 7:08pm
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tv Mozart In the Jungle wraps up its third season with an f’ing satisfying finale
By Esther Zuckerman December 18, 2016 | 4:00pm
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tv A solid Christmas Saturday Night Live invites a trio of alums to back up Casey Affleck
By Dennis Perkins December 18, 2016 | 10:08am
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tv Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: December 16 - 18
By AV Club Staff December 18, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv Uneasy lies the head that wears The Hollow Crown
By Les Chappell December 18, 2016 | 6:00am
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aux In 1900, a 60-year-old woman defied an empire to protect her country’s throne
By Mike Vago December 18, 2016 | 6:00am
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aux Someone bought an ugly $90,000 Christmas sweater from 2 Chainz
By William Hughes December 17, 2016 | 10:41pm
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aux All In The Family is next up on the TV remake block
By William Hughes December 17, 2016 | 10:12pm
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aux Russian director wants to ban popcorn from his movies
By William Hughes December 17, 2016 | 8:40pm
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aux Robert Durst says he was on meth during the filming of The Jinx
By William Hughes December 17, 2016 | 7:35pm
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aux Today’s best deals: Outerwear, Simplehuman, and more
By Shep McAllister December 17, 2016 | 7:23pm
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aux UPDATE: Michael Sheen clarifies he’s not actually quitting acting
By William Hughes December 17, 2016 | 6:57pm
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tv Life is a cabaret in a jaunty Mozart In The Jungle
By Esther Zuckerman December 17, 2016 | 4:00pm
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tv The usual tricks are still compelling to watch on The Exorcist
By Dan Caffrey December 17, 2016 | 2:08pm
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games The 10 Best Boardgames of 2016
By Keith Law December 17, 2016 | 8:00am
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aux Vintage holiday lights and kitschy photos, plus a book of fake toys
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Katie Rife, Marah Eakin December 17, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv D.B. Woodside on Lucifer, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and learning harsh lessons from 24
By Will Harris December 17, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv The Z Nation season finale climbs high, then falls off a cliffhanger
By Alex McLevy December 17, 2016 | 3:00am
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aux Tilda Swinton cracks open her inbox, shares whitewashing exchange with Margaret Cho
By William Hughes December 17, 2016 | 1:42am
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aux Rick Scott asks Florida tourism board head to resign over Pitbull payout
By William Hughes December 17, 2016 | 12:15am
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aux Even Felicity Jones’ contract is full of Rogue One spoilers
By Katie Rife December 16, 2016 | 11:51pm
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aux The Wire’s Wendell Pierce joins Amazon’s Jack Ryan series
By William Hughes December 16, 2016 | 11:10pm
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aux It’s “passable” movies that are slowly but surely killing the medium
By Joe Blevins December 16, 2016 | 11:00pm
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aux The Flaming Lips trip out in the video for their new song, “Sunrise (Eyes Of The Young)”
By William Hughes December 16, 2016 | 10:35pm
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aux Woody Harrelson recruits Owen Wilson and Willie Nelson for the first “live movie”
By William Hughes December 16, 2016 | 10:15pm
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aux Michael Bolton to make sweet love to your ear holes this Valentine’s Day
By Katie Rife December 16, 2016 | 10:05pm
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aux A 1980s Westworld TV series would have thrilled Reagan-era nerds
By Joe Blevins December 16, 2016 | 10:00pm
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film Going In Style wants to be the Last Vegas of geriatric bank robbery
By Joe Blevins December 16, 2016 | 9:24pm
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aux We’re talking about Facebook’s efforts to combat fake news
By Sean O'Neal December 16, 2016 | 9:17pm
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film Chicago, see Viola Davis and Denzel Washington in Fences early and for free
By Esther Zuckerman December 16, 2016 | 9:15pm
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aux Elle is curiously absent from the Oscars’ Best Foreign Language Film shortlist
By Esther Zuckerman December 16, 2016 | 9:05pm
