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  1. Queer Women Behaving Badly: These Movies Scrap the Coming-Out Story

    “Love Lies Bleeding,” “Bottoms” and “Drive-Away Dolls” are leading a wave of stories about lesbians living their lives, committing crimes along the way.

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    Ayo Edebiri, left, and Rachel Sennott in “Bottoms,” in which high school seniors start a fight club as a ruse to meet cheerleaders.
    CreditPatti Perret/Orion Pictures
  2. Netflix’s New Film Strategy: More About the Audience, Less About Auteurs

    Dan Lin, the streaming service’s new film chief, wants to produce a more varied slate of movies to better appeal to the array of interests among subscribers.

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    Dan Lin, a former head of production at Warner Bros., became Netflix’s film chief this month.
    CreditFrederic J. Brown/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  3. Long Dismissed, the Beatles’ ‘Let It Be’ Film Returns After 54 Years

    Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s unloved — or misinterpreted? — 1970 documentary, the source for Peter Jackson’s “Get Back,” will stream on Disney+.

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    As restored by Peter Jackson’s team, “Let It Be” looks as “it was intended to look in 1969 or 1970, although at my request, Peter did give it a more filmic look than with ‘Get Back,’” the director said.
    CreditEthan A. Russell/Apple Corps Ltd.
  4. ‘Man’s Castle’: Free Love, Hard Times

    Restored to its original length and screening at the Museum of Modern Art, this 1933 movie starring Spencer Tracy feels at once surprisingly frank and disquietingly coy.

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    Spencer Tracy and Glenda Farrell in “Man’s Castle,” directed by Frank Borzage.
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  5. Watch a Sniper Scene From ‘Civil War’

    Alex Garland, the film’s writer and director, narrates a sequence from his movie.

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    Anatomy of a Scene

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  8. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now

    In this month’s sci-fi picks, cruise through dreams, hook a right at multiverses, turn left at portals, then put it in reverse for some time travel.

    By Elisabeth Vincentelli

     
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