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Asa Butterfield and Chloë Grace Moretz star in Martin Scorsese's love letter to the movies and his first PG movie

Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ on Prime Video, Paramount+ and MGM+

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Martin Scorsese pays tribute to film history and the magic of cinema in this family adventure set in 1920s Paris.

‘Godard Mon Amour’ – Jean-Luc in the sixties on MUBI

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Louis Garrel plays the French New Wave legend in the adaptation of Anne Wiazemsky’s autobiographical novel, directed by Michael Hazanavicius.

George Clooney in 'Hail, Caesar!,' the loving Hollywood studio satire from Joel and Cthan Coen.

‘Hail, Caesar!’ from the Coen Bros. on Hulu

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Josh Brolin and George Clooney star in this affectionate and satirical tribute to Hollywood and cultural politics in early 1950s America.

Alexandra Norton directs the documentary on movie star and inventor Hedy Lamarr

‘Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story’ – Brains meet beauty on Netflix

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The most glamorous movie star of her day was also a pioneering scientist who never received credit for her history-changing invention until the end of her long, complicated life.

Burt Reynolds, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and others in Paul Thomas Anderson's indie epic

‘Boogie Nights’ – Porn in the USA on Paramount+

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Paul Thomas Anderson’s sophomore feature is a surprisingly vibrant, funny, and at times quite warm story of a dysfunctional filmmaking family in the adult film industry of the late 1970s.

Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy just want to put on a picture show in the affectionate Hollywood lampoon written by Martin and directed by Frank Oz.

Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy in ‘Bowfinger’ on Peacock

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Steve Martin’s tribute to shoestring filmmaking and big-screen dreams is a loving lampoon that gamely straddles the chasm between cynical con-artistry and benign innocence.

Leonardo DiCaprio is Howard Hughes in 'The Aviator,' directed by Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Aviator’ on Paramount+

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Leonardo DiCaprio plays Howard Hughes in this lavish biographical drama of the legendary aviator, filmmaker, and airline mogul.

David Lynch’s ‘Mulholland Dr.’ on Criterion Channel

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Lynch transformed the pilot of a TV show into a neo-noir with a weird, mystical logic that, in its unique Lynchian way, makes a twisted emotional sense.

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‘Sunset Blvd.’ – Ready for her close-up on Paramount+

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William Holden and Gloria Swanson star in this Gothic Hollywood noir, the darkest of Hollywood’s self-portraits, directed by Billy Wilder.

‘Singin’ in the Rain’ – Gene Kelly’s gotta dance on Max

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Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor costar in the Technicolor classic that has been hailed as the greatest American musical ever made. It placed in the number 10 spot in the 2022 Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time poll.