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Decades Later, This 75-Year-Old WWII Movie Remains One of the Most Realistic War Films Ever Made

It’s not an exaggeration to call Lewis Seiler’s 1950 picture Breakthrough one of the most authentic infantry combat films ever made. 75 years later, the raw and uncompromising appeal of this World War ...
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Lupita Nyong'o's Breakthrough Film With 95% RT Score Becomes a Streaming Hit 12 Years Later

The film that vaulted acclaimed actor Lupita Nyong'o to superstardom is fittingly a breakout streaming hit 12 years after its theatrical debut. The award-winning historical drama, 12 Years a Slave, is ...
Houston Chronicle

After 15 years, Stone's 'breakthrough' film available on DVD

There was a time when Oliver Stone thought he never would be able to make Platoon. "It took me 10 years to finally get it on the screen," Stone said during a recent telephone conversation. "Everyone ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Akinola Davies Jr., Director of ‘My Father’s Shadow,’ on the Full-Circle Moment of His BAFTA Breakthrough

With his Cannes-lauded feature debut leading the BIFA nominations and representing the U.K. at the Oscars, the filmmaker reflects on the surprise of being named a BAFTA Breakthrough and why he still ...
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Hainan Jury Touts Festival as a Launchpad for Next Year’s Breakthrough Films

At the 7th Hainan Island International Film Festival in China, jury president Marco Müller urged audiences and industry to rethink the event’s place on the calendar, arguing that its slot between AFM ...