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New York Film Festival unveils main slate lineup

NEW YORK — The New York Film Festival has unveiled the main slate of films to its 64th edition, including works from James Gray, Ava DuVernay and Tony Gilroy. Organizers for Film at Lincoln Center on Wednesday announced the 32 films selected for its prestigious main slate lineup, all of which will play at the festival running Sept. 25 to Oct. 12. Kicking off the festival will be Gray’s “Paper Tiger,” a Queens-set crime drama starring Adam Driver and Miles Teller. While few of the festival’s selections will be making their world premiere in New York, one exception is ...

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ beats ‘Avengers: Endgame’ box office mark

Spider-Man beat the Avengers at the box office. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” broke the “Avengers: Endgame” record for the biggest North American opening weekend with $360 million in ticket sales from theaters in the U.S. and Canada, Sony Pictures said Monday. Sony on Sunday projected ...

At the movies — Aug. 1-2

BEDFORD PITT THEATRE Spider-Man: Brand New Day (PG-13) and The Breadwinner (PG) Saturday and Sunday — 7:30 p.m. SILVER LINING DRIVE-IN No movies this week — Bedford County Fair CARROLLTOWN HI-WAY DRIVE-IN Spider-Man: Brand New Day (PG-13) Saturday and Sunday — 8:50 ...

Fighters go head-to-head in medieval combat world championship

SPOTTRUP, Denmark — With swords, axes and shields, competitors from 30 countries are going head-to-head in the grounds of a Danish fortress in a modern version of old-fashioned battle. The International Medieval Combat Federation’s annual world championship roared into gear in northern ...

Pickleball serves as star in comedy ‘The Dink’

It’s the tennis establishment versus pickleball enthusiasts at an uptight club in “The Dink,” a kind of spiritual descendent of “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.” The story itself is very by the books: A once promising tennis prodigy learns to get over himself and his disdain for ...