Film critic Emma Jones tells us why the CGI chimpanzee stand-in for Robbie Williams does a good job of conveying the British pop star’s underlying loneliness in the quirky biopic A Better Man. We also discuss Mel Gibson’s latest stint behind the camera in “Flight Risk,” while Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Dockery provide some old-fashioned comic relief in this cockpit joke. Meanwhile, the French film “Silent Son” features Vincent Lindon in an award-winning role as a single father of two young people, while directors Delphine and Muriel Coulin explore the socio-economic realities of eastern France. In addition, we look at a new look at the life of German anti-Nazi theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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Ross Atkins on…the politics of pardons
On Inauguration Day, both outgoing and incoming U.S. presidents issued controversial pardons, stretching their powers to new limits. Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to family members, while Donald Trump pardoned…