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A scene from the original "Ghostbusters," which turns 40 this year.

There was something strange in my neighborhood — the day I saw ‘Ghostbusters’

As "Frozen Empire" hits theaters, the Globe’s film critic looks back at the original, which turns 40 this year.

Where Taipei ends and imagination begins: Harvard Film Archive presents an Edward Yang retrospective
Seven features and one short offer the chance to watch the work of a great and enduring filmmaker.

‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ serves nostalgia, lukewarm
“Stranger Things” is ′80s nostalgia for people who didn’t live through the ′80s. The original “Ghostbusters” series evokes firsthand memories for people who did. See how this doesn’t work? The combination is like discovering your parents like the cool thing you like — except this discovery ruins it for your parents, not you.

Regina King has ‘no doubt’ Shirley Chisholm would be elected president if she were running today

In 1972, Shirley Chisholm became the first Black woman to seek the presidential nomination from a major party. So why don’t more people know about her? “That was the reason my sister and I decided to tell this story," says Regina King, "because we realized how many people hadn’t even heard her name."

Coolidge Corner Theatre unveils $14m expansion that’s nothing short of cinematic
The 14,000-square-foot expansion is the brick-and-mortar embodiment of the Coolidge’s twin ambitions: It promises to secure the arthouse’s financial future by strengthening its earning potential, while also burnishing the theater’s reputation as a leading regional center for film and culture.

Odie Henderson | Movie Review
Regina King runs for president in ‘Shirley’
Despite an impressive pedigree in front of and behind the camera, “Shirley” fails to convey just how remarkable the career of Shirley Chisholm really was.

The 17th Salem Film Fest cast a global net for a tight-knit community
The largest all-documentary film festival in Massachusetts runs March 21-24.

Odie Henderson review | ★★★
‘Shayda’ is a tribute to writer-director Noora Niasari’s own mother
Zar Amir Ebrahimi plays an Iranian mother who flees Iran after filing for divorce from her abusive husband.

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Katy O’Brian, left, and Kristen Stewart in "Love Lies Bleeding."

‘Love Lies Bleeding’: Sex, lies, and weightlifting tape

In this neo-noir/body-horror hybrid, Kristen Stewart plays a gym worker who falls hard for Katy O’Brian’s bodybuilder-drifter. 1:38 p.m.

Alexander Payne, left, director of "The Holdovers," with the film's writer, David Hemingson, at a Los Angeles screening of the film, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

Plagiarism claims surface against Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’

British screenwriter Simon Stephenson alleges that the script of Alexander Payne’s “Holdovers” has been plagiarized “line-by-line,” according to a report. 3:13 p.m.

Odie Henderson review | ★★

‘Arthur the King’: Where Camelot is competition

It’s time for “Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals”! No, not the old recurring Andy Samberg skit on “SNL.” I mean “Arthur the King,” where the artist formerly known as Marky Mark spends loads of screen time talking to the type of mangy mutt that makes audiences go “awwww.” 11:10 a.m.

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Jane Russell in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes."

Why gentlemen (ladies, too) prefer Jane Russell

Howard Hughes. Cross-Your-Heart Bras. The NFL. Stephen Sondheim. You could say that they just don’t make careers like that anymore — except that they never did, other than Jane Russell’s. Hers was a stardom template of one. 9:07 a.m.

Raney Aronson-Rath, Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, and Derl McCrudden pose with the Oscars they won for best documentary for "20 Days in Mariupol" at the 96th Academy Awards Sunday night.

GBH makes Oscars history with winning doc ‘20 Days in Mariupol’

"It’s going to be great to be back in Boston," said FRONTLINE editor-in-chief and executive producer Raney Aronson-Rath. ‘The Boston support’s been incredible.” 3:52 p.m.

Dana Blumberg and Robert Kraft attend Elton John AIDS Foundation's 32nd Annual Academy Awards viewing party on March 10, 2024 in West Hollywood, Calif.

Amid Oscars events, Robert Kraft keeps focus on antisemitism foundation

”We are trying to educate people who don’t understand the severity of the problem and the hate that’s going on," Kraft said Sunday of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, which he launched in 2019. 2:00 p.m.

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John Krasinski and Emily Blunt arrive at the 96th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Pretty in pale: Our favorite looks (and one flop) from the Oscars red carpet

Bold hues took a back seat to peach, blush, seafoam, baby blue, and cream. What were your favorites? 1:44 p.m.

Odie Henderson

Ryan Gosling performs the song "I'm Just Ken" from the movie "Barbie" during the Oscars on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

With ‘I’m Just Ken,’ Ryan Gosling brings down the Mojo Dojo Casa House at the Oscars

The Globe’s film critic’s post-mortem on the winners and losers, plus a kvetch about the moment the Oscars never gets right. 1:01 p.m.