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Zanzibar's Majestic, the last cinema standing (feat. Nick Broomfield)

"Only in Theaters" concludes with the cautionary tale of the Majestic. Africa's island region of Zanzibar used to be movie crazy — but today just one cinema remains: The Majestic, a 1950s-era building with roots that go back even further.Host Rico Gagliano speaks to folks around the world about the wild glory days of Zanzibar's cinema culture, why it's now on the brink of extinction...and then takes hope from an itinerant film programmer 6000 miles away in Amsterdam. Featuring celebrated docu...

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  HIGH & LOW - JOHN GALLIANO — Kevin Macdonald tackles fashion and forgivene…

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  Sofia Coppola — PRISCILLA, from source to soundtrack

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  Sofia Coppola — from VIRGIN SUICIDES to PRISCILLA

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  DO THE RIGHT THING — Spike Lee and Ruth E. Carter find color in the dark

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  QUADROPHENIA — The mod, mod world of ’64, ’79 and beyond

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  BREATHLESS — Jean Seberg & Jean-Luc Godard dress down film and fashion

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  HOW TO HAVE SEX — Molly Manning Walker just wants to talk

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  Ken Loach Calls for Solidarity in THE OLD OAK

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  Sebastián Silva on ROTTING IN THE SUN — "Everyone and everything in it *wi…

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  PASSAGES — Ira Sachs's "endless circle of desire"

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  Cannes Conversations — Ildiko Enyedi on short cinema

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  Cannes Conversations — Filipa Reis on privilege and empowerment

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  Cannes Conversations — Joanna Arnow watches (wryly) from a distance

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  Cannes Conversations — With OMEN, Baloji clears his name