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The Charm Offensive Is a Menacing Force in Cinema’s Latest Depictions of Sex Work • This year, five films spotlight the so-called ‘world’s oldest profession’ in its many forms — but it was the lighter, more comic features of this lot that showed the darkest sides of an unregulated industry

The Oldest Profession in Oscar History • Movies have long told stories of sex workers — and these performers earned noms, and wins, from the Academy for their portrayals

The ‘Elegant Prison’ of a Royal Estate • Production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas says Neon’s Spencer, which follows Princess Diana as she is on the verge of leaving her husband, offered opportunities to examine feelings of ‘anguish, isolation and sadness’

November Brings Momentum — and Turkeys! • Some Oscar hopefuls have more reason than others to give thanks before the holiday season

‘It Shouldn’t Be Up to Hollywood Who Starts and Stops Acting When’ • Dakota Johnson, a third-generation Hollywood star, reflects on an impressive career as a young actress as she earns Oscar buzz for Netflix’s The Lost Daughter

Five Essential Films • Dakota Johnson’s talents are on full display in these features, which range from envelope-pushing blockbusters to art house fare

Finding Permission to ‘Obey Your Crazy’ • Multi-hyphenate Jeymes Samuel reveals five items that inspired the tone, look and sound of his revisionist Western The Harder They Fall

Portraying the ‘Power of Human Connection’ • Writer-director Fran Kranz and star Ann Dowd discuss their film Mass, which sees two couples affected by a horrific tragedy seek reconciliation and forgiveness

An Intimate, Black-and-White Film That’s About ‘Everything’ • C’mon C’mon writer-director Mike Mills and star Gaby Hoffmann discuss what they learned from young actor Woody Norman and how Mills courted Joaquin Phoenix to play the main character

‘WHAT WE NEED ARE POETS AND INSPIRATION’ • Elaine Bogan (Spirit Untamed), Enrico Casarosa (Luca), Quiara Alegría Hudes (Vivo), Carlos López Estrada (Raya and the Last Dragon), Phil Lord (The Mitchells vs the Machines), Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Flee) and Clark Spencer (Encanto) delve into how filmmakers are diversifying their talent and stories during THR’s Animation Roundtable

‘The Worst Thing It Could Do Is Stop Us From Doing More’ • For director Jon M. Chu, the legacy of Warner Bros.’ In the Heights is greater than box office numbers: ‘We can’t control who shows up, but we can control the art that we make’

‘Once the Doors Are Closed, All You Have Is True Fiction’

DUNE • How Denis Villeneuve mined his boyhood obsession with Frank Herbert’s classic novel to create the big-screen adaptation fans have always wanted

STORYBOARDING A CHILDHOOD DREAM • As a teenager, Villeneuve and a close friend meticulously mapped out the Dune adaptation they imagined making some day

THE WILD WEST REIMAGINED THROUGH CLOTHES AND ATTITUDE • For costume designers Antoinette Messam and Kirsty Cameron, the Western genre is a canvas splashed with fresh paint and timeless character

‘OUR SISTERHOOD WAS SHOWN ONSCREEN’ • King Richard stars Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton talk playing two of the greatest athletes of all time

FIVE YOUNG PERFORMERS TO WATCH • These actors prove there’s no such thing as a small role

Spirited Away Broke Records and Made Oscar History