Weekly Digest

Watch List Digest 2/20/26

Farewells to Bud Cort, Robert Duvall and our collective moviegoing youth.

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Ty Burr

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Watch List Digest 2/20/26
Shelley Duvall (R.I.P.) and Bud Cort (R.I.P.) in "Brewster McCloud"

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I owe you guys a Frederick Wiseman appreciation. Next week: It's been busy and too many people have been dying.

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