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North Korea is an earthly paradise – at least, that's the fiction its people are fed from birth by their dictatorial government. The reality is far, far grimmer, almost unimaginably so.  Just how dreadful conditions are in the country becomes clear in the documentary Beyond Utopia, directed by…

A24's Priscilla by Sofia Coppola catapults from four screens to 1,300, Alexander Payne's The Holdovers from Focus Features expands to 60 from six and two new indies have wide debuts — What Happens Later from Bleecker Street, directed by and starring Meg Ryan, opens at 1,400 locations and Daisy…

North Korea. Your house is on fire. What do you try to rescue first? Your kids? Your pet? No, the first thing you reach for is the portrait of the Dear Leader, Kim Jong-un and his father and grandfather that is hanging on your wall, as mandated by the authoritarian government. Everything else can…

Human Rights Watch states the case very clearly: North Korea "remains one of the most repressive countries in the world." In a 2022 report, the nonprofit said, "The North Korean government does not respect the rights to freedom of thought, opinion, expression or information… Fear of collective…