Casting ‘Moonlight’

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Alex R. Hibbert, Ashton Sanders and Trevante Rhodes in "Moonlight"

Some of our favorite recent stories about movies. Kurt Andersen talks with Jenny Slate about how her movie career blossomed long after her inglorious stint on "Saturday Night Live." Yesi Ramirez breaks down how she cast the Best Picture winner, "Moonlight." A film critic defends — and praises! — the movie film nerds love to hate: "The Godfather: Part III." And the film composer who’s scored nearly all of the Coen Brothers’ films, Carter Burwell, fills us in on some terms of his trade.

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