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Richard Porton on Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Behind the Candelabra’

Review

Soderbergh’s new Liberace biopic carefully navigates the campy joy of the pianist’s persona with the hard edges of his personality, finding an important niche in America’s conversation about gay rights.

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