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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Amsterdam

Christian Bail, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington star in “Amsterdam.”

To describe David O. Russell’s new film Amsterdam as “star-studded” feels like an understatement. The cast includes Robert De Niro, Rami Malek, Mike Myers, Margot Robbie, Chris Rock, Michael Shannon, John David Washington, and … Taylor Swift. The story follows three friends (Bale, Robbie, and Washington) in Amsterdam in the years after W.W. I. They witness a murder for which they are then framed. The trio find themselves at the center of one of America’s most shocking secret histories. “A lot of this really happened,” the opening titles tell us. —Clara Molot

Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Studios