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MOVING THE NEEDLE

THE DIRECTOR OF A DOPING EXPOSÉ ISN'T A FAN OF RUSSIANS COMPETING IN PYEONGCHANG

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ICARUS

On Netflix

Director and amateur cyclist Bryan Fogel set out to investigate antidoping controls by rigorously doping himself. His Oscar-nominated film, which starts by following Fogel's daily testosterone regimen, turns into an engrossing exposé of how Russia cheated at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Last month the International Olympic Committee decided to allow 169 Russian athletes to compete at PyeongChang, to Fogel's dismay. "What message are you sending to clean athletes?" he says. "And to all the other countries? I think that it greatly cheapens the Games. To kids believing in the ideal of clean sport, the Olympics are saying it's O.K. to cheat."

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THE AWAY GAME

By Sebastian Abbot

A former AP bureau chief masterfully weaves together the stories of boys from a renowned soccer academy in Doha in an illuminating narrative.

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100 YEARS OF OLYMPIC FILMS

Criterion

In a 32-disc Blu-ray set, the Games' iconic moments are exquisitely captured by renowned directors like Miloš Forman and Claude Lelouch.

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BALLS

59E59 Theaters, New York City

In this rollicking theatrical retelling of the famed tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, the action proceeds in real time, shot by shot.