These are people behaving badly, even while they struggle to retain their dignity.
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Film Review: “The Power of the Dog” — A Beautiful Study in Contrasts
Director Jane Campion’s sharp adaptation of Thomas Savage’s novel focuses on the damage done to those who surrender to the alluring but pernicious “sword” of social conformity.
Film Review: “The Scary of Sixty-First” — “Give up your shitposts which are completely useless…”
This isn’t so much a movie as it is a micro-budget prank, and I must respect the hustle Dasha Nekrasova is pulling here even if it’s not in good taste.
Film Review: “C’mon c’mon” — Taking Care of Kids
For a movie starring a kid, this one is adroitly crafted and goes easy on the treacle.
Film Review: “Karen Dalton: In My Own Time” – (One-of-a-kind musical find)
Singular folksinger Karen Dalton never made it to the big time. A new documentary suggests why.
Film Review: “Film About a Father Who” — Daddy Lessons
Rather than directly interviewing her father about his life, Lynne decided to take a more peripheral approach in order to figure out what makes her dear old dad tick.
Film Review: “Belfast’ — Black and White and Rosy All Over
Belfast is overly sentimental and drenched if not drowned in nostalgia, but it’s also very sweet, uplifting, well-paced, beautifully shot, and competently assembled.
Film Review: “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” — Do Englishmen Dream of Electric Cats? One Did.
This wholly original period piece crackles with energy, humor, and pathos.
Film Interview: Foster Hirsch on “Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King”
“I’m hoping people will revisit Otto Preminger’s movies because he made some of the best films ever made in America.”
Film Review: “Spencer” — Royal Damsel in Distress
This portrait of Princess Diana interweaves facts with fantasies to create an impressionistic profile of a troubled woman trapped in a golden cage.