Film

Film Review: “The Choice” — Nothing to Hang Your Heart On

February 8, 2016
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Clear some room on the mantle of cinematic disgrace for The Choice, an utterly drippy romance.

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Film Review: “The Lady in the Van” — Distilled Alan Bennett

February 8, 2016
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The Lady in the Van is quite enjoyable, but has a significant flaw.

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Film Review: Acknowledging Jean Epstein — Brilliant Maverick Filmmaker and Critic

January 29, 2016
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Jean Epstein’s body of work is full of pleasures and surprises: this vigorous director broke ground for filmmakers and cinematic movements to come.

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Film Review: “The President” — Saving the Soul of a Monster

January 23, 2016
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The President doesn’t try to drum up easy sympathy for its arrogant anti-hero.

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Film Remembrance: Alan Rickman — An Actor who Embodied Evil, Heartbreak, and Mystery

January 15, 2016
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Rickman was that rare actor whose low-key intensity was punctuated with just enough hilarity or insanity to make his characters unforgettable.

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Film Review: “Troublemakers” — Aesthetic Agitation on a Gargantuan Scale

January 14, 2016
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Land art is an outgrowth of the rebellious ’60s; radicalism taking the form of ambitious topographical rearangment.

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Fuse Remembrance: Bowie on Film — Ageless Enigmas

January 14, 2016
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Bowie the Legendary Rock Star and Bowie the Fashion Chameleon were flashier, bolder, than Bowie the Cinematic Iconoclast.

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TV Commentary: The Golden Globes — Reliably Disappointing

January 13, 2016
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The Golden Globes Equation: Glitz + Glamor + Action = Win.

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Film Review: “The Revenant” — Where Have You Gone, Sam Peckinpah?

January 9, 2016
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The implausibility of The Revenant is jaw-dropping.

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Film Review: “Mustang” — Passion, Caged

January 6, 2016
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Despite being entrapped in a controlling social order, the sisters behave as most adolescents do: sometimes impulsively.

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