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Television Review: “Wild Wild Country” — Scruffily Corporatized Love-in

April 25, 2018
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Wild Wild Country details the insane clusterfuck that results when faith, fundamentalism, and media hype intersect.

Film Review: “You Were Never Really Here” — Lynne Ramsay’s Dark Materials

April 17, 2018
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In You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsay’s themes of alienation, violence, guilt and redemption are once again present, albeit in a more frenetic form than before.

Film Review: Abbas Kiarostami’s “24 Frames” — Final Photo Album

April 16, 2018
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Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami’s last film is made up of a series of sometimes resplendent, sometimes disappointing, images.

STREAMING DOCS: A-list Documentaries, April Edition

April 14, 2018
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Where will you find the best in new documentaries? In the brave new world of digital streaming.

Film Review: “Claire’s Camera” — An Engaging Escapade from a Major Director

April 13, 2018
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Claire’s Camera is enjoyable and charming, but it’s definitely minor Hong, made on a lark at Cannes.

TV/Film Review: “Paterno” — Acts of Dishonor

April 12, 2018
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What we want is for Al Pacino to convey something deeper, something illuminating about the fall of the hero from the highest reaches of the gods.

Film Review: “Ramen Heads” — Delicious Obsession

April 6, 2018
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Food porn? You know it when you see it.

Film Commentary: Cast in “Chappaquiddick” — An Actor’s Perspective

April 4, 2018
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Chappaquiddick may satisfy some for whom Ted Kennedy was overdue for a comeuppance.

Film Review: “Spettacolo” — A Tuscan Town “That Plays Itself”

April 2, 2018
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The landscape and architecture are beautifully photographed, but more important are the array of faces and the music of the voices.

Film Interview: Making a Movie of “The Spinning Man”

April 2, 2018
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A slow-motion road to the silver screen: Spinning Man author George Harrar talks about the journey from page to film.

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