Film
Mamoulian’s Applause is an opportunity to experience the first leg of the director’s ascent on his Hollywood roller coaster.
Films like Indignation bypass body counts and superheroes in order to explore the mysteries and eccentricities of human behavior.
Until its closing scenes, Captain Fantastic takes a complex look at the wisdom of bucking the system or joining in.
Thomas Bidegain’s film “Les Cowboys “ is political, but it is never heavy-handed.
There has never been a better time in America to reconsider the importance of television’s role in the political discourse.
Conclusion: Woody Allen is, and long long has been, an aged fart.
A meta-documentary shows us what viewers really want from the genre, and how problematic that can be.
What are documentaries supposed do . . . and not do?
The performances by Ange Dargent and Théophile Baquet could not be better.
Film Commentary: In Defense of Woody Allen
A response to Ty Burr’s column called “Here’s why Woody Allen is overrated”in yesterday’s Boston Globe.
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