Film
Pitched in this era of hyper partisanship and sharp division, The Ground Between Us is notable because of the weight and balance it gives to the issues at stake.
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Sofia Coppola’s flawed characters are part of the real world, engaged in authentic relationships struggling with universal dilemmas.
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The real problem is the obsessive engagement with social media platforms that encourages attention-seeking behavior, and rewards it.
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Five more feature films of great interest and their links, lovingly chosen to get you through the continuing travails of the coronavirus.
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After the misery, cynicism, and division of the past four years, Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President is a breath of fresh air.
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“Did you know that film director John Ford lived in your apartment when a boy?”
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Our awareness of our delight in the homicidal temptations presented by film is itself a kind of twisted comedy that the critic is all too aware of.
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This may be the year’s best ensemble cast, and that goes a long way towards making this multi-layered melodrama accessible and compelling.
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There’s a larger story to tell about black composers and musicians breaking into the film and TV business, but its only lightly touched on here.
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What comes through most resonantly in Apples is its envisioning of a society starting over, and its suggestion that a clean slate, accepted honestly, might not be the worst thing.
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