Isabel Coixet

Film Review: “The Bookshop” — A Closed Book

September 1, 2018
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Reading is treated as a commodity, namedropping literary titles as a way for middlebrow film audiences to feel proud of themselves for being in the know.

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Fuse Film Review: “Learning to Drive” — Down the Formulaic Highway

September 26, 2015
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This modest film manages to hold the viewer’s attention, not to mention his or her compassion, throughout.

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