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Meryl Streep

Film Review: “Don’t Look Up” — A Pitch-Dark Satire that Dares to be Impudently Pessimistic

The knee-jerk, hateful reviews of Don’t Look Up possess comments so outsized, and so beside the point, that they bear a resemblance to the oblivious thinking of the movie’s anti-science ostriches.

By: Daniel Gewertz Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Adam McKay, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Gewertz, Don't Look Up, Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep

Film Review: “Let Them All Talk” — Angst of Many Flavors

The film feels amateurish in the most complimentary Stendhalien sense: created in a spirit of play, rather than a sweaty effort to advance a studio agenda.

By: Erica Abeel Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest, Let Them All Talk, Lucas Hedges, Meryl Streep, Steven Soderbergh

Film Review: “The Post” — The Newspaper Business is Not Glamorous, But Movies Are

Steven Spielberg’s political timing is nearly perfect, and so is his film.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Meryl Streep, Peg Aloi, Steven Spielberg, The Post, Tom Hanks

Film Review: “Florence Foster Jenkins” — Delusions of Grandeur

Stephen Frears balances laughs with a smattering of poignant scenes, a broad, see-sawing approach that will appeal to American audiences.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Florence Foster Jenkins, Hugh Grant, Meryl Streep, Stephen Frears

Film Review: “Ricki and the Flash” — A Damp Squib

Ricki and the Flash is a film that is bad enough to hurt a lot of reputations.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: Diablo Cody, Jonathan Demme, Meryl Streep, Rick Springfield, Ricki and the Flash, Rock-and-Roll

Culture Vulture: NYTimes wrong about “Julie and Julia”

by Helen Epstein Go here for information about a live-chat, scheduled for August 23rd, with Helen Epstein on “The Art of Narrative Writing.” Despite what the NYTimes thinks Meryl Streep cooks up a storm in “Julie and Julia.” I usually trust the Times‘ A. O. Scott on movies, but this time I don’t share his […]

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Film, Food Tagged: A. O. Scott, Culture Vulture, Julie & Julia, Meryl Streep, new-york-times, Nora Ephron

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