Peg Aloi

Film Feature: Best and Most Overrated Movies of 2017

December 24, 2017
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Our demanding critics choose the best (most disappointing) films of the year.

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Film Review: “I, Tonya” — Grit and Glamour on Ice

December 23, 2017
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Moviegoers who haven’t thought about Tonya Harding in years may find themselves wondering if they may have judged her too harshly.

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Television Review: “Wormwood” — Errol Morris’ Brilliant Bricolage

December 20, 2017
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Wormwood is full of secrets, some revealed, some tantalizingly unknowable.

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Film Review: “The Other Side of Hope” — Despair Begets Compassion

December 13, 2017
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This short film exudes a lighthearted, breezy energy that belies the seriousness of its subject matter.

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Film Review: “God’s Own Country” — Love on the Dales

November 27, 2017
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I enjoyed God’s Own Country for its realistic style and its unflinching vision of intimacy.

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Film Preview: “Stranger Things” — Haunted by the 1980s

October 27, 2017
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The Brattle Theatre has come up with a specially-curated slate of films that honors the cinematic underpinnings of Netflix’s Stranger Things.

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Film Review: “The King’s Choice” — Norway’s Stand Against Hitler

October 22, 2017
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The King’s Choice is a thoughtful nail-biter, a suspenseful historical drama.

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Film Commentary: October — A Month of Horror, Multiplying

October 16, 2017
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I love subtlety, and beauty, and trash, and terror, in equal measure.

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Film Review: “Lucky” — Harry Dean Stanton, Living Large

October 6, 2017
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Lucky is a showcase for Harry Dean Stanton’s unique talents, which primarily lie in his inhabiting roles as an amped-up or quirkier version of himself.

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Film Review: Hell is Other People — Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!”

September 16, 2017
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Chaos threatens to usurp the plot, but Jennifer Lawrence’s luminous performance keeps the story, such as it is, moving along.

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