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‘Women Talking’ imagines what it wants, but not what it needs
5/10 In the mid ‘00s in the Manitoba Mennonite colony in Bolivia cut off from modern cities where women are not taught to read and only speak an outdated dialect of German, several colony men came up with a scheme … Continue reading
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Tagged Frances McDormand, Sarah Polley, Scarface Janz, Women Talking
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‘All Quiet’ adaptation fails in every way, but especially upward
2/10 Netflix’ first-ever German language adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front leads the charge of international prestige movies in 2022, releasing pre-packaged with the announcement of its submission for the 95th Academy Awards as a Laser-accurate adaptation of … Continue reading
Edgelord of ‘Babylon’
7/10 About five minutes into Damien Chazelle’s Babylon, an elephant shits directly onto the camera. It’s a point-of-view shot for our main character, Manny Torres (Diego Calva), who is tasked with getting this elephant to a gigantic, depraved party at … Continue reading
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Tagged Babylon, Damien Chazelle, Elephant shits directly onto the camera, La La Land, Margot Robbie
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Another, sadder lens into the past in ‘Empire of Light’
5/10 Empire of Light is a good, quiet little movie that’s sad, thoughtful and breathtakingly beautiful, and I liked it. The Empire Cinema, Ballroom and Restaurant in Margate, England, December, 1980- Hilary Small (Olivia Colman), who works as the theater … Continue reading
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Tagged Empire of Light, Olivia Colman, Roger Deakins, Sam Mendes, The Fabelmans
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Spielberg on Spielberg in autobiography only he could make
8/10 My first movie was Jurassic Park, the unimpeachable knockout that single-handedly changed the course of American culture and cinematic history by being so terrific. As I sit down for The Fabelmans and gather my cynicism for the tail end … Continue reading
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Tagged coming-of-age, Jurassic Park, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
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