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‘Maestro’ is basically ‘Raging Bull,’ that’s what you should watch instead
Maestro is a biopic of Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper, who also writes, directs and produces), an American conductor/composer who wrote a lot of, you know, he was really famous. It says here he was the first American composer to receive international … Continue reading
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Tagged bradley cooper, Carey Mulligan, Maestro, Martin Scorsese, Netflix, Raging Bull
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‘She Said’ dances on the corpse of systemic sexual predation, which is alive and well
2/10 As a journalist and someone who followed the Weinstein revelations closely, She Said is an absolutely infuriating film to watch. It feels like pulling teeth trying to get this to turn into a real journalism movie about the discovery … Continue reading
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Tagged #metoo, Carey Mulligan, Harvey Weinstein, She Said, The Weinstein Company, Zoe Kazan
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‘Promising Young Woman’ is not the revenge story you’re looking for
3/10 I think we all really needed this. Three years after the Harvey Weinstein saga kicked into gear in October 2017, horrifically realizing the old casting couch, “who’d she blow for that role” stereotypes in a way that reveals what … Continue reading