Why I Can’t Go Ga Ga For ‘La La Land’
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling sing and dance in “La La Land” PHOTO: DALE ROBINETTE I’ve never considered myself a contrarian. …
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The Obama Legacy
Prepping my screening schedule s at the Toronto International Film Festival, I always pursue the kind of movie that can …
‘Jackie’ Screenwriter Humanizes an Icon
Natalie Portman has received praise as Jacqueline Kennedy. PHOTO: PABLO LARRAÍN/COURTESY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX In Jackie, screenwriter Noah Oppenheim, working with …
Great Acting and Writing Lift ‘Manchester’
Casey Affleck (left) and Lucas Hedges in “Manchester By the Sea”PHOTO: CLAIRE FOLGER / COURTESY OF AMAZON STUDIOS AND ROADSIDE …
Review: ‘Man Down’
Man Down is from director Dito Montiel (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints) and roams a seemingly post-apocalyptic American landscape in …
Sadly, Rules Do Apply for Warren Beatty
Warren Beatty plays Howard Hughes in Rules Don’t Apply. PHOTO: FRANCOIS DUHAMEL/TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILMS For the past three weeks, since the …
The Dark Dreamscape of ‘Nocturnal Animals’
A beloved University of Cincinnati professor’s novel becomes an edgy, thrilling new movie after his death Director Tom Ford talks …
‘Loving’ Defends the American Family
Through its ruling on Loving v. Virginia in 1967, the Supreme Court unanimously overturned the state of Virginia’s prohibition of …
A Twisted ‘Love Witch’
“Marmion,” the epic 19th-century poem from Sir Walter Scott, gave us the immortal quote, “Oh, what a tangled web we …
Rebecca Hall in Crisis (as ‘Christine’)
Despite the fact that Christine, from director Antonio Campos (Simon Killer) and first-time screenwriter Craig Shilowich, is based on a true …
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