Class Warfare in the Heat of the Summer
MESSAGES IN ‘SNOWPIERCER’ AND ‘THE PURGE: ANARCHY’ By T.T. Stern-Enzi Back in the day, when Grandmaster Flash and the Furious …
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Enjoying an International Film Festival
PORTRAIT OF A FILM CRITIC AS A MERE SPECTATOR IN THE CROWD By T.T. Stern-Enzi After four years of attending the …
A Lesson in Animal Liberation
‘DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES’ PUTS HUMANITY TO THE TEST By T.T. Stern-Enzi Peter Singer, a modern philosopher …
Is Jo Nesbø Scandinavian Fiction’s Elmore Leonard?
ADAPTATION OF ‘JACKPOT’ HANGS OUT AMONG THE RIFF RAFF By T.T. Stern-Enzi Rating: R, Grade: B- I’ve spent the last few …
Re-Staging ‘Jersey Boys’ for the Screen
CLINT EASTWOOD FAVORS WORDS AND MOTION WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE MUSIC By T.T. Stern-Enzi Rating: PG-13; Grade: B Clint Eastwood, as both …
No ‘Fault’ For a Pair of Doomed Star-Crossed Lovers
NEW ‘LOVE STORY’ UPDATE GAMBLES BY DOUBLING DOWN ON THE TERMINAL ILLNESS ANGLE By T.T. Stern-Enzi Rating: PG-13, Grade: B- …
To Be Black, Gay and Proud in Mainstream Cinema
HOW LONG BEFORE WE SEE CHARACTERS WHO HAPPEN TO BE BLACK AND GAY ON THE REGULAR? By T.T. Stern-Enzi The …
A Re-Invigorated ‘Chef’ Concocts an Inspired Treat
MULTI-HYPHENATE JON FAVREAU FLEES THE HOLLYWOOD TEST KITCHEN By T.T. Stern-Enzi Rating: R, Grade: A It doesn’t take long for a …
Living in ‘God’s Pocket’ Isn’t Easy
THE STORY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS MORE THAN YOUR NAME By T.T. Stern-Enzi Rating: R, Grade: B+ The …
‘Under the Skin’ of Jonathan Glazer
HOW HIS SHORT-FILM EFFORTS OFFER INSIGHT INTO HIS NEW FEATURE FILM By T.T. Stern-Enzi Rating: R, Grade: B There are …
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