A promising if not wholly successful ‘experiment’ in a minimalist character study where the character being studied barely speaks.
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Author: Steven Strauss
Tweet of Consciousness: WHY HIM?
1.WHY HIM?: More like why us, amirite?!?!?! It’s an unwelcome throwback to comedies whose structures rely exclusively on nothing more than
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) December 28, 2016
Tales of the American Heart(land)
Amidst the seemingly endless array of doomsday scenarios regarding the onset of Trump’s America being bandied about by many artists – a majority of whom are obviously liberal – a rare, commonly held bright spot in this darkness is the promise that at the very least some amazing art will be created in response to the years ahead. Very few have ever countered the quasi-adage ‘misery inspires better art than happiness’ for a reason.
Tweet of Consciousness: RIDE THE CYCLONE (MCC Theater)
1. RIDE THE CYCLONE (MCC): Its quality is sadly a perfect fit for the amateur high school auditorium vibe of The Lucille Lortel Theatre
— Write All Nite (@aintnohero) December 24, 2016
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Tweet of Consciousness: NERUDA (Pablo Larraín)
1. NERUDA (Pablo Larraín): Ambition>execution, but a valid analysis may have required more pre-movie knowledge of Pablo Neruda on my part
— Write All Nite (@aintnohero) December 24, 2016
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Tweet of Consciousness: COLLATERAL BEAUTY (David Frankel)
1.COLLATERAL BEAUTY (David Frankel): Yet again: strong cast (MICHAEL CUMPSTY!), worse material. 2 many movies in 1, none good, all tolerable
— Write All Nite (@aintnohero) December 23, 2016
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Tweet of Consciousness: THE WOLVES (Sarah DeLappe, Playwrights Realm)
2. Namely: lack of thematic focus in favor of packing play with as many intellectually witty conversational observations as possible
— Write All Nite (@aintnohero) December 22, 2016
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Tweet of Consciousness: TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS (Nia Vardalos, Public Theater)
2. but still can’t overcome artistically crippling feeling this story was CLEARLY written for another medium. Dramatically inert dramaturgy
— Write All Nite (@aintnohero) December 21, 2016
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THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (CC): And When I Meet God, I’m ‘a Compel Him to Include Women in the Sequel
The Brand New Testament may have one of the best premises of any movie this year, especially due to how deftly it justifies the need for more diverse creators in all artistic worlds.
This Little LAND OF MINE, Oscars Gonna Let It Shine
Just when I thought movies had exhausted every last possible World War II story, along comes Land of Mine, Denmark’s official submission to this year’s Academy Awards that was shortlisted as one of the nine best foreign films of 2016. Since the foreign language branch is notorious for skirting the most critically-acclaimed candidates in favor of more conventional fare – which is often a shame because a large percentage of the most daringly inventive work being produced today occurs overseas – many critics already believe without having even seen the movie that yet another WWII story must conform to this unfortunate trend. But Land of Mine actually does contain a surprising amount of contemporary, relevant, resonant profundity. It may look like the same old WWII flick, but that’s almost the point.
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