A basic definition of a critic: someone who shares responses to art.
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Category: Remember All the Movies, Terry, We’d Go See
Sunrise
Michel Franco: a burgeoning auteur (who basically no one has heard of).
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Anything but Simple
Does it make me sound like a nympho to say there’s a dearth of movies that are actually about sex?
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Flee the Procession
Reenactments in documentaries are always tricky.
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AMA
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN!!!! is having a cinematic moment.
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C’mon, Flee
How many vivid memories do you have of your childhood?
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Mea Culpa (kind of)
Fine, I’ll defend cinematic parenting for a change.
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Let’s Get Rowdy
This one’s for me…but not solely for me (hopefully).
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Clarification
Allow me to issue a Parallel–Mothers-inspired correction to last week’s plea for more offspring-rejection in the arts:
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A Rallying Cry (A Crying Rally?)
As Knicks fans flooded out of Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, their chants could be heard ringing through the rafters after a triumphant defeat of the Indiana Pacers.
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