The Breadwinner is the rare sort of animated movie whose story could feasibly translate to the realm of live action.
Category: Remember All the Movies, Terry, We’d Go See
2017 Rewind: ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL (Steve James)
Even the worst documentaries tend to be able to maintain an audience’s attention because most chronicle interesting stories; why would someone go through the trouble of making one about a boring subject (this generalization of course precludes navel-gazing personal autobiographies). As such, when evaluating them, I try to focus more on the strength of the storytelling instead of the strength of the story.
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MY FRIEND DAHMER (Marc Meyers)
Given the recent rise in far-right movements across the western World — Trump in America, Brexit and Theresa May in Britain, anti-Merkel forces in Germany — many left-leaning audiences seem to want art to compensate for the perceived immorality around them.
NOVITIATE (Margaret Betts)
Dear Lord Novitiate is a bore.
2017 Rewind: CHASING CORAL (Jeff Orlowski)
As Academy Awards season commences, I’ll be revisiting possible contenders from the past year that I’ve missed. Since the Oscars recently announced the 15 shortlisted full-length documentaries – five of which will eventually be formally nominated – I’m beginning by catching up with those.
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MURDERers’ Row ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
Like a true disciple of Shakespeare, Kenneth Branagh understands the crucial importance of casting every role in an ensemble with top-tier talent.
The Worst of the Bests
Write All Nite will not be conforming to the recent trend of every outlet in the world releasing their “Top 10 ____ of 2017” lists IN EARLY DECEMBER, for a variety of reasons.
BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE): A Fictional Document of Truth
One of my favorite sounds to hear in a theater after a movie ends is no sound at all. This silence usually marks a truly special shared experience, like a hushed reverence.
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JESUS HOPPED THE ‘A’ TRAIN (Signature Theatre)
Every year, I track all the major off-Broadway theatre company’s seasons to determine whose deserves to be crowned the best of, currently, 2017-2018. It’s still too early to declare a winner, but based on its three revivals this fall, the Signature Theatre looks like the odds-on favorites.
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SUBURBICON: When Someone Other Than the Coen Brothers Makes a Coen Brothers Movie
Tony Kushner once likened a complex play to a lasagna. Much like an Italian-minded chef, a writer should try to stuff as many different ingredients as possible into their constructions to expansively deepen the flavor, yet not too many as to make the overall structure tumble under its own excessive weight – a tenuous balancing act that requires precise hands to create such complicated concoctions.
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