LION revels in the latter, making it what I like to call an Onion Cutter movie. This term was inspired by others, but here’s my definition:
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 22, 2017
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THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS (Derek Cianfrance): 2016’s BY THE SEA, AKA an underrated gem of a probing relationship study starring a real couple
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 22, 2017
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JASON BOURNE (Paul Greengrass): Every page of the script is utterly formulaic, but nobody cinematizes kinetic tension like Paul Greengrass.
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 22, 2017
ASSASSIN’S CREED (Justin Kurzel): Contains the type of stilted, perfunctory writing non-video gamers wrongly associate with all video games
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 14, 2017
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If this wins Best Doc and LA LA LAND wins Best Pic, this year’s Oscars will be uber self-masturbatory regarding the BELOVED POWER of movies
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 13, 2017
Continue reading “LIFE, ANIMATED (Roger Ross Williams) – Tweet of Consciousness”
The rare case where a ‘lifetime achievement’ Oscar will go to a worthy performance actually representative of their ‘lifetime’ of work
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 9, 2017
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His customarily ravishing aesthetic portends the chasms of emotion brimming in wait under the ravishing surfaces of the characters’ lives.
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 9, 2017
TONI ERDMANN: Like binge-watching a typically paced (stagnantly), structured (too loosely), and shot (point and shoot) modern TV miniseries
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 9, 2017
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13TH (Ava DuVernay): 2016’s most essential viewing experience produced for any artistic medium. It should be nominated for Best Picture.
— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 6, 2017
A promising if not wholly successful ‘experiment’ in a minimalist character study where the character being studied barely speaks.
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