LION (Garth Davis) – Tweet of Consciousness

On January 20, 2017January 22, 2017 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

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) – Tweet of Consciousness

On January 18, 2017January 22, 2017 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

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) – Tweet of Consciousness

On January 16, 2017February 24, 2017 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

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

HUNDRED DAYS (The Bengsons; The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival) – Tweet of Consciousness

On January 13, 2017January 14, 2017 By Steven StraussIn If You Can't Make It Here, Make It Anywhere ElseLeave a comment

HUNDRED DAYS (The Bengsons; Under the Radar): Yet another "this is our love story" confessional song cycle (with some dialogue thrown in)

— Steven Strauss (@aintnohero) January 14, 2017

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ASSASSIN’S CREED (Justin Kurzel) – Tweet of Consciousness

On January 12, 2017January 14, 2017 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

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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LIFE, ANIMATED (Roger Ross Williams) – Tweet of Consciousness

On January 11, 2017January 13, 2017 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

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

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Tweet of Consciousness: 20TH CENTURY WOMEN (Mike Mills)

On January 10, 2017January 11, 2017 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

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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Tweet of Consciousness: Weekend News Roundup

On January 9, 2017January 11, 2017 By Steven StraussIn Boogaloo Down BROADWAY, If You Can't Make It Here, Make It Anywhere Else, London Calling, Look Over Yonder See Them OFF-BROADWAY Lights, The Food of LoveLeave a comment

News regarding Escape to Margaritaville; Sweat; Hamilton in London’s quest to stop scalpers/touts; the Stuttering Association for the Young (and Bruce Springsteen, kinda); the Ambassador Theatre Group/Colonial Theatre; and the Nassau Coliseum:

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Tweet of Consciousness: JULIETA (Pedro Almodóvar)

On January 8, 2017January 10, 2017 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

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

Tweet of Consciousness: TONI ERDMANN (Maren Ade)

On January 7, 2017January 10, 2017 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

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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