Four Quadrants

On May 5, 2019May 6, 2019 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

All disappointing, to varying degrees:

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‘Us’

On May 4, 2019May 8, 2019 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

Is Us semiotic storytelling, semiotics as storytelling, or semiotics over storytelling?

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‘Breakthrough’

On May 3, 2019August 10, 2019 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

It’s no revelation that certain pockets of Christian Americans believe that their belief system’s hegemony over the country’s values is under siege by the entertainment industry’s “progressivism.”

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‘Carmine Street Guitars’

On May 2, 2019May 1, 2019 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

There’s a juxtaposition at the heart of Carmine Street Guitar’s approach that acts as a sort of key to what’s on the documentary’s mind.

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Bad Aunt

On May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

The premise: A proudly-flagrant, flagrantly-proud asshole is enlisted, against their will, to take care of an estranged, adolescent relative.

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‘Red Joan’

On April 30, 2019 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go SeeLeave a comment

BBC Films is the new Masterpiece Theatre.

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A’s and B’s

On April 29, 2019 By Steven StraussIn Remember All the Movies, Terry, We'd Go See2 Comments

Drunk Parents’ ADR dependence is exhibit ∞ of how comedies overlook (pun intended; you’ll see) the importance of visual components to onscreen humor (did you see?).

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