Culture
Hoagancamp’s heroes: ‘Welcome to Marwen’
December 21, 2018Although it’s flawed, I commend Zemeckis, his cast and crew for not only taking on such daunting subject matter, but for doing so in such an original way.
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‘The Gospel According to St. Matthew’ closes Marx @ 200 movie series in L.A.
December 21, 2018The 1964 film uses a “you are there” documentary style to depict a “liberation theology” Jesus of Nazareth (Enrique Irazoqui).
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Defective defectors don’t hit trifecta in new Polish film ‘Cold War’
December 21, 2018Cold War’s virtue is that, to some extent, it does allow Westerners to take an insider peep into the pluses and minuses of life under Soviet-style socialism.
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Two important films from Palestine at Toronto Festival
December 20, 2018One of the films takes a satirical approach while the other goes uncharacteristically beyond the traditional focus on the heroic acts of courage the world has come to know from people in this region.
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Brandli does Brontë in ‘Sisters Three’
December 19, 2018There have also been various biopics about the Brontës, but Brandli’s Sisters Three is probably the most original —- and wackiest.
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