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Movie Review: “Stan & Ollie” Screening at AFI FEST Presented By Audi
A biopic about one of the greatest American comedy duos of the 20th century is long overdue. In all, the comedy duo released 106 films between 1921 and 1951. “Stan & Ollie” is the vehicle to tell their story—not of their epic … Continue reading
Movie Review: ‘Vox Lux’ Screening at AFI FEST Presented By Audi
“Vox Lux”, the second feature film from edgy director Brady Corbet, is disturbing and anxious, yet luminously gilded. From a nest of tragedy, hope blossoms and finally dissipates in tinsel. The main character, Celeste, played by Raffey Cassidy (Tomorrowland, Snow … Continue reading
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Tagged AFI FEST, American Film Institute, Audi, Brady Corbet, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, popstar, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Vox Lux, Willem Dafoe
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Movie Review: “The Favourite” Screening at AFI FEST Presented By Audi
In the opening minutes of The Favourite, a film set during the reign of Queen Anne of England and the last monarch of the House of Stuart, during The Caroline era, a tempest brews in courtly fashion of the period. … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Bennight, Caorline, Corolean, Costume Drama, Dark Comedy, Dark Humor, Dromedy, Emma Stone, england, Great Britain, House of Stuart, Olivia Colman, Queen Anne, Rachel Weisz, Stuart, Yorgos Lanthimos
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Movie Review: ‘Softness of Bodies’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival
Charlotte Parks lives in Berlin; Charlotte hula hoops; Charlotte is a cyclist, Charlotte is a poet; Charlotte rolls her own cigarettes; Charlotte is a shoplifter and Charlotte is going to face a reckoning . . . maybe, maybe not. Charlotte, … Continue reading
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Tagged artist, Berlin, Billy Bennight, Film Independent, Film Makers, IFC, indie, Indie Film, Indie Movies, LA Film Festival, Movie, Poet, Poets, spoken word, The Los Angeles Film Festival
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Movie Review: ‘Brian Banks’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival
Brain Banks‘ story is a familiar and a tragic one that has gotten a lot of attention over the years. Now it’s being told in a major feature directed by Tom Shadyac. Tom Shadyac took on this independent project as director … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Banks, Film Independent, Football, Greg Kinnner, IFC, indie films, Indie Movies, LA Film Festival, rape, Tom Shadyac
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Movie Review: ‘The Chaperone’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival
“The Chaperone” is a creation of Academy Award-nominated actress Elizabeth McGovern and is adapted from the Laura Moriarty novel and the screen play is written by Julian Fellowes, who is best known for writing of the Edwardian drama Downton Abbey. The … Continue reading
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Movie Review: ‘In Reality’ at the 2018 Los Angeles Film Festival
“In Reality” is a millennial “love story” or really not a “love story” at all, but an analysis, or an observation of the breakdown of what “romantic love” is, is not, and never was as seen by the humorously watchful eye … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Bennight, coming-of-age, Feminist, Film Independent, IFC, Indie Film, Indie Movie, LA Film Festival, love story, millennial, Millennials, Movie Review, True Love
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