Friday, November 13, 2020

Heartbreaking And Hopeful, 'Ammonite' Is A Wind-Swept Tale Of Forbidden Love

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan star as Mary Anning and Charlotte Murchison in Ammonite.

Kate Winslet plays Victorian-era fossil hunter Mary Anning, and Saoirse Ronan is her lover, in a film that dares to envision a world in which women are ultimately free to make their own decisions.

(Image credit: Neon)



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Friday, October 30, 2020

An Action-Packed Doc About Local Government? It's All In Wiseman's 'City Hall'

City Hall tags along as Boston mayor Marty Walsh attends various appointments and public appearances — including this meeting about violent crime.

Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, now 90, has a gift for making riveting cinema from the minutiae of the everyday. His latest is a four-and-a-half hour documentary starring Boston City Hall, pre-COVID-19.

(Image credit: Courtesy of Zipporah Films)



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Monday, October 26, 2020

Film Version Offers A New Look At Jack London's 'Martin Eden'

The new film Martin Eden is an epic retelling of Jack London's 1909 novel set in Italy in the midst of a socialist revolution. It may well be a metaphor for the "Don't tread on me" America of today.



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Friday, October 23, 2020

Unimaginative 'Witches' Retread Lacks The Magic Of Roald Dahl's Classic

Anne Hathaway is the Grand High Witch in the film adaptation of Roald Dahl

Though Anne Hathaway throws herself into the role of the Grand High Witch with obvious relish, she often seems to be straining for effect — which leave The Witches feeling flat.

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Thursday, October 22, 2020

Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm' Reviewed

Sacha Baron Cohen's outrageous character from Kazakhstan, Borat, is back in a film that's making political headlines. Amazon Prime is set to stream the Borat sequel starting Friday.



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