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Jane Fonda in Five Acts documentary review: the political is her personal

Sun, Sep 23, 2018
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An extraordinarily intimate and perceptive new biography of the legendary actor and activist. Fonda reveals insecurities and anxieties that are achingly raw and very personal, but which many women will see themselves in.

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Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts 2018 (90th Academy Awards) review

Mon, Mar 05, 2018
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My pick: “Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405,” a marvelous portrait of artist Mindy Alper, one that challenges us all to know ourselves as well as she seems to, even when it’s incredibly painful.

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Weiner documentary review: the unchecked narcissism of politics

Thu, Jul 07, 2016
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Hugely watchable cautionary tale of Shakespearean proportions about 21st-century politics. Beautifully, nastily perfect in its ironies and twists.

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Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts (88th Academy Awards) review

Mon, Feb 01, 2016
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“A Girl in the River” masterfully portrays a culture that justifies killing women, its rage subsumed by a dispiriting account of how its customs are perpetuated.

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Hannibal: the thrill is the terror, and the terror is the thrill

Mon, Aug 31, 2015
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Perverse. Completely perverse. And completely seductive. Do I love it, or is it evil? Is it a wrong thing if it’s both?

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Entourage movie review: say goodbye to Hollywood

Tue, Jun 16, 2015
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Hollywood does kinda make sense now: it’s a neverending frat party of talentless rich bastards.

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Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts (87th Academy Awards) review

Fri, Feb 06, 2015
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An extraordinary group of films concerned with corralling confusing and conflicting human experience at emotional borderlands.

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New York photo: Game of Thrones on display

Tue, Jan 13, 2015
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At the HBO headquarters near Bryant Park.

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Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts (86th Academy Awards) review

Wed, Feb 05, 2014
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There is a single thread running through these shorts, and it is deeply existential and irreducibly personal: How do we save ourselves?

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straight white man unable to comprehend pop culture that doesn’t focus on straight white men

Tue, Jan 21, 2014
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Behold the bewilderment.

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