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Timothee Chalamet

Don’t Look Up movie review: is the sky falling?

Fri, Jan 14, 2022
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I laughed a lot while also feeling sick to my stomach. As subtle as a sledgehammer, almost obnoxious… and yet it might as well be a documentary. Is it elegant? Is it art? Who the fuck cares?

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curated: Oscar Isaac and Timothée Chalamet on playing father and son

Thu, Oct 28, 2021
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I don’t often discuss, in my reviews, actors’ performances, because I’m often aiming to get at the larger cultural impact of movies, but I am fascinated by actors’ craft…

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Dune movie review: dreams of alien worlds

Mon, Oct 25, 2021
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Monumental. Villeneuve tells a familiar story with uncommon elegance and pensiveness, even dreaminess, on a breathtaking scale. A stunningly gorgeous, supremely dignified movie about ugly things.

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question of the weekend: have you ever attended a film festival? (and if not, would you like to?)

Sat, Jul 17, 2021
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Do you have any particularly good — or bad — memories of the experience, perhaps of certain films you got to see that you wouldn’t otherwise have been able to, or of the overall vibe? Would you attend again, or have you?

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what do women want? ‘Little Women’ and ‘Hustlers’ have some answers

Wed, Jan 15, 2020
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Women want to be able to tell our own stories, and we want to be heard. Hustlers and Little Women are so much about this (and other important things of female concern) that they’re practically the same movie.

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Little Women (2019) movie review: looking askance, with love, at a classic

Thu, Dec 19, 2019
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A very welcome feminist interpretation of Alcott’s beloved novel, layered in sly, winking awareness of Hollywood clichés and the cultural pressures on women. Alive and electric, an absolute treasure.

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Beautiful Boy movie review: emotionally wrenching drug depiction (LFF 2018)

Thu, Oct 25, 2018
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This portrait of drug addiction and its impact on a family may be Hollywood sleek and smooth, but its authenticity is in the empathy, in the lack of judgment. Steve Carell is absolutely heartbreaking.

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my picks for tonight’s 90th Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2017’s films) (winners indicated)

Mon, Mar 05, 2018
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I correctly guessed 15 out of the 24 categories, which is one of my better showings ever, I think.

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BAFTA 2018 winners announced

Mon, Feb 19, 2018
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri wins big…

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AWFJ 2017 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 09, 2018
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The Shape of Water wins Best Film, and Best Director goes to Guillermo del Toro. Agnes Varda is Defying Age and Ageism, and Hollywood’s sexual tormentors are inducted in the AWFJ Hall of Shame.

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