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The Possibility of the Musical
Kenji Fujishima explores the connection between "La La Land" and the American remake of "Pennies from Heaven" in this essay.
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Damien Chazelle’s Aloof Dreamers
Angelo Muredda takes a look at Damian Chazelle's new modern musical "La La Land" and its two, star-crossed lovers.
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Getting Excited About the Future of Film: TIFF 2016 Wrap-Up
Tina Hassannia and Kenji Fujishima talk about their experiences at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
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TIFF 2016 Dispatch: “La La Land,” “Re (Assignment),” and “Colossal”
Tina Hassannia submits this dispatch of a trio of films premiering at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
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What We’re Excited To See at TIFF 2016
Kenji Fujishima and Tina Hassannia preview the films they're most excited for at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.
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Woody Allen’s “Irrational Man” Is Familiar, But Engaging
Woody Allen’s latest vehicle conveys the filmmaker’s self-deprecating ways and recurrent fascinations with death and murder. Joaquin Phoenix is suitably cast as the nihilistic and life-hating philosophy professor Abe Lucas. Following Allen’s dreary and forgett...
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“Aloha”
To explain it in the most Cameron Crowe terms possible: watching Aloha is like hearing a new album by one of those bands you loved in high school, but you’ve both kinda gone your separate ways.
There was a time, however brief and wonderful, when this band see...
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“Birdman”
Note. This review was originally published as part of our New York Film Festival coverage.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…a disgruntled Michael Keaton? Closing out this year's New York Film Festival is director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Birdman. A fant...
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Bizarre International Trailer for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s ‘Birdman’
The star for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Birdman could not be brighter. The film has been selected to open the Venice Film Festival and close the New York Film Festival, perhaps signifying a strong pedigree. Inarritu is no stranger to having his films widely...
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“Magic in the Moonlight” An Unabashedly Romantic and Optimistic Entry in Woody Allen’s Career
What a period of refinement this is for Woody Allen. With last year’s Blue Jasmine, 2011’s Midnight in Paris, and now Magic in the Moonlight, the storied writer-director has ushered in his most confident work in years, maybe decades, as he maintains his one-fi...
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