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All posts by Charles Nash
NYFF Review: “Les Cowboys”
When dealing with a controversial issue, a film’s intentions, however earnest they may be, aren’t enough to outweigh a blatantly bothersome bias. In the case of Les Cowboys, the directorial debut from Thomas Bidegain (the co-writer of Jacques Audiard’s A Proph...
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Sundance Review: “Knock Knock”
Bitches be crazy, am I right? Always knocking on your door with some sad-sack story about getting left out in the rain, needing to use a phone, and then forcing themselves on you before going batshit insane. Jeez!
That’s the tone and premise of Eli Roth’s l...
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Sundance Review: “Sleeping With Other People”
When director Leslye Headland presented her second film, Sleeping with Other People, at its world premiere in Park City, she pitched it to the audience as “When Harry Met Sally for assholes.” Given this statement, along with the fact that Headland’s previous e...
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This Revolution Goes On and On: Director Ava DuVernay on Her New Film “Selma”
There have been a number of groundbreaking films released in 2014, but when racial injustice has become all the more frequent within contemporary American society, no other motion picture feels quite as important, or as timely, as Selma, the latest from Ava Du...
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The Emptiness of Days to Come: On Gender Stereotypes and Sex in “White Bird in a Blizzard”
When it comes to exploring themes on sexuality in film, few contemporary auteurs have been more radical, and more divisive, than Gregg Araki. A pivotal figure in the New Queer Cinema movement during the early 1990s, and highly considered to be the "bad boy" of...
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Interviewing Gillian Robespierre and Jenny Slate About Their New Film, “Obvious Child”
As fun as the summer movie season can be, it can get pretty overwhelming with its abundance of sequels, franchises and big-budget blockbusters. That’s why Obvious Child, the feature-film debut from director Gillian Robespierre starring the adorable Jenny Slate...
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In ‘August: Osage County,’ Disorder Runs In The Family
Sharp writing and an astonishing cast make up for some poor directorial decisions.
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