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All posts by Jesse Knight
Kristen Wiig’s Mannered Dramatic Performance Torpedoes “Hateship Loveship”
There are two films at work in Hateship Loveship. One is an affecting gander into a twilight-years romance, while the other is a slog starring Kristen Wiig in a questionable dramatic role. Take a guess which one gets the bulk of the running time.
Adapted fr...
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Challenging the Canon: “No Country For Old Men”
As widespread as they are, film adaptations of novels rarely come close to satisfying audiences familiar with the source. The relationship between reader and reading material can possess a covetous quality. Novels spark the imagination of an individual, and wh...
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“The Right Kind of Wrong” and “Love and Demons”: A One-Two Punch of Anachronistic Relationship Propaganda
In Woody Allen’s seminal 1977 comedic romance Annie Hall, Alvy Singer, in an attempt to make sense of why his seemingly impervious relationship failed, approaches a couple on the street and asks how they account for their shared happiness.
The woman answers...
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“Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons”: Another Giddily Over-the-Top Fantasy Epic from Stephen Chow
For audiences habitually hungry for visual feasts of movement and mayhem, lapping up Stephen Chow’s films can be irresistible. That unstoppable box office titan of Hong Kong cinema’s wired filmmaking flair is evident as ever in his ninth feature as director, t...
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Wrong’
Quentin Dupieux's surreal anti-comedy deserves more attention.
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History of Film: ‘Annie Hall’
Editor’s note: Annie Hall is one of the 10 best films of the 1970s voted on by staff, friends, and readers of Movie Mezzanine. For the sake of surprise, we’ll wait to reveal where this and every other film ranks on the list until the very end. We hope you enjo...
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‘The Punk Singer’ Is A Candy-Colored Tribute To Rock’s Most Uncompromising Heroine
An intoxicating look at punk icon Kathleen Hanna.
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The Cunnilingus Conundrum: Why The Allure of ‘Blue is the Warmest Color’ Is Its Biggest Detraction
The controversy surrounding Blue Is The Warmest Color only distracts from its strengths, both onscreen and off.
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‘Ok, Enough, Goodbye’ Provides Sobering Glimpse at Life in Lebanon
Cinema is at its transportive best when granting glimpses into certain pockets of the world with which most viewers are unfamiliar and might never experience otherwise. The effect can be eye-opening, revelatory and welcome to those with a traveling sensibility...
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‘Exit Elena’ A Brilliant, Deceptively Simple Portrait of Multi-Generational Malaise
For a stretch, Exit Elena is by all appearances an unassuming micro-scale drama about a young nurse named Elena (Kia Davis) who takes a job in the Boston suburbs as a live-in aide. While caring for the sweet, elderly Florence (Gert O’Connell), Elena spends eve...
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