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Review: The French Dispatch
Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch feels like the blueprint of a great Wes Anderson comedy. Those of us who enjoy his films know that they each have a distinct look, feel, and style; when we watch a Wes Anderson movie, we know we’re watching a Wes Anderson movie (see: The Royal Tenenbaums, Fantastic Mr. Fox,…
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2020 Catch-Up: Ammonite
By Christian DiMartino Spike Jonze’s masterpiece Adaptation followed screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Nicolas Cage) as he was given the near impossible task of writing a film adaptation of a novel about flowers, and somehow making it interesting. That’s kind of what I picture the writing process of Francis Lee’s Ammonite looking like. Kaufman, who also wrote…
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Review: Brooklyn
1/2 By Christian DiMartino Teenagers don’t get Oscar nominations very often, but when they do, they really do hit the bullseye. Saoirse Ronan took the world by storm when she appeared in Joe Wright’sĀ Atonement. At just 13, we knew that there was something special in her, hence why she scored an Oscar nomination. Now, eight…