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Saturday, March 9, 2019

The Rise of the Videogame Aesthetic in Cinema

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Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway in Serenity (2019). This piece contains spoilers for Serenity and Aquaman . When critics fir...
Monday, March 4, 2019

Bruno and his Friend, the Future: The Collected Stories

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Bruno Schulz, self-portrait, 1922. Review of Collected Stories by Bruno Schulz, a new translation by Madeline Levine, released by Nor...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Parts 1 & 2)

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Noma Dumezweni, Jamie Parker, and Paul Thornley in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child . (Photo: Manuel Harlan) I grew up reading Harry...
Monday, February 25, 2019

Another Time, Another Planet: Detroit ‘67

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Johnny Ramey and Myxolydia Tyler in Detroit '67 . (Photo:  T. Charles Erickson) Detroit ’67 (at Hartford Stage ) is part of ...
Thursday, February 21, 2019

Green Book – Racism: Solved?

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Mahershala Ali and  Viggo Mortensen in Green Book . Green Book (2018) – directed by Peter Farrelly; written by Farrelly, Brian Ha...
Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Shifting Gears: Private Philanthropy Versus Public Sponsorship in the Arts

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The proposed new building for the Vancouver Art Gallery, designed by Herzog & de Meuron. “We used to build temples, but museums a...
Monday, February 18, 2019

Call Me Madam: Turn Up the Brio

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Jason Gotay and Carmen Cusack in Call Me Madam . (Photo: Stephanie Berger) When Irving Berlin’s musicals entered the realm of politic...
Saturday, February 16, 2019

Neglected Gem: Life with Mikey (1993)

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Nathan Lane,  Christina Vidal and Michael J. Fox in Life with Mikey (1993). Life with Mikey was director James Lapine’s second movie,...
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Monday, February 11, 2019

Puzzle Pieces

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Kelly Macdonald in Puzzle . Agnes, the Bridgeport, Connecticut working-class housewife played by Kelly Macdonald in Puzzle , se...
Sunday, February 10, 2019

A Contrarian View: BlacKkKlansman, The Sisters Brothers, Shoplifters and Burning

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Adam Driver and John David Washington in BlacKkKlansman . The following contains a spoiler for the film Shoplifters .   It’s alwa...
Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Falling: Free Solo

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Alex Honnold in Free Solo . (Photo courtesy of National Geographic) Feature movies about mountain climbing generally fail because the...
Monday, February 4, 2019

To Kill a Mockingbird: Atticus Finch on Broadway

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Jeff Daniels and Gbenga Akinnagbe in To Kill a Mockingbird . (Photo: Julieta Cervantes) Aaron Sorkin ’s To Kill a Mockingbird , no...
Thursday, January 31, 2019

Rage Against the Dying of the Light: Dealt (2017)

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Richard Turner in Dealt . (Photo: Geoff Duncan) I thought I’d just about finished reviewing documentaries after that las...
Monday, January 28, 2019

The Front Runner: Satire and Beyond

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Hugh Jackman (centre) in The F.ront Runner . Movie-wise, 2018 culminated in the lamest Christmas season in years; aside from Mary Po...
Wednesday, January 23, 2019

It’s Been a Hard Day’s Life: Growing Up Berman

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Tosh Berman (left) gesturing tantrically with family friend Allen Ginsberg. (Photo: Wallace Berman) Review of the new memoir, Tosh: Gr...
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Monday, January 21, 2019

The Wolves and The Engagement Party: Young Talents

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The cast of The Wolves . (Photo: Mark S. Howard) Sarah DeLappe’s The Wolves is set among the members of a teenage girls’ socce...
Thursday, January 17, 2019

Triumph of the Capitalist Will: Metropolis (1927/2010)

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Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927) was restored and re-released in 2010.  Fritz Lang must have been a rare kind of genius. He somehow...
Monday, January 14, 2019

Four Period Pieces

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 Saoirse Ronan in Mary Queen of Scots . (Photo: Liam Daniel) This piece contains reviews for Mary Queen of Scots , The Favourite , T...
Saturday, January 12, 2019

Behind Closed Doors: The Limits To Freedom of Expression

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Thomas Couture’s 1873 contemplation The Thorny Path , aka the courtesans’s carriers. A review of the new book The Thorny Path: Pornogr...
Wednesday, January 9, 2019

CAL's Ninth Anniverary and Interview with Robertson Davies (1985)

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Kevin Courrier's interview with Robertson Davies was conducted in 1985. This week marks the ninth anniversary of Critics At Large ...