There are hundreds of films I could recommend with a Hispanic heritage. Anything by Pedro Almodovar. Anything by Luis Bunuel. Anything by Guillermo del Toro. Alfonso Cuaron. Alejandro G. Inarritu.
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‘A Haunting in Venice’ – Branagh movie released in time for Halloween
My guess is that Kenneth Branagh had a lot more fun making “A Haunting in Venice” than we have watching it.
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When is a movie critic a critic? Or when is a reviewer on the take?
Recently, the New York Times published an article about how influencers are increasingly on the take in the role of pseudo-movie critics. Not that their opinion shouldn’t matter as much as (more than?) mine or the late Roger Ebert or even the Times’ own critic, Manohla Dargis.
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Thank you George Lefont, 85, for our movie moments in Atlanta
When I heard that George Lefont, the man who made Atlanta a movie town for over 40 years, wasn’t doing well, I went looking for some of my old articles on him. After all, I’d been writing about him since the late 1970s.
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‘Golda’ falls far short in depiction of Israeli prime minister Golda Meir
As Israel’s only female prime minister, Helen Mirren goes for the gold – as in, Oscar gold – in “Golda,” a tedious and piecemeal reconstruction of Golda Meir’s handling of the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
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Oscar watch: Ryan Gosling and Robert Downey Jr.’s ‘brilliant’ performances
at this point, the race for Best Supporting Actor could come down to a pair of MVP performances in both pictures – Ryan Gosling and Robert Downey Jr.
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‘Maestro’ – Bradley Cooper portrays Leonard Bernstein in Netflix movie
“Schnozzgate” (as my pal Lee has dubbed it) centers on the online kerfuffle arising from director/star Bradley Cooper’s decision to play famed conductor Leonard Bernstein with a prosthetic nose.
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Saying goodbye to Robbie Robertson, Paul Reubens and William Friedkin
While waiting for the third shoe to drop – celeb deaths come in threes, as we all know – I decided that the late, great Robbie Robertson of the Band could round out the loss of William Friedkin and Paul Reubens (aka, Pee-wee Herman).
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Reopened Tara Theatre reaches perfection while smash hit ‘Barbie’ falls short
This post has been updated. See note at the bottom. By Eleanor Ringel Cater We all know Barbie is pretty in pink. Her movie, however, is only pretty good. And it’s very pink. The Peptol Bismol pink that drenches Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” is actually one of the picture’s best aspects. The production design is knowingly […]
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Oppenheimer – a ‘formidable’ movie – in 70mm at Atlanta’s Tara Theatre
Chris Escobar got me back to the movies. He rescued the Tara. He revived the Plaza. He reinvented the Atlanta Film Festival. Reviewing movies is a wonderful job. It is, nonetheless, a job. And even post-pandemic, the thought of being in a large, enclosed space with people who’ve been exposed to Lord-knows-what wasn’t…well…wasn’t my idea […]
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‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ – portrait of artist, activist Nan Goldin
Oscar-nominated documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” features artist Nan Goldin and her cohorts chanting, “Sackler lied/Thousands died,” about the pharmaceutical family that earned a fortune off the opioid crisis.
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Oscarless Angela Bassett slighted at 2023 Academy Awards
The loose, happy Oscars of 2023 had only one ugly moment – namely the look on Angela Bassett’s face when she lost Best Supporting Actress to Jamie Lee Curtis.
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2023 Academy Awards seeks to overshadow last year’s slap
We’ve had a year to consider what could possibly happen at this year’s Oscars that could compare with last year’s OMG Moment when Will Smith, apparently defending the (questionable) honor of his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, smacked Chris Rock across the face.
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‘Aftersun’ – a memory movie of a father-daughter holiday in Turkey
“Aftersun” is just the sort of movie that might show at the a reopened Tara Theater. It’s a thoughtful, poignant piece; a memory film about a holiday in Turkey 11-year-old Sophie (Frankie Corio) took a couple of decades ago with her father, Calum (Oscar nominee Paul Mescal).
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‘Your Place or Mine” – an affectionate rom-com starring Witherspoon and Kutcher
The title of “Your Place or Mine” comes from the premise. Debbie (Witherspoon) and Peter (Kutcher) tried hooking up 20 years ago. They decided instead to be BFF’s, checking in daily even though they live on different coasts and have very different lives.
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‘The Menu’ – horror satire featuring a meal that serves more than food
If you’ve ever wanted to slap a foodie silly, “The Menu” is the movie for you.
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Best Actress nomination for Andrea Riseborough raises eyebrows
People are upset that a little-known Brit named Andrea Riseborough in a little-seen movie called “To Leslie” got nominated, and two actresses who were expected to get a nod – Viola Davis (“The Woman King”) and Danielle Deadwyler (“Till”) – were not.
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As Oscar nominations are being announced, Eleanor weighs in
There are a few sure things scattered among the potential candidate for the 2023 Oscar nominations, so here goes. Please just pretend (as usual) I know what I’m talking about.
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‘White Noise’ – Noah Baumbach’s mostly successful dive into Don DeLillo’s novel
If you’re going to dive into Don DeLillo’s lower depths, best take a skilled guide. Like, say, Noah Baumbach. Not that Baumbach has totally succeeded. DeLillo’s 1985 dystopian novel, “White Noise,” is one of those famously unfilmable books
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Beleaguered Golden Globes award show returns; Eleanor’s predictions
The Golden Globes, the awards show whose ongoing mission is to make all the other awards show seem respectable, is back.
