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Both an incredible (and occasionally harrowing) adventure
and an uncompromising, tough character study, “Tracks,” directed by John
Curran, has already been deemed by certain purveyors of conventional movie
wisdom as the lesser of two women-into-the-wild movies opening this fall. I
haven’t seen the picture that’s been getting more of the you-know-what
buzz that would be “Wild,” starring Reese Witherspoon and, like this movie,
adapted from a true story but I can tell you that whatever your movie plans,
you miss “Tracks” at your aesthetic pleasure peril. It’s a truly outstanding
cinema experience.
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tells the story of Robyn Davidson, to whom the viewer is introduced in the
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When Slate debuted a feature called “80 Over 80” more than a decade ago, we had two goals in mind: to poke fun at America’s obsession with early achievers (and the 30 Under 30 industrial complex) and point to the lasting influence of octogenarians on American society. In 2008, John Paul Stevens topped the inaugural list.
We brought the feature out of retirement this year because the power of the geriatric set in politics, in Hollywood, in culture writ large has never been clearer. America just elected its oldest president ever. Joe Biden, who bested one septuagenarian to win the primary and another to win the general election, will turn 80 before the midpoint of his term. The speaker of the House turned 80 this year. She’s joined by 11 other octogenarians in the House and seven in the Senate. Old money, in every sense, continues to have a disproportionate impact on the electoral process. But today’s most powerful 80-year-olds are everywhere in the arts, business, academia,