The new movie Cyrano is just the latest re-telling of the famous story of a man with a long nose. It stars Peter Dinklage, has a somewhat racially mixed cast and is a musical. For KUNC film critic Howie Movshovitz, the movie has everything but the spark of genius.
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Sight & Sound: the April 2021 issue
Adam Curtis tells us how we made our world, the better to try again.
Plus Lee Isaac Chungâs Minari, two new spy-thriller documentaries, a history of the âcursed filmâ, looking back at Wong Kar-waiâs Chungking Express â and forward to the future of Studio Ghibli.
1 March 2021
Sight & Sound April 2021 issue
Where do we go from here? After a year of isolation and lockdowns, itâs a question on most of our lips â but will we press our answers while we have the chance?
Adam Curtisâs compendious new series
Canât Get You out of My Head, subtitled âAn Emotional History of the Modern Worldâ, offers a steep, giddy ride through how we got here â a time of many crises including, in his telling, a fatalistic mood amongst too many, after all the clashes and calamities of the twentieth century, that radical reform and democratic control are dangerous mirages.