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What’s Love Got to Do with It? is a shockingly tired, by-the-numbers romantic comedy that is not as progressive as it suggests. After enduring its overly ....
At this year’s Academy Awards Javier Bardem should have been nominated for The Good Boss (El buen patron). Instead, he was a Best Actor nominee for the uneven ....
CODA tells a simple family story in uniquely moving fashion. It is an American remake of a French film but improves upon the original in crucial ways. Both ....
The independent film The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain is a visceral and affecting experience. The drama is based on the true story of an African American ....
Filmmaker Alexander Nanau’s ‘just the facts’ approach makes the Romanian documentary Collective an absorbing and startling experience. Nanau’s film has already become critically acclaimed and is nominated for the Best Documentary Oscar this year. The skill he applies to Collective warrants a review of his previous documentary work. The filmmaker argues he made Collective to underline the pressure placed on journalists in the era of misinformation or what Donald Trump infamously called ‘fake news’. The spontaneity of Collective, specifically how immediate the corruption is, makes its findings alarming. We are exposed to the revelations at the same time as the journalists themselves. Nothing is premeditated or manufactured, which stresses the film’s authenticity. Despite the prevalence of the deep-seated corruption imbued throughout Romanian politics and its healthcare system, Nanau is optimistic about the film’s outcome. ‘This film is really a ....