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Sunday, December 20, 2015

The Big Short, Sisters, Son of Saul, Dream/Killer, Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story, The Messenger, (T)error


The Big Short

Sisters




Son of Saul

Dream/Killer





Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story

The Messenger





(T)error





Quick capsules on the last of the pre-holiday releases:

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Youth, The Lady in the Van, In the Heart of the Sea, Janis: Little Girl Blue, Hitchcock/Truffaut, Ingrid Bergman - In Her Own Words


Youth
The Lady in the Van





In the Heart of the Sea

Janis: Little Girl Blue




Hitchcock/Truffaut
Ingrid Bergman - In Her Own Words









Quick capsules from a relatively slow (and mostly middling) December:

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Carol, Secret in Their Eyes, Flowers, Mustang, Legend, Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists, The Good Dinosaur, Criminal Activities, The Night Before, The Wonders, Creed, James White, Censored Voices, The Danish Girl, Sembene!


Carol
Secret in Their Eyes



Flowers

Mustang



Legend

Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists




The Good Dinosaur

Criminal Activities




The Night Before

The Wonders





Creed

James White





Censored Voices

The Danish Girl





Sembene!








Sorry for the data dump. Fifteen titles, so only a sentence or two (and a star rating) for each:

Thursday, November 19, 2015

The 33, Love the Coopers, Man Up, Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, Sand Dollars (Dolares de Arena)

The 33


Love the Coopers
Man Up




Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Sand Dollars (Dolares de Arena)







Quick capsules on an otherwise poor week at the movies:

By the Sea







Roland (Brad Pitt) is an author as yet unable to replicate the success of his first novel.

Friday, November 13, 2015

Miss You Already, Spectre, Trumbo, Spotlight, Welcome to Leith, What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy

Miss You Already
Spectre



Trumbo
Spotlight



Welcome to Leith
What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy








The first four-star film of 2015 highlights a mostly good week at the movies:

Friday, November 6, 2015

Brooklyn, Tab Hunter Confidential

Brooklyn
Tab Hunter Confidential






A pair of mild recommendations to open the weekend:

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Our Brand is Crisis





Boy, have the critics got this one wrong.

Monday, November 2, 2015

Burnt







“Burnt” is a cinematic grease fire, a food movie that starts sour and quickly turns rancid.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Meadowland, I Smile Back, Suffragette, A Ballerina's Tale

Meadowland
I Smile Back



Suffragette
A Ballerina's Tale





Quick capsules on a mixed week at the movies:

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Steve Jobs, Jafar Panahi's Taxi, Victoria, Room, Beasts of No Nation, Bridge of Spies, Truth, All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records, Experimenter

Steve Jobs
Jafar Panahi's Taxi



Victoria
Room



Beasts of No Nation
Bridge of Spies



Truth
All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records


Experimenter




Nine movies to plow through = a quick capsule on each: