Other People
Chris Kelly’s OTHER PEOPLE hurts, like it happened to you or someone you know, writes Ann Linden.
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Dokhari keh shab tanha beh khaaneh miravad
A Farsi translation of Ann Linden’s previously published review. Kindly translated for us by Dr. Nahal Khabbazbashi. اساس و ماهیتِ فیلم دختری شب تنها به خانه می رود به کارگردانی آنا لیلی امیرپور در عنوان آن خلاصه می .شود: بی تکلف، سنجیده و وجد برانگیز. استعاره ای واژگون با ماحصلی شاد و در عین حال … Continue reading Dokhari keh shab tanha beh khaaneh miravad
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
Ana Lily Amirpour’s A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT is a trope up-ended, with results at once gleeful and grisly, writes Ann Linden.
August: Osage County
August: Osage County, adapted by Tyler Letts from his Pulitzer-winning play, retains a vivid theatricality in its new cinematic setting.
12 Years a Slave
Steve McQueen’s third feature film is a graphic, mordant adaptation of Solomon Northup’s memoir of slavery, writes Ann Linden.
Edindocs: Saturday Finale
The Saturday finale of Edindocs spans the US military’s recent rebuilding operations in Afghanistan, and competitive gooseberry growing in North Yorkshire.
Blue Jasmine
Cate Blanchett is a magnificent, slow-motion human disaster in Woody Allen’s BLUE JASMINE, writes Ann Linden.
Linklater's "Before" Trilogy
If BEFORE SUNRISE and BEFORE SUNSET are films about the beginnings of fire, BEFORE MIDNIGHT is about how to stoke a blaze, writes Ann Linden.
Zero Dark Thirty
Weighing historical fact against directorial decision, ZERO DARK THIRTY is a suspenseful and complicated piece of cinema, writes Ann Linden.
Takeover: I ♥ Huckabees
Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin are existential detectives who you could hire to investigate the meaning of your life. Their nemesis is Isabelle Huppert. Hilarity ensues.