Directed by Lynn Shelton There's something very Jim Jarmusch-ian about Lynn Shelton's Sword of Trust. Though her heavily improvised film is much more broadly comic than a typical Jarmusch film, the characters' unlikely and quirky journey, with its twists turns and even dramatic let downs, feels... well Jarmusch-ian. It's not so much that the plot is … Continue reading Sword of Trust (2019)
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Selma (2014)
Directed by Ava DuVernay I often have a hard time breaking down a film like Selma, parsing apart the importance of the film's message with the way it's handled and the ways it attempts to engage the audience. Some films lead with a heavy hand, announcing their importance before we meet the characters involved, but others, … Continue reading Selma (2014)
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