Directed by Noah Baumbach Marriage Story begins and ends with a poetic little encapsulation of a character's day to day quirks, the things that don't always make it into movies because they don't advance the plot or add conscious information to the story. In this case the film adds an instant shot of humanity to a … Continue reading Marriage Story (2019)
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The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Directed by Preston Sturges The characters of The Palm Beach Story are both practical and delusional. They tirelessly seek various fortunes, both financial and spiritual, but do so through the most inane of means, which is a given for a comedy such as this. The character, it seems, must be consumed by the task before them, … Continue reading The Palm Beach Story (1942)
The Odd Couple (1968)
Directed by Gene Saks The plot of The Odd Couple orbits divorce, taking place in a time when I have to assume divorce was still a stigmatized novelty. Most of the jokes are derived from the very idea that two middle-aged men could share an apartment, especially as they quickly fall into a conventional husband-wife dynamic. … Continue reading The Odd Couple (1968)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
Directed by the Coen Brothers In an interview promoting Hail, Caesar! the Coen Brothers remarked about George Clooney, “He’s very adept at playing an idiot, and you have to be a very good actor to play an idiot." Clooney often plays the fool in the Coen Brothers' movies, whether in O Brother, Where Art Thou, Burn After Reading, Hail, … Continue reading Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
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