Directed by Susan Lacy Steven Spielberg has been making full length films for almost fifty years now, and Spielberg celebrates the director's career by touching on all of the high notes. There isn't much drama to this documentary, not that there needs to be, and the story tries to explain some of Spielberg's impulses but mostly … Continue reading Spielberg (2017)
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Pete’s Dragon (2016)
Directed by David Lowery Pete's Dragon would seem to be an unlikely follow up to David Lowery's 2013 film Ain't Them Bodies Saints, not to mention an unlikely precursor to 2017's A Ghost Story. This is a straight up Disney fable, a big-budget movie about a CGI dragon while those other two are small, independent arthouse films … Continue reading Pete’s Dragon (2016)
Fedora (1978)
Directed by Billy Wilder Everything about Billy Wilder's Fedora feels out of time and place. The story takes place in an isolated European estate, inhabited by characters with deliberately hidden agendas. Our hero, Dutch, is played by William Holden, two decades older than we're used to seeing him in his most well-known films (Sunset Boulevard, The Bridge on … Continue reading Fedora (1978)
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