Directed by Sydney Pollack Okay, so Absence of Malice tackles a journalist's responsibility to ensure truth in reporting and the women's liberation movement. The latter is only mentioned a couple times in passing, but I think it's intrinsically tied to the way the former is presented here, and I think the message is a little muddied. … Continue reading Absence of Malice (1981)
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Time After Time (1979)
Directed by Nicholas Meyer The most striking scene in Time After Time comes fairly early into the film, when two time travelers from 1893, one accidental and one purposeful, debate the state of the contemporary world (at least as it was in 1979). One of them is H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell), the famous writer who was … Continue reading Time After Time (1979)
