Peter Pan & Wendy is a puzzlingly bland take on one of the liveliest children’s stories of all time.
Author Archives: Colleen Morrissey
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Review: Emily
On the one hand, Emily does not do justice to the fiery, iconoclastic genius behind Wuthering Heights, but on the other hand, its pleasures deserve acknowledgment.
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A testosterone-fueled hero’s journey
The Northman is not a bad film. . . . But I can’t help but be disappointed that Eggers took this politically and socially fraught figure, the Viking, and played it so straight.
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
The film presents a beautifully bleak vision of doomed political ambition which ultimately shows that, even when fascists are incompetent, their ruthlessness creates irredeemable suffering.
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The Green Knight shines when it embraces the strange
But stumbles when it tries to stay too true to its source.
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Code of the Freaks highlights Hollywood’s ableism
The Chicago-made documentary tells stories of disability that aren’t shown on the silver screen.