Marilyn Monroe is the American public’s white whale, that which we seek to dominate and claim as our own.
Tag: Adaptation
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Where the Crawdads Sing
Jones does her best with what she has to work with, and the movie may still strike an emotional chord with viewers if they don’t look too closely.
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Lost Illusions
Xavier Giannoli’s film is hilarious and always moving with vivid colors and rapid-fire narration that in another movie might feel heavy-handed but here is a guiding force that gives a fascinating quasi-history lesson.
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Mothering Sunday
There’s a Malickian quality to the film that’s cheesy at moments, and the disjointed chronology is more aggravating than affecting.
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After Yang
Director Kogonada’s sophomore film explores a subtly futuristic world where artificial intelligence is commonplace.
Posted inArts & Culture
Adaptation is retro fun
Theatre Above the Law produces an Elaine May deep cut.
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Fucking Men struggles with onstage intimacy realness
Instead, it settles for some bad fake interpretive-dance sex.
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Why are different races correlated with two different types of earwax, and when did this divergence occur?
A bold new era for earwax research has dawned.
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Novid Parsi’s Through the Elevated Line is a slavish update of a masterpiece
But A Streetcar Named Desire deserves better.
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This is between me and Her (and Spike Jonze)
Spike Jonze’s Her invites a subjective response.
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What movies are doing to dope
This Is the End is the latest mainstream comedy to take a casual attitude toward getting high.
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The Nutcracker You Never Knew
A dark adaptation of the original fairy tale from Redmoon Theater alums