Nadine Labaki’s drama is almost too much realism to bear.
Tag: realism
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Further thoughts on the climax of Starred Up: Old realism versus new realism
David Mackenzie’s prison drama (playing in Chicago this week) aspires to the realist tradition of Puccini, Balzac, and Dickens—which means it doesn’t have to be plausible.
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Before they put Shakespeare in the slammer, the Taviani brothers locked up Tolstoy
Revisiting Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s St. Michael Had a Rooster in light of the current release Caesar Must Die
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A written correspondence with Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu
Questions for the director of Beyond the Hills about his work and about Romanian cinema in general
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Voyage to Rossellini: free lecture tomorrow
Previewing a lecture on the great filmmaker Roberto Rossellini at the Italian Cultural Institute
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The Magnetic Fields (Mostly) Unplugged
Concert Review: Magnetic Fields at Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 3/7