A vision of America as a land where most don’t make it to the top, but die trying—and where those who do make it nearly die doing so.
STILL REPPIN’: LOOKING AT THE FRANK CAPRA FORMULA THROUGH ‘IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE’
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STILL REPPIN’: CONSIDER THE PENGUIN, AND OTHER THOUGHTS ON TIM BURTON AND ‘BATMAN RETURNS’
Still Reppin’ is a bi-weekly column that looks at films playing the Boston area’s repertory theaters, universities and museums. Movies considered will range from silent-era epics to undistributed millennial-era indies. A guide to the cities screens, written for all local ...
INTERVIEW: DIRECTOR JENNIFER KENT DISCUSSES HER GENRE-DEFYING HORROR FLICK ‘THE BABADOOK’
When is a horror movie not a horror movie? When it’s The Babadook, Australian writer-director Jennifer Kent’s refined and thoroughly stunning feature debut. “The horror is the byproduct of the story, not the other way around,” says Kent, over the phone. “That was my goal, to explore ...
