23 December
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JACKIE Director: Pablo Larraín Starring: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, John Hurt, John Carroll Lynch, Beth Grant As Jackie states as the end of the film, “There won’t be another Camelot.” It’s an accurate assessment as I can’t imagine another family entering American politics that garner as much fascination, intrigue, and polarization than the Kennedys. Natalie Portman takes on the iconic title role in Pablo Larraín’s first English language film. The story centers on the First Lady covering the assassination of her husband and the week that followed. It’s framed around an interview she is giving to a journalist (Crudup) from LifeRead More →

13 November
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SNOWPIERCER (2014) Director: Bong Joon-ho Starring: Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, John Hurt, Kang-ho Song, Ah-sung Ko, Ed Harris This past summer we saw a crop of terrible movies. Many of them were completely uninspired, unoriginal, lifeless copycats of films we’ve seen before. Thank goodness we had films like Snowpiercer that plowed their way through the schlock and left a lasting impression. Director Bong Joon-ho’s latest film is an adaptation of the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette. A science experience hoping to combat global warming fails miserably leaving Earth frozen over and killing offRead More →