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2018 Oscar Noms—First Thoughts

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Mark DuPré

I love Oscar season. Each year is fascinating for different reasons. While genuinely good work gets recognized (and some good and great work gets ignored), the other factors that figure into the nominations, and then the final awards, change each … Continue reading →

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2018 Golden Globe Thoughts

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Mark DuPré

Ah, yes, the relatively meaningless Golden Globes. Well, since the shelf life for interest in this first awards show of the season is so very short, I must needs get my thoughts out rather quickly. Again, the Golden Globes only … Continue reading →

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Lady Bird

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Mark DuPré

Lady Bird, for those my age, has nothing to do with a former president’s wife. It’s the story of a high school girl, beautifully acted, focusing on her relationship with boys and with her mother, also beautifully acted. In some … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged A Doll's House Part 2, Atonement, Brooklyn, Call Me By Your Name, Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird, Laurie Metcalf, Manchester by the Sea, Nicholas Hedges, Roseanne, Saoirse Ronan, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Timothée Chalamet | Leave a comment

Room

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Mark DuPré

Room may well be the most moving, intimate, emotional and gut-wrenching mainstream film this year. It’s tender, sweet, tense, wondrous, lyrical and biting—all at different times. Featuring a shattering performance by Brie Larson (pretty much a shoo-in for Best Actress) … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged Brie Larson, Brooklyn, Haley Joel Osment, Jason Tremblay, Julianne Moore, Kramer vs. Kramer, Lenny Abrahamson, Meryl Streep, Room, Saoirse Ronan, Sean Bridgers, The Sixth Sense | Leave a comment

2016 Oscars–first thoughts

Posted on January 16, 2016 by Mark DuPré

OK, they nominations are out. And the celebrating, sniping and whining has begun. But the nominations are not exactly shocking, and are in fact fairly predictable. There are a few surprises, though, and while not shocking, are at least attention-getting. … Continue reading →

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Brooklyn

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Mark DuPré

Brooklyn is a lovely, adult, gentle and well-made film that’s anchored by one of the best, if not the best, female performance of the year. In many ways, it’s the complete opposite of this year’s most raucous well-made film, Mad … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged About Time, Atonement, Billy Elliott, Brendan Gleeson, Brief Encounter, Brooklyn, Closed Circuit, David Lean, Deborah Messing, Deliver Us from Evil, Dohmnall Gleeson, Educating Rita, Eilis, Emory Cohen, Ex Machina, Hanna, Harry Potter, Indian Summers, Intermission, Jim Broadbent, John Crowley, Julie Walters, Mad Max: Fury Road, mise-en-scene, New York Film Critics Circle, Saoirse Ronan, Smash, Spotlight, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Lovely Bones | Leave a comment

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Mark DuPré

Wes Anderson is an acquired taste, and not one that I’d acquired until this film. I have nothing against a self-conscious formalism, but Anderson’s formula seemed too studied, too precious, and occasionally twee for my taste. Every director has the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Reviews, Newer films | Tagged Adrien Broday, Bill Murray, Edward Norton, F. Murray Abraham, Harvey Keitel, Jason Schwartzman, Jeff Goldblum, Jude Law, Mathieu Amalric, Ralph Fiennes, Saoirse Ronan, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Tony Revolori, Wes Anderson, Willem Defoe | Leave a comment

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