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Author: Scout Tafoya

“Tesla”‘s flights of fancy match the subject of its illumination

Tesla
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In his latest anti-biopic, Michael Almereyda drenches the life of the famed inventor in layers of enticing artifice.

Scout Tafoya Posted on August 20, 2020August 17, 2020

The Untamed Territory of Jim Jarmusch’s “Dead Man”

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Jim Jarmusch’s black and white punk Western is both his most beautiful & most baffling film.

Scout Tafoya Posted on January 17, 2020January 17, 2020

Martin Scorsese Explored the Madness of Innovation with “The Aviator”

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Scorsese recovered from the brutal conditions of Gangs of New York with an intimate, tragic portrait of the foibles of genius.

Scout Tafoya Posted on October 29, 2019October 29, 2019

Ermanno Olmi: Standing in the Footprints of God

Ermanno Olmi, Il Posto
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Over his decades-long career, the Italian neorealist crafted films filled with truth, empathy, and kindness.

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Scout Tafoya Posted on June 20, 2019June 20, 2019

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Late-Period Tim Burton

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Tim Burton’s recent films are dismissed as confused (dark) shadows of his career heights, but they contain brief glimmers of the filmmaker’s return to form.

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Scout Tafoya Posted on March 18, 2019March 14, 2019

With “Batman Returns”, Tim Burton Unleashed A Dark Superhero Circus

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Tim Burton’s superhero sequel saw the endlessly strange auteur run away with big studio money to make the most relentlessly weird comic book film ever.

Scout Tafoya Posted on March 9, 2019August 5, 2020

High Flying Bird Review: Soderbergh Games the System With a Searing Capitalist Critique

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The Tarell Alvin McRaney-penned basketball drama highlights the commodification of young black men both on and off the court.

Scout Tafoya Posted on February 8, 2019August 3, 2020
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