Author: Scout Tafoya

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August 20, 2020

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

In his latest anti-biopic, Michael Almereyda drenches the life of the famed inventor in layers of enticing artifice.
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January 17, 2020

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

Jim Jarmusch's black and white punk Western is both his most beautiful & most baffling film.
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October 29, 2019

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

Scorsese recovered from the brutal conditions of Gangs of New York with an intimate, tragic portrait of the foibles of genius.
Ermanno Olmi, Il PostoE
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June 20, 2019

Ermanno Olmi: Standing in the Footprints of God

Over his decades-long career, the Italian neorealist crafted films filled with truth, empathy, and kindness.
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March 18, 2019

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

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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March 9, 2019

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

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.
HIGH FLYING BIRDH
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February 8, 2019

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

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