Tag Archives: biopic

Review: I Saw the Light (2016): Ol’ Hank Done It This Way

Posted on March 27, 2016 by sheila

When I first heard that a biopic was being made about Hank Williams, AND that a British actor had been cast as this most American of American artists … I felt skeptical, trepidatious, and also a little bit angry. They … Continue reading →

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Review: Born To Be Blue (2016)

Posted on March 25, 2016 by sheila

Ethan Hawke as Chet Baker in Born To Be Blue. We’ve got a couple more biopics coming up (the Hank Williams one opens today, and then comes the Miles Davis one). I reviewed Born To Be Blue for Rogerebert.com.

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Review: Joy (2015)

Posted on December 24, 2015 by sheila
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Review: Straight Outta Compton (2015)

Posted on August 29, 2015 by sheila

Man, this has been a great year for music biopics (a genre that tends to follow the predictable old “and then this happened and then this happened and then this happened” structure). Love & Mercy and Straight Outta Compton? In … Continue reading →

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Review: Love & Mercy (2015)

Posted on June 16, 2015 by sheila

Glenn Kenny’s beautiful review of Love & Mercy expresses much of my own response to this emotional and well-done film. It’s a portrait of Brian Wilson, his genius, his struggles, his visionary capabilities, as well as his well-known suffering … … Continue reading →

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Review: Big Eyes (2014); directed by Tim Burton

Posted on December 26, 2014 by sheila

Fascinating story, rather conventionally told. My review of Big Eyes is now up at Rogerebert.com.

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Ebertfest 2014: Capote (2005)

Posted on April 29, 2014 by sheila

Friday afternoon, following the awesome screening of 1924’s He Who Gets Slapped (which I wrote up for Rogerebert.com) came the screening of Capote. It is still hard to comprehend that Philip Seymour Hoffman is no longer with us. It is … Continue reading →

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Review: Big Sur (2013)

Posted on November 1, 2013 by sheila

Another film adaptation of one of Jack Kerouac’s books. It opens today. My review is now up at Roger Ebert.

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Captain Phillips (2013)

Posted on October 18, 2013 by sheila

The two thoughts swirling through my head at the immediate end of the picture: 1. Jesus Mary and Joseph, Tom Hanks acts his BALLS off in the last 10 minutes of the film. He’s good throughout, down to the subtle … Continue reading →

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Review: Camille Claudel, 1915 (2013)

Posted on October 16, 2013 by sheila

Bruno Dumont’s harrowing Camille Claudel, 1915, starring Juliette Binoche, opens today. My review is now up at Roger Ebert.

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