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Review: The Souvenir Part II (2021)
The long-awaited (I mean it was only two years but it felt like FOREVER for those of us who were waiting) sequel to The Souvenir has arrived. Joanna Hogg hasn’t made that many films (she directed her first feature-length film … Continue reading
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Tagged drama, Joanna Hogg, Martin Scorsese, reviews, Tilda Swinton, women directors
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Review: The French Dispatch (2021)
It was a pleasure to review Wes Anderson’s latest, The French Dispatch – its release held off for almost two years due to Covid. It’s a … weird movie, and almost impossible to explain … but I loved the experience … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Murray, comedy, Owen Wilson, reviews, Tilda Swinton, Wes Anderson
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Different themes in Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenirs
Joanna Hogg’s style is a fingerprint. Once you’ve seen one of her films, you get the lay of the land. It’s as specific a fingerprint as Martin Scorsese’s, although of a completely different rhythm and energy and milieu. (It’s not … Continue reading
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Tagged England, Joanna Hogg, mirrors, Tilda Swinton, women directors
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Red-carpet-by-proxy
Tilda Swinton holding the May-June issue of Film Comment, with my cover story on Joanna Hogg’s “The Souvenir”, starring Tilda Swinton’s daughter, Honor Swinton Byrne, and Tilda herself. Honor Swinton Byrne – whose face graces the cover – and Tilda … Continue reading
May-June 2019 Film Comment: on Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir
It was such a pleasure writing about Joanna Hogg’s latest film The Souvenir for Film Comment (I hadn’t realized it would be the cover story! I’m thrilled, not just for myself, but for the film, which I hope everyone sees). … Continue reading
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Tagged drama, England, Joanna Hogg, reviews, Tilda Swinton, women directors
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50th Anniversary Gala of the Film Society at Lincoln Center
The Film Society at Lincoln Center had its 50th Anniversary Gala on Monday night at Alice Tully Hall, and I was invited because of my involvement with writing for Film Comment (the house magazine of the Film Society, now re-named … Continue reading
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Tagged Joanna Hogg, Martin Scorsese, Tilda Swinton, women directors
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Great Performances of 2017: Rogerebert.com
The group of regular critics at Rogerebert.com weighed in on what we consider to be some of the Great Performances of 2017. It was my great pleasure to write about Garrett Hedlund’s performance in Mudbound (streaming on Netflix: you need … Continue reading
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Tagged Garrett Hedlund, Harry Dean Stanton, Meryl Streep, Tilda Swinton
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