Daily Archives: February 27, 2021

Movie Review: Norway’s Oscar contender tracks a marriage clinging to “Hope” after a cancer diagnosis

Anja looks pained, stricken. And Tomas picks up on that as they take their coats off at a Christmas party. “If it gets tough, we’ll stick together,” he offers. It’s already gotten “tough.” And he isn’t just talking about this … Continue reading

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Netflixable? “Crazy About Her (Loco por ella)”

There’s a Hippocratic Oath that anybody tackling the romantic comedy about the mentally ill genre. You can be moon-eyed, optimistic, maybe a tad unrealistic. But “first, do no harm.” What, you didn’t realize this was a thing, a whole genre … Continue reading

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Documentary Review: Following a “Stray” as she wanders the streets of Istanbul

Whatever else you can say about the charming and intimate documentary that follows a “Stray” dog through the streets of Istanbul, it’s a rare piece of positive PR for a Middle Eastern country that never makes the news for something … Continue reading

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