Daily Archives: November 12, 2023

Netflixable? Mexico’s “Hurricane Season” unravels a murder and the prejudices that led to it

Literary devices and constructions don’t always translate easily to the screen. And the current screenwriter obsession with making many a script play out in “chapters,” denoted in pointlessly distracting onscreen graphics, is one of the clunkiest. Even when you’re adapting … Continue reading

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Classic Film Review: Richard Harris and Rachel Roberts star in Lindsay Anderson’s “This Sporting Life” (1963)

“This Sporting Life” sets up as a formulaic hardscrabble “rise and fall of a sports hero” drama, the tale of a miner who gets his first taste of success and the “good life” of the English upper classes via stardom … Continue reading

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