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Frances McDormand in Chloe Zhao's Nomadland By Anne Brodie Nomadland on Disney+ is hard to talk about without disturbing its profundities. Since seeing the film last fall, and many times since, I've not looked forward to writing a review. It is a shame to reduce this incredible artistic …
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John David Washington and Zendaya in Malcolm & Marie - Netflix By Anne Brodie HBO's remarkable anthology Black Art: in the Absence of Light from documentarian Sam Pollard reveals a vivid history of the strong African-American art culture, and the new talents springing up all over …
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By Anne Brodie Lupin The emotionally charged story of love and sacrifice, Our Friend concerns grace, doing unto others as you'd have them do unto you. Dakota Johnson, a wife and mother of two diagnosed with terminal cancer and her husband (Casey Affleck) are overwhelmed by grief and domestic …
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By Anne Brodie Two orders of Meryl, please. The extraordinarily talented Ms. Streep id dramatic then comic in two wildly divergent films this weekend. First Meryl joins Candice Bergen, Dianne Wiest and Lucas Hedges in Steven Soderbergh’s Let Them All Talk an edgy, intimate wonder …
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Melissa McCarthy in HBO's Superintelligence By Anne Brodie Kristen Stewart smiles! She laughs! in the Hulu Original Christmas LGBTQI family romantic comedy Happiest Season. I know, right? Her prior broody self is tossed into the eggnog bowl as her Abby and partner Harper (Mackenzie …
