Latest Review
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‘The Hangover Part III’: Dry up
May 24, 2013
This apparently is the week for multiple unnecessary sequels, with “The Hangover Part III” going up against “Fast & Furious 6” (twice as uncalled-for) for that all-important teen-age dollar. So I’ll give the same “meh” response to “H3” as I did to “Iron Man 3”: better than the second one, not as good as the first. I heartily [...] More »
Latest Interview
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Sarah Polley and the ‘Stories’ she tells
May 13, 2013
“It was fascinating and illuminating and exhausting,” Sarah Polley says, sipping iced tea in a Manhattan restaurant. “I wanted to focus on all these voices telling the story in different ways. To me, what was interesting was not the story, but the way you tell it.” She’s talking about “Stories We Tell,” the personal (and yet universal) [...] More »
Commentary
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My annual anti-3D sermon
May 20, 2013
I was heartened to read that, on its opening weekend, “The Great Gatsby” did solid business, despite some unjustly vicious reviews. I was even more uplifted when I read that, in placing a strong second to “Iron Man 3,” “Gatsby” only earned one-third of its box-office take from people who saw it in 3D. Which, I guess, brings [...] More »
