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‘Mr. Scorsese’ Mini-Series Review – A Charismatic, Authentic, and Honest Portrayal of the Life of a Genius

In the early 1950s, the legendary French magazine Cahiers du Cinéma popularized a new manner of analyzing cinema. Hence, the politique des auteurs (auteur theory) became their central thesis, in which film criticism analyzed films through the lens of the whole and the filmmaker’s style. Thus, in a subsequent consequence …

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‘Evidence’ Documentary Review

We often do not comprehend our parents’ occupations when we are children. Aside from professions like lawyer and doctor, the titles promptly explain their duties; there are a plethora of other careers that carry enigmatic titles and corporations that are tough to understand their business. This childish ignorance may clash …

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‘Magellan’ Film Review: Lav Diaz’s Radical Omissions

Forty-four minutes into Magellan, we see the eponymous Portuguese navigator at the film’s center, deftly portrayed by Gael García Bernal, sitting still inside a 16th-century tavern, his mind drifting elsewhere. He grips a walking cane on one hand, then an oversized hat on the other. Lit candles beside him quietly …

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