Posted on November 29, 2017 at 3:57 pm
Slate has a great guide to the cultural references in “Coco” that people who are not of Mexican heritage might miss. (Note that co-director Lee Unkrich has responded to one of the points in the Slate article, saying that the use of both Dia dos Muertos and Dia de los Muertos was intentional to reflect …
Posted on November 28, 2017 at 10:13 pm
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has picked “The Dancer” as the MOTW (movie of the week). The recreations of Loie Fuller’s stunning performances are dazzling. Betsy Bozdech writes: Chances are, even people who wouldn’t describe themselves as “into dance” have heard the name Isadora Duncan and know something about her career and tragic death. …
Posted on November 28, 2017 at 10:04 pm
A-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for language, sexual content, brief graphic nudity and teen partying |
| Profanity: | Very strong language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references and situations, nudity |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking and drunkenness |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Mild peril |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | November 3, 2017 |
| Date Released to DVD: | March 5, 2018 |
“Lady Bird? Is that your given name?” the patient priest who is directing the high school play asks at an audition. “Yes.” “Why is it in quotes?” The sign-up sheet reads: Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan). “I gave it to myself,” she says. “It’s given to me by me.” Perhaps she selected the name …
Posted on November 27, 2017 at 6:37 pm
A-| Lowest Recommended Age: | Mature High Schooler |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for violence, language throughout, and some sexual references |
| Profanity: | Very strong, explicit, and crude language |
| Nudity/ Sex: | Sexual references, some crude |
| Alcohol/ Drugs: | Drinking, smoking |
| Violence/ Scariness: | Graphic violence, characters injured and killed, suicide |
| Diversity Issues: | None |
| Date Released to Theaters: | December 1, 2017 |
| Date Released to DVD: | February 27, 2018 |
I sing the rage of Frances McDormand, who plays Mildred Hayes, a grieving mother who is not so much consumed by righteous fury as filled with a desperate need for it to consume everyone else around her. There is no better actor to convey fury than McDormand. When she is good, she is very, very …
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Posted on November 27, 2017 at 2:34 pm
Many thanks to my alma mater, the University of Chicago Law School, for talking to me about my career and the way the school continues to influence and inspire me.
