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'Sinatra: All or Nothing at All' on HBO
A man of contradictions
Frank Sinatra was born 100 years ago. HBO’s documentary reveals the flaws of this fascinating, contradictory man.
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‘Bloodline’ on Netflix
How slow can you go?
I’m willing — nay, happy — to settle in with a show and see what happens, but Bloodline sorely tried my patience.
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‘Kimmy Schmidt’ and ‘Broad City’ Take Manhattan
Both Kimmy Schmidt and Broad City feature socially awkward 20-something women struggling to thrive in New York City. That’s where the similarities end.
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'Downton Abbey,' Season Five
Downton Somnambuley
In previous seasons, the Facebook feed would light up on Sunday nights in January and February, gnashing over the latest twists and erupting in fury at spoilers. This year, one of the only statuses I remember about Downton Abbey was my former French teacher realizing that she had forgotten to tune in the previous night.
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Leonard Nimoy: An appreciation
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t know Spock. And with his legacy of films and TV, Spock and Nimoy will live on, into the 23rd century and beyond.
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The case against Oscar-bait biographies
Bio(nit)pic
My beef with biopics goes way back to when I was 11 and Gandhi beat E.T. for Best Picture.
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Top ten reasons you should watch the Oscars Sunday night
In honor of David Letterman — the Worst Oscar Host Ever — Armen Pandola presents a Top Ten list of reasons to watch the Oscars.
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Iñárritu’s ‘Birdman’ (second review)
A bird’s-eye view
Few seem to have recognized that there’s a reason for handling Birdman’s entire narrative as a single take. That reason is simple: The filmmakers effectively personalize the camera’s perspective — someone, and not just something, is roaming around backstage at the theater.
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'American Sniper' and 'Mr. Turner'
The eyes of Mr. Turner and an American sniper
How far can a movie go in representing the lives of real people?
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Richard Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ (second review)
The inexplicable canonization of Boyhood
Linklater’s concept was ambitious, and I understand the urge to heap accolades on his inventiveness. I wish more established Hollywood filmmakers took such creative risks. But that alone was not enough to lift Boyhood up from an interesting experiment into a life-changing cinematic experience.
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