Stories By Ryan Brown
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Reviews
Mysteries of Lisbon | Review
May 20, 2020Raul Ruiz’s Epic Literary Adaptation is a 5-hour Academic Exercise
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Reviews
Policeman | Review
June 21, 2014Israeli vs. Israeli terrorist drama is a timely, thrilling provocation The opening scene of Israeli writer-director...
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Zero Dark Thirty | Review
December 20, 2012Mourning the Mythic: Revenge has no Taste in Bin Laden Hunt Film Director Kathryn Bigelow willfully...
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Flight | Review
October 30, 2012Zemeckis’ ‘Flight’ is no Thriller, just Lazy 12-step Evangelism In Hollywood, is AA the new Scientology?...
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Film Festivals
Passion, Amour, Heaven’s Gate: 2012 NYFF Recap
October 25, 2012This year’s 50th anniversary edition of the New York Film Festival conserved many of the signature...
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Reviews
Not Fade Away | Review
October 8, 2012Sopranos creator Chase stumbles with 60s coming-of-age rock-n-roll tale Trading off coming-of-age clichés with band-on-the-rise clichés,...
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Life of Pi | Review
October 1, 2012Bengali Buoyancy: CGI impresses, but story falls short in Ang Lee’s adventure The highlight of Ang...
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Ornette: Made in America | Review
September 4, 2012A high point for U.S. manufacturing: Jazz genius Ornette Coleman Shirley Clarke’s 1984 documentary ‘Ornette: Made...
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Side By Side | Review
August 17, 2012Film vs. digital doc obscures message with overt Hollywood deference From the opening Oscar broadcast-style montage...
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Reviews
Neil Young Journeys | Review
June 29, 2012Walk with him: Neil Young makes Canada shake in Demme’s concert film On R.E.M.’s farewell masterpiece...