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Review: The Myth of the American Sleepover
"Mitchell did not set out to reinvent, or even reinvigorate the genre. He set out to make a light, warm summer movie about teenagers, and in that he was successful."
Review: Beautiful Boy
"The omission of any attempt to understand Sam better than a stereotype, and the romanticizing of his nature mistreat and oversimplify a tragedy that is becoming an epidemic. Including a few pseudo artistic moments does not grant the right to call a murderer a Beautiful Boy."
The Myth of the American Sleepover | Review
Non-Pillow Talk: Mitchell's Hits a Triple in Film of Getting to First Base
Beautiful Boy | Review
A melodramatic take on two parents’ grief in the wake of a school shooting
2011 Midway Point: Jesse’s Top 10
#10. The Dish and the Spoon - Alison Bagnall (2011 SXSW)
An out of step pas de deux, The Dish and The Spoon deftly explores where you go when you reach the end. A cuckolded wife, a mysterious waif and the Delaware seashore offer a story that charms in its rueful sadness. Though you know their relationship won’t last, you can’t help wishing it would.
