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A Masterpiece: Capernaum Review

Nick Clement7 years ago6 years ago02 mins

Capernaum is a MASTERPIECE. Nadine Labaki’s naturalistic yet still slightly aesthetically heightened direction is on full, brilliant display for two hours. The script she co-wrote with Jihad Hojaily and Michelle Keserwany uses effective melodrama in all the proper ways. Telling an emotionally gripping story about a young boy who has to make some large growing-up…

The Deer Hunter (1978) Review

Sean Evans8 years ago2 years ago02 mins

The Deer Hunter is a film of overwhelming magnitude and staggering directorial force. The first hour is magisterial, giving way to Hell, and then into rocky redemption. Director Michael Cimino was on another level here, while the screenplay (which was written by Deric Washburn from a story by Washburn, Cimino, Louis Garfinkle, and Quinn Redeker)…