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The Dilemma of “Jackie”: Beautiful to Behold, Unbearable to Watch

[Note: This review also appeared on Film Festival Today.] Jackie (Pablo Larraín, 2016) We first meet her in close-up, shot in muted … More

Jackie, Natalie Portman, Pablo Larrain

“Roughly Speaking” Podcast on Fall 2016 Coming Attractions

Today, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins University – and Christopher Llewellyn Reed (that’s me) – Chair and Professor, Department … More

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Dan Rodricks, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Hammer to Nail, Inferno, Jackie, linda delibero, Moonlight, Natalie Portman, Roughly Speaking, The Accountant, Tower

Criterion’s “Muriel” + “A Tale of Love and Darkness” + Tracy Droz Tragos x2 at “Hammer to Nail”

In the past two weeks, Hammer to Nail published three reviews of mine – of two movies just released and one brand-new … More

A Tale of Love and Darkness, Abortion: Stories Women Tell, Alain Resnais, Blu-ray, Criterion Collection, Hammer to Nail, Muriel, Muriel or the Time of Return, Natalie Portman, Tracy Droz Tragos

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