Tag: cinema
Will the cinema experience survive?
In the past month, I have written 15 articles about American professional football. That fact may not be of interest to readers of a movie blog – especially an international one like Curnblog whose readers probably think American football is the equivalent of Tom Hooper’s Cats, overblown and silly, spectacle over substance, with the odd…
A Tale of Two Satires: “Beneath Us” and “The Hunt”
Ah, the social satire. It is not an easy nut to crack. Indeed, satire of any stripe requires a delicate balance and a tough skin. There are audiences who will never accept the joke at the heart of Jonathan Swift’s “A Delicate Proposal” or Ernst Lubitch’s To Be or Not to Be, and those may…
Interviewing Todd Montesi: A Comic’s Take on Film
With the prevalence of professional (and professional-looking) videos on YouTube and other platforms that showcase comedians doing their thing, it’s a challenge to find a creator generating content that stands out from a cinematic perspective. One of those individuals, however, is making a sizable dent in that virtual bubble, and that person is Todd Montesi.…
Marriage Story: The Anatomy of a Break-Up
Marriage Story is an unsparing chronicle of the dissolution of a marriage and its aftermath. Furious, tender, funny and possibly a little hopeful, Noah Baumbach’s film takes us through the stages Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) and Charlie (Adam Driver) travel with their young son, Henry, as they attempt to navigate the agonies and frustrations of breaking…
The AFI’s 30th annual Latin American Film Festival
The American Film Institute’s 30th annual Latin American Film Festival concluded last week. Fifty-three new movies. Twenty-three countries represented (throughout Central and South America, as well as entries from Spain and Portugal). It is always one of the highlights of the year for foreign film lovers in the DC area. I was only able to…