THE SPECTACULAR NOW. This film brought me closer to a public emotional outburst than any movie I have ever seen. I tend not to get too misty-eyed in public, but director James Ponsoldt’s heartbreaking, careful meditation on love, loss and adolescent identity hits all the right notes. Sutter Keely (Miles Teller), a supremely easygoing high […]
The Spectacular Now
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Cut Bait
Reviews BLACKFISH. It’s often hard to separate the power of a documentary’s content from the quality of its presentation. The substance of Blackfish is heavy-hitting, devastating and dramatically eye-opening; however, much of the presentation is distracting and poorly devised. Blackfish tells the story of a male orca whale named Tilikum. You may remember this particular […]