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Sundance 2022: When You Finish Saving the World

1/25/2022

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Evan D.

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Ask just about anyone and they’ll tell you that they want to do the right thing. An instinct for altruism is natural but it doesn’t always come from the purest place. Plenty of times good deeds and kind words are as much about self preservation as they are about real impact. As the most insidious voices have grown louder in the the last few years, so too have the performative ones denouncing them. With his directorial debut, When You Finish Saving the World, Jesse Eisenberg has a little fun with performative allyship.

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The Tragedy of MacBeth Proves Coen’s Solo Chops

1/13/2022

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Evan D.

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Nearly nine years have passed since the Coen Brothers wondered, on 700 screens nationwide, what their lives and art would be without each other. For as bleak and apocalyptic as their prognosis was, the simple fact remains, neither Joel nor Ethan Coen are Llewyn Davis. Of course the master filmmaking duo are individually talented, but if anyone needed the proof, Joel Coen’s first solo effort, The Tragedy of MacBeth is a visually stunning powerhouse.

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