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Review of Margot at the Wedding
This title is actually a clever pun about weddings, I guessAnother damned “I love it, wouldn’t change a thing review.” I’m sorry, but it’s Noah Baumbach’s fault. Baumbach’s film are a big part of my personal canon. I can watch his work many times and feel something different with each viewing as time passes and my life changes. I remember ... read morePosted on 09/18/2007 by Aaron 
Review of Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who
Average Cable Music Television JourneyWhen you see "produced by VH1" in the opening credits, you have a pretty good idea of what's coming. It's a competent documentary featuring a lot of great music and live footage, but a fairly pedestrian one. Most of the story is told through loads of recent first hand interviews ... read morePosted on 09/16/2007 by Aaron 
Review of I'm Not There
I'm Not There at TIFFThere have been a couple of documentaries about Bob Dylan that have become the gold standard for not only telling his story, but for music documentaries in general. Don’t Look Back and No Direction Home are both pretty well unassailable, so how do you make a narrative film that can ... read morePosted on 09/16/2007 by Aaron |
