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Review of Honeydripper
Sayles soaks his paean to the blues in Southern mythologyThe blind guitar player. The runaway train-hopper. The drunken knife fight. The last chance at saving the establishment. They're all elements of folklore and mythology, be it Southern blues mythology (the first three) or cinematic mythology (the last one). How many films have we seen where a proprietor is told ... read morePosted on 12/30/2007 by ZacharyWigon 
Review of Persepolis
The Political As Personal, The Personal As PoliticalAs evidenced by the recent slate of disastrously incompetent political films Americans have been subjected to recently (Lions For Lambs, Redacted, In The Valley Of Elah, et cetera), to make a film that combines the political with the personal is no easy task. It's a predicament that constantly pushes art ... read morePosted on 12/27/2007 by ZacharyWigon 
Review of Great Debaters
Washington's Second Pic As Helmer Misfires GreatlyDenzel Washington is one of those actors (we call them stars) who is a performative relative of the director-as-auteur; that is to say, his performances are continually self-referential and share common traits. Denzel Washington doesn't play characters; he plays himself. The Great Debaters, the second film that he has directed, ... read morePosted on 12/16/2007 by ZacharyWigon |
