by Joseph A. Hazani April 11, 2015
In Nymphomaniac we are told a short story on the history of a particular woman not so much battling an addiction as expressing herself uncontrollably sexually, without shame in it. The main course of the tale is told to an asexual man who rescues her from an alleyway and attempts to revive her. Such an exposition of raucous female sexuality on display, and its accompanying comfort....
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by Joseph A. Hazani March 27, 2015
Togetherness is a TV series that realizes the very tepid nature of young families. There is no more excitement, no more energy that clearly is shown deep underneath what appears to be the well-put together couple at the center of the film. While their friends are seemingly ship-wrecked, with one having been evicted as part of his struggling actor routine, and another who abandons....
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by Joseph A. Hazani March 18, 2015
I was inspired to watch this film after viewing an interview with Francis Ford Copolla where he produced this film in between his Godfather movies. He downplayed it’s littleness. Indeed it does have a very narrow focus, with a very simple narrative, but it cannot be denied how difficult the cinematic sculpture around even such a miniscule plot can be. It speaks volumes to the....
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