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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by Joseph A. Hazani March 15, 2015
Frank depicts the wishfulness of a frankly hackneyed mediocrity that seeks to achieve musical fame. To be fair, it is not overt what his desires are, beyond making music. So while he is unimpressive at best (truthfully he is atrocious), the protagonist does have a genuine desire of becoming an accomplished musician versus an accomplished person in society per se. Indeed, the....
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