Author: Jake Orthwein
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They’re Making an Adventure Film About Nikola Tesla and Mark Twain
Tom & Huck have nothing on this duo. Deadline revealed over the weekend that CBS Films has purchased the rights to Tesla & Twain, an adventure…
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Asghar Farhadi and the Cinema of Consequence
The writer-director of The Salesman breaks new ground on old questions. The Salesman opens on a theatre stage, dangling lights highlighting the artifice of the…
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The Disturbing Relevance of The Witch
Robert Eggers’ folk tale is an allegory for our times. There is much to celebrate in this year’s crop of Oscar nominees: independent film is well-represented,…
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Westworld and the Meaning of Life
Appraising the show’s philosophy. It has now been more than a month since the season finale of Westworld, and the mad dash to explicate the…
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Living in History: On 20th Century Women
History and specificity in Mike Mills’s latest. For many millennials, the twenty-first century has provided more than its share of uncanny reminders that, for lack of…
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An Atheist’s Guide to Silence
On cinema and sacredness.
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Sci-Fi and Sincerity: Looking Forward to James Ponsoldt’s The Circle
#2017Preview The indie director of The Spectacular Now and The End of the Tour is pushing his career to new heights. At first glance, writer-director James…
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‘Rogue One’ and the Fate of the Myth
For better or worse, Gareth Edwards brings Star Wars down to earth.
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Jeff Nichols: Form and Feeling
The Southern auteur’s latest film, Loving, is mature and deeply personal. There’s a scene toward the end of Jeff Nichols’s Loving, recently discussed in an…