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A little gem of sentimentalism in Blue Ruin

A little gem of sentimentalism in Blue Ruin

Every now and then a genuine American independent film comes along that is written and directed by an unknown director, stars an unknown actor, is shot on a shoestring budget and turns out to be the b ...
True artists are their own harshest critics

True artists are their own harshest critics

Joyce Glasser reviews Whiplash  (January 16, 2015) The debut feature of 29-year-old American Writer/Director Damien Chazelle has been nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Film and Best Su ...
A gripping two-hander spy documentary

A gripping two-hander spy documentary

Joyce Glasser reviews The Green Prince  (December 12, 2014) The Green Prince is a documentary that plays like a gripping two-hander spy drama in which the audience either accepts the information at it ...