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A complex, twist and turn of events in Ida

A complex, twist and turn of events in Ida

Joyce Glasser reviews Ida (September 26, 2014) Cert. 12, 82 min. The eponymous Ida (impressive newcomer, Agata Trzebuchowska) is an orphan who has grown up, sheltered and unworldly, in a convent and w ...
Alternately profound with hilarious dialogue

Alternately profound with hilarious dialogue

Joyce Glasser reviews The Great Beauty (La grande bellezza) (September 6, 2013), Cert. 15, 135 min. Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty might be a blatant homage to Fellini (Roma, 8 ½ and La Dolce Vit ...