Tag: Jason Schwartzman
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An original, clever concept for a rom-com, and a Jewish social satire, but it’s shooting at the wrong targets.
Joyce Glasser reviews Between the Temples (August 23, 2024) Cert 15, 111 mins. In cinemas Who doesn’t relish the prospect of a Jewish Harold and Maude that might have been […]
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Wes Anderson’s imaginative animation cannot mask a disappointing story
Joyce Glasser reviews Isle of Dogs (March 30, 2018) , Cert. PG, 97 min. Wes Anderson films (The Royal Tenenbaums, Moonrise Kingdom and The Grand Budapest Hotel) are still events. Dog […]
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A courageously misanthropic but hilarious comedy about a sad New York writer
Joyce Glasser reviews Listen Up Philip (June 5, 2015), Cert. 15, 108 min. Films about writers – and they are usually art house comedies or tortured biopics – share the same […]
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Moonrise Kingdom is Wes Anderson’s most charming and, arguably, his best film
Joyce Glasser reviews Moonrise Kingdom (May 25, 2012) Cert. 12, 92 min. Many films segregate the old and the young, or, when generations intermingle, pit them against one another. In many […]