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Fumi Nikaido gives a nuanced performance

Fumi Nikaido gives a nuanced performance

Joyce Glasser reviews Au Revoir L’été (April 24, 2015) The title is not so much misleading as significant in this subtle Japanese coming-of-age comedy.  The title, Goodbye to Summer, is reminiscent of ...
A rewarding, immersive cinema experience.

A rewarding, immersive cinema experience.

Home from Home – Chronicle of a Vision is a work of such humanity, beauty, depth and power that it can only be called a masterpiece.  This four-hour epic about a Prussian farming community caught up i ...
A musical deconstruction of a relationship

A musical deconstruction of a relationship

Joyce Glasser reviews The Last Five Years (April 17, 2015) The Last Five Years is a film adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s stage musical (it enjoyed a short run off Broadway) that is produced, writte ...