If Beale Street Could Talk
This is what happens when Barry Jenkins brings the work of James Baldwin to the big screen.
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Tag: Oscar nominations
My Picks for the 91st Academy Awards
It’s time to predict the winners from the 2019 Academy Awards. The Oscars are here, and it’s finally time to
A Star Is Born (2018)
A classic story is given a 2018 treatment. Bradley Cooper’s project succeeds on a high level.
JFK
“That’s the real question isn’t it: why? The how and the who is just scenery for the public. Oswald, Ruby, Cuba, The Mafia, keeps ’em guessing like some kind of parlor game, prevents ’em from asking the most important question: why? Why was Kennedy Killed? Who benefited? Who has the power to cover it up? Who?” – Donald Sutherland as X
The Graduate
“It’s like I was playing some kind of game, but the rules don’t make any sense to me. They’re being made up by all the wrong people. I mean no one makes them up. They seem to make themselves up.” – Dustin Hoffman as Ben Braddock
Julia
” I’m old now and I want to remember what was there for me once and what is there for me now.” Jane Fonda as Lillian Hellman
All the President’s Men
“You guys are about to write a story that says the former Attorney General, the highest-ranking law enforcement officer in this country, is a crook! Just be sure you’re right.” – Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee
