Neal Pollack, Author at BOOKS, FILM AND MORE.

Sunday, November 18, 2018

Journalism’s Greatest Hero

November 16, 2018November 16, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments

A Hardass Doesn’t Need A Hard Pass In ‘A Private War’

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CLASSICS CREATORS FILM NON-FICTION

A Few Minutes With Karina Longworth

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Harvey Weinstein, Howard Hughes, Karina Longworth, Katharine Hepburn, Linda Darnell, Seduction

BFG Interviews America’s Most Popular Film Writer and Podcaster

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Classics Corner: ‘Pickup On South Street’

November 14, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments

Sam Fuller’s 1953 Noir Espionage Thriller Never Goes Out Of Style

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Why Do All The Comedies Suck?

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Awkwafina, Blockers, Caddyshack, Comedy, Crazy Rich Asians, Deadpool, Game Night, Get Out, Judd Apatow, Sorry To Bother You, The Big Leibowski

This Has Been The Worst Year Ever For Comedy Movies

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Boy In Sepia

November 9, 2018November 9, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Boy Erased, gay conversion therapy, Joel Edgerton, Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe

An Affecting But Dimly-Lit Gay Conversion Therapy Drama

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The Other Side Of The Windbag

November 7, 2018November 6, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments John Huston, Orson Welles, Peter Bogdanovich, The Other Side Of The Wind

Orson Welles Gives Us A Pretentious Middle Finger From The Grave

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Classics Corner: ‘Hard Times’

November 6, 2018November 8, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Charles Bronson, Hard Times, James Coburn, Walter Hill

Charles Bronson Bareknuckles His Way Through Depression-Era Louisiana

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‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ Will Make You Nostalgic For New York In The 90s

November 2, 2018November 3, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Can You Ever Forgive Me, Melissa McCarthy, New York In The 90s, Richard E. Grant

Imagine The City Without Millennials

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Land Of Steady Incomes

November 1, 2018November 2, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Ben Mendelssohn, Connie Britton, Edie Falco, Land Of Steady Habits, Nicole Holofcener

In Nicole Holofcener’s ‘Land Of Steady Habits’, White People Have Problems

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I’m Pretty Sure The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon Is a Book

October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments R.O. Kwon, The Incendiaries

Beyond That, Though, Who Knows?

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DOCUMENTARY FILM

’22 July’ Stares Into The Face Of White-Supremacist Terror

October 29, 2018November 12, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments 22 July, Anti-Semitism, Norway, Paul Greengrass, Pittsburgh

Now More Than Ever, We Can’t Look Away

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CREATORS FICTION TELEVISION Writers

Who Cares About ‘The Great American Read’?

October 24, 2018October 24, 2018 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Atlas Shrugged, Harry Potter, literature, Little Women, Lord Of The Rings, Moby Dick, Outlander, PBS, Pride And Prejudice, The Great American Read, To Kill A Mockingbird

PBS’ Deathly Dull Literary Reality Series Comes to a Merciful End

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CREATORS FICTION TELEVISION Writers

The Wackadoodle Literary Satire Of ‘You’

October 22, 2018October 22, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Caroline Kepnes, David Mitchell, Friends From College, Jonathan Franzen, Lifetime, Paula Fox, Search Party, The Affari, You, Zadie Smith

Tales Of A Bookish Psychopath

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‘The Hate U Give’ Gives A Lot Of Love

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Amandla Sternberg, Anthony Mackie, Audrey Wells, Common, Eric Garner, George Tillman, Jr., Kendrick Lamar, Matt Taibbi, Monsters And Men, Russell Hornsby, The Hate U Give, Travis Scott, Tupac

A Real Teen Hero Rises

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‘Bad Times At The El Royale’

October 14, 2018October 14, 2018 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Bad Times At The El Royale, Chris Hemsworth, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Drew Goddard, Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm

Despite Mindless Ahistorical Hipster Violence, The Dude Abides

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