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Oscar

The Alt-Weekly Oscars

March 16, 2021March 20, 2021 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Braveheart, Forrest Gump, Judas and the Black Messiah, Lynda Barry, Mank, Minari, Nomadland, Oscars, Promising Young Woman, The Mandalorian, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Tiger King, WandaVision

This year’s nominated films have a boutique audience of indie people

Citizen Kane

Why Should We Still Care About ‘Citizen Kane’?

December 9, 2020December 8, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Alfred Hitchcock, Citizen Kane, David Fincher, Foreign Correspondent, Gregg Toland, Herman Mankiewicz, Mank, Memento, Orson Welles, Pulp Fiction, Rashomon

Of its time and ahead of its time

Mank

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‘Mank’ in the Tank

November 23, 2020December 5, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Amanda Seyfried, Charles Dance, Citizen Kane, Coen Brothers, David Fincher, Gary Oldman, Jack Fincher, Louis C.K., Madonna, Mank, Trumbo, William Randolph Hearst

David Fincher’s Old Hollywood movie is a pretentious snooze