Tag: Masterwork
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“Subtraction”: A Masterwork of Realistic Fantasy
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Iranian cinema has risen to international prominence in recent decades, largely through the meticulous realism of such directors as Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi, who probe ordinary people’s lives in passionate detail. Mani Haghighi is somewhat different. Now in his fifties and one of Iran’s most distinguished and distinctive filmmakers, he’s a specialist in tales…
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“Showing Up,” Reviewed: A Masterwork About an Artist’s Life
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Until now, I haven’t been very enthusiastic about Kelly Reichardt’s films. While admiring her craft and determination, I’ve long felt that her movies mostly efface her characters’ inner lives in order to line up their events and emotions, like magnets, to form a simplified message. Her latest film, “Showing Up,” which opens Friday (it premièred…
