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  • 1 week ago | washingtoncitypaper.com | Alan Zilberman |Serena Zets |Pat Padua |Louis Jacobson |Hannah Docter-Loeb

    Thanks for being a member of City Paper! There is more to Spanish cinema than Pedro Almodóvar. We can’t deny that the director is a master of the form, but there are plenty of treasures beyond his prolific output. Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Spain and AFI Silver, the mini-festival Spanish Cinema Now! includes provocative films across many genres—without input from the beloved auteur.

  • 2 weeks ago | spectrumculture.com | Alan Zilberman

    Even without taking its generic title into account, the new Norwegian drama Love is a tough sell. Director and writer Dag Johan Haugerud creates dramatic situations about fundamentally decent people, and while there are some big emotions, these characters are weary and understated. No one raises their voice, and if there is agitation in a dialogue scene, it never lasts long. Why, then, is Love so compelling?

  • 3 weeks ago | spectrumculture.com | Alan Zilberman

    Economical thrillers are a reliable, easy way for a director to find suspense in a cramped setting. The genre got its start with Rio Bravo, a Western that revolutionized the siege movie, and since then, countless directors have used limited space to their advantage. Das Boot is a masterpiece of on-screen claustrophobia, while Panic Room unfolds like a deadly chess game.

  • 3 weeks ago | washingtoncitypaper.com | Alan Zilberman

    Thanks for being a member of City Paper! It does not take long to decide whether you’ll enjoy Tim Robinson’s unique brand of comedy. As demonstrated in his sketch series I Think You Should Leave and his short-lived sitcom Detroiters, Robinson has become an avatar of unhinged desperation, which helps explain why so many of his sketches have become memes. His detractors, however, can’t stand his profanity-laden tirades.

  • 1 month ago | spectrumculture.com | Alan Zilberman

    Most dinner parties are not stressful, and yet you would never know that by watching movies set during them. The dynamics between the hosts and guests are always fraught, with ugly secrets or resentments bubbling to the surface. It is impossible to forget the battle of wills between George and Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and you can see echoes of that dynamic in Black Bag, a recent spy thriller bookended by two surprisingly intense dinner parties.

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