Posts Tagged ‘Todd Solondz’
'The Descendants' and the Diabolical Allure of the Tragicomedy
Could anything be more entertaining than watching George Clooney suffer the trials of Job in “The Descendants”? Adapted from the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings, the film follows a lonely widower (Clooney) as he turns over horrible family secrets in the wake of his wife’s accidental death. So why are we laughing? The art of mingling comedy with tragedy is as old as storytelling itself…
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Deconstructing James Franco: What a Man's Adaptation Choices Say About Him What does 'As I Lay Dying' and other adaptations awaiting cr...
The Foodie Revolution Has Been Televised - and Now It's Headed for Theaters with Dueling 'Chef' Projects Things are about to get a whole lot more confusing after thi...
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A User's Guide to Watching (and Keeping Up With) 'Cloud Atlas'Without a doubt, the Booker prize short-listed, cult fa...
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