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Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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The Walk (2015): A Looking Closer Film Forum
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The Walk (2015): A Looking Closer Film Forum

Should I do it? Should I walk out onto the Robert Zemeckis tightrope between contemplative art and sensationalistic entertainment once again? Most of the time, I go tumbling into a void of clumsy storytelling, shallow philosophizing, and sentimentality. But once in a while, Zemeckis can deliver a charge of ambitious
11 Oct 2015 3 min read
On Movies & Media

Zemeckis's High-Wire Act

Robert Zemeckis took us back in time with Marty McFly and again with Forrest Gump. This time around, he might as well recycle a famous Back to the Future quote: "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads." Zemeckis plans to take us back
10 Dec 2014 1 min read
Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Abraham Lincoln: A Trailer, A Speech, and "Divine Providence"

Here's the trailer for Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, starring Daniel Day-Lewis. But that's just the beginning. Since America will have Lincoln on the mind in the coming weeks, I encourage everyone to read the text of Abraham Lincoln's amazing Second Inaugural Address. Read it out loud. And then, well,
13 Sep 2012 2 min read
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