Playing Catch-Up — The Rules of the Game; Beatriz at Dinner; Miss Sloane

The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939). Considered one of unassailable greats of all cinema (or at least a foundational classic that demonstrated the way the spirited form could be applied to weighty social subjects), Jean Renoir’s farcical examination … Continue reading Playing Catch-Up — The Rules of the Game; Beatriz at Dinner; Miss Sloane

Playing Catch-Up — Citizen Jane: Battle for the City; Concussion; The Debt

Citizen Jane: Battle for the City (Matt Tyrnauer, 2017). This documentary is the sort of non-fiction filmmaking that willingly, happily tips toward hagiographic agitprop, treating its central figure as a beam of inspiring light rather than a complicated person. As … Continue reading Playing Catch-Up — Citizen Jane: Battle for the City; Concussion; The Debt