Then Playing — The Sea Wolf; Twisters; The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Reviews of films directed by Michael Curtiz, Lee Isaac Chung, and Melvin Frank. Continue reading Then Playing — The Sea Wolf; Twisters; The Prisoner of Second Avenue
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Top Ten Movies of 2020 — Number Seven
I think it’s beautifully fitting that the year’s most poignant, insightful film about living in the U.S. is largely in a language other than English. Writer-director Lee Isaac Chung draws on his own history for Minari, the story of a … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2020 — Number Seven
Now Playing — Minari
By his own account, writer-director Lee Isaac Chung wanted to share his own history in a way that it wasn’t actually his history. In the most basic reckoning, there’s nothing especially unique about that approach. It’s the very definition of … Continue reading Now Playing — Minari
Coffee for Two 