I’m not entirely sure how a film in which a small boy gets permanently blinded by someone deliberately pouring hot liquid onto his eyeballs while he’s unconscious ends up being hyped (by critics and audiences alike) as the “feel-good” movie of the year, but that’s the strange case with Slumdog Millionaire, the latest from director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting). Read Matt Brunson’s entire review.
The China Syndrome, Wall Street and even Casablanca are examples of movies that happened to be in the right place at the right time — that is to say, life imitated art (or vice versa) as each picture’s release neatly dovetailed with real-life incidents that in one way or another mirrored what was happening on-screen. Milk follows suit: Although it’s set in the 1970s, it couldn’t possibly be more relevant. Read the rest of the story.
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Read John Groom’s column: Levi Stubbs’ voice and the power of music.
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