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A Second Look at 'La La Land': Why It's Not Just Good, But Great by Owen Gleiberman

“La La Land,” in theory, is a movie that needs no explanation. The simplest thing you could call it is “an old-fashioned musical” " which means, of course, that it's …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:32pm on January 1, 2017☆⚑

Film Review: Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in 'Fences' by Owen Gleiberman

“Fences,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by August Wilson, was written in 1983 and had its premiere on Broadway in 1987. But the play is set 30 years before that, in a lower-mi…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00am on November 22, 2016☆⚑

New York Film Festival Review: 'Hamilton's America' by Owen Gleiberman

A big-spectacle Broadway production is, quite visibly, a collaborative effort " actors, sets, choreography, costumes, lighting, orchestra. On rare occasions, though, beneath the razzle-dazzl…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:09pm on October 2, 2016☆⚑

Toronto Film Review: 'LBJ' by Owen Gleiberman

The movies, in case you didn’t notice, are having an LBJ moment. It began two years ago, when Tom Wilkinson played President Lyndon B. Johnson in “Selma” as a cagey but cou…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:04am on September 15, 2016☆⚑

Toronto Film Review: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt in 'The Magnificent Seven' by Owen Gleiberman

Now that the Summer of Rehashes is over, a lot of people suddenly seem to agree that remaking movies, especially when they're beloved and indelible classics, is a lousy idea for Hollywood to…

SOURCE: Variety at 2:30pm on September 8, 2016☆⚑

Venice Film Review: 'La La Land' by Owen Gleiberman

There was a moment back in the 1970s, sometime before "Grease" came out, when the image of people bursting into song and dance in the middle of a motion picture wasn't simply corny and antiq…

SOURCE: Variety at 4:45am on August 31, 2016☆⚑

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