#‘White Plastic Sky’ Review: From Hungary, Richly Realized Dystopian World-Building

#‘White Plastic Sky’ Review: From Hungary, Richly Realized Dystopian World-Building

‘White Plastic Sky’ Review: From Hungary, Richly Realized Dystopian World-Building Impressively bleak animated Hungarian sci-fi feature White Plastic Sky imagines a grim dystopia a hundred years from now where, like in Soylent Green (1973), older people are harvested at age 50, turned into trees so that they can become food for the younger generation. Except…

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#‘Art College 1994’ Review: Chinese Director Liu Jian Looks Back in a Wistful Animated Film

#‘Art College 1994’ Review: Chinese Director Liu Jian Looks Back in a Wistful Animated Film

‘Art College 1994’ Review: Chinese Director Liu Jian Looks Back in a Wistful Animated Film Art College 1994, a deadpan slice of comic-sad social realism from Chinese animator Liu Jian (Have a Nice Day), offers reassuring evidence that although cultural specificities can shape artistic traditions — and fashion and tastes fluctuate — art students are…

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#‘Golda’ Review: Helen Mirren Makes a Commanding Golda Meir in Square but Serviceable Biopic

#‘Golda’ Review: Helen Mirren Makes a Commanding Golda Meir in Square but Serviceable Biopic

‘Golda’ Review: Helen Mirren Makes a Commanding Golda Meir in Square but Serviceable Biopic Helen Mirren hasn’t played that many historical characters in her storied career. But somehow when she has, she not only brings exemplary acting skill but also an imposing regality, obviously handy when she’s playing monarchs like queens Elizabeth I and II…

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#‘Seneca — On the Creation of Earthquakes’ Review: John Malkovich Travels Back to Nero’s Rome in Misconceived Historical Fantasy

#‘Seneca — On the Creation of Earthquakes’ Review: John Malkovich Travels Back to Nero’s Rome in Misconceived Historical Fantasy

‘Seneca — On the Creation of Earthquakes’ Review: John Malkovich Travels Back to Nero’s Rome in Misconceived Historical Fantasy There is one thing to be said for Seneca — On the Creation of Earthquakes, which has its world premiere in Berlin this week. It may be the first major film set in ancient Rome in…

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