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Review: ‘Borat Subsequent MovieFilm’

Joe Baker

It was 14 years ago when Sacha Baron Cohen struck comedic pay dirt with his mockumentary Borat, solidifying his fearless jabs at the idiocy around him and creating a legendary character in the process. It seems only fitting that 2020 is the perfect time for another Borat bloodletting, and boy, he doesn’t hold any punches. In our current state of gross incompetence, bankrupt moral corruption and rampant selfishness, Borat Subsequent MovieFilm feels like a comedic salvo that shows we truly have crossed the satiric other side with no return. It’s amazing that an outrageous character like Borat seems more reasonable … Continue reading Review: ‘Borat Subsequent MovieFilm’

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Review: ‘Time’

Joe Baker

Garret Bradley’s Time is fashioned together from over two decades’ worth of footage. Part of it comes from the main subject herself; Sibil Rich initially created home videos as a way to visually document her time apart from her husband, who has been serving time for a 1997 armed robbery. What filmmaker Bradley has done in shrewdly piecing together those intimate moments with Sibil’s current push of activism to free him after 20 years becomes a potent exploration of rage, determination, unrequited love and, yes, lost time. As the forceful presence in virtually every scene, Sibil is a magnificent person … Continue reading Review: ‘Time’

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Review: ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’ Finds the Delight of It

Peter A. Martin

Dev Patel stars in director Armando Iannucci’s fresh new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ venerable novel.  First published in 1850, Charles Dickens’ eighth novel incorporated a number of events and characters from his own life, to the extent that it’s been … Continue reading Review: ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’ Finds the Delight of It