Posts by Wesley Morris
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‘Do You Like Prince Movies?’ Podcast: ‘Jupiter Ascending’ and the Grammys
This week week Alex and Wesley discuss ‘Jupiter Ascending’ and unpack Sunday’s Grammy Award broadcast.
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Golfer, Heel Thyself: What Is Going On With Tiger Woods’s Clothes?
The Emperor’s New Clothes: the fall of Tiger Woods.
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Star Wreck: The Noble Badness of the Wachowskis’ ‘Jupiter Ascending’ Trumps the Abominable ‘Seventh Son’
Upon exiting, my wearied delight with ‘Jupiter Ascending’ coexisted with pure bafflement. But I exited knowing that I’d seen a movie no other filmmaker could have made.
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‘Do You Like Prince Movies?’ Podcast: Sundance, ‘The Boy Next Door,’ and the Harper Lee News
This week, Alex and Wesley discuss the Sundance Film Festival and Jennifer Lopez’s dud ‘The Boy Next Door.’ Plus: Is word of Harper Lee’s next novel really news?
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Sundance Diary, Day 8: Gimme Nonfiction
There might be an uptick in the number of vérité films at the festival this year. I hope it continues. These films seem harder to do because in some ways the filmmaker is looking for a movie on the spot. It’s a kind of photography in which the shutter stays open.
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Sundance Diary, Day 7: Magic and the Tragic
‘Me & Earl & The Dying Girl’ lives up to the hype. Plus: the toxic ‘Cronies’ and humanizing ’Pervert Park.’
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Sundance Diary, Day 6: Adult Comedy and Homestead Horror
Two notable movies emerge in Park City.
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Sundance Diary, Day 5: Shut-ins, Gamblers, and Greta Gerwig
Kids raised by movies, grinding for luck, and an enchanting muse.
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Sundance Diary, Days 1-4: Exploitation Blues
What if more filmmakers risked making movies about actually living?
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‘Do You Like Prince Movies?’ Podcast: Oscar Nominations, Sleater-Kinney, and ‘Blackhat’
This week, Alex and Wesley rehash the Oscar nominations, discuss Sleater-Kinney’s new album, and attempt to stand up for Michael Mann’s ‘Blackhat.’
