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Review of Final Portrait (2017)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 19 Apr 2018

Portrait is that rare film about art that focuses more on the art rather than the personal life of the artist…

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Review of RBG (2018)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 15 Apr 2018

RBG doesn't break any new ground in terms of filmmaking style, and it gets a little distracted with trivia like her love of opera or her workout…

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Review of I Am Not a Witch (2017)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 15 Apr 2018

There's real sorrow and anger underneath the laughs…

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Review of Tully (2018)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 15 Apr 2018

It's the mix of the mundane and the mystical in Tully that will likely divide audiences. I won't say it all fits together narratively…

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Review of Saving Brinton (2018)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 10 Apr 2018

In the end, Zahs' efforts and Saving Brinton aren't really about the past…

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Review of Beirut (2018)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 10 Apr 2018

Beirut is both an entertaining ride for grown-ups and a sobering history lesson…

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Review of Minding the Gap (2018)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 10 Apr 2018

The film is ultimately a testament to the friendship that this skate crew manages to sustain, even when their lives get too busy and complicated…

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Review of Hal (2019)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 10 Apr 2018

The film is an affectionate ode to Ashby but isn't blind to his flaws, the sort of complex but forgiving treatment that I'm sure Ashby would…

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Review of Isle of Dogs (2018)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 06 Apr 2018

The parts of Isle of Dogs with the dogs are so wonderful that I still recommend the film…

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Review of The Leisure Seeker (2018)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 04 Apr 2018

If you've been through what John and Ella are going through with a family member of your own, The Leisure Seeker is true enough to that experience…

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Review of The Death of Stalin (2017)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 29 Mar 2018

Although it would be facile to compare modern politics to the horrors of Stalin's purge, there is something queasily resonant about a movie…

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Review of Ready Player One (2018)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 28 Mar 2018

There's still something a little icky about a movie that data-mines the pop culture past of middle-aged men so shamelessly…

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Review of Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 23 Mar 2018

You can't help but feel that the movies have shortchanged Grahame once again…

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Review of Vazante (2017)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 19 Mar 2018

It can test the patience of a viewer…

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Review of The Party (2017)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 09 Mar 2018

Potter's screenplay releases one bombshell revelation after another into the group like hand grenades rolling across the carpet…

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Review of A Fantastic Woman (2017)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Madison Movie (219) on 09 Mar 2018

Hopefully there will be many more films to come featuring trans performers in leading roles, and Woman can be looked back on as a well-meaning…

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Review of Game Night (2018)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 01 Mar 2018

It's like David Fincher's The Game as an R-rated comedy, a film that's playing games with its audience as much as its characters are playing…

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Review of The Polka King (2017)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 12 Feb 2018

[Jenny] Slate, usually playing roles as sharp as a tack, revels in playing Lewan's clueless wife…

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Review of Phantom Thread (2017)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 12 Feb 2018

Phantom Thread is filmmaking of the highest order, without a stitch out of place…

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Review of Permission (2018)

By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Capital Times (Madison, WI) (875) on 12 Feb 2018

[Brian] Crano's screenplay navigates these tricky waters with insight and empathy for everybody on screen, while refusing to offer anyone an easy out…

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