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Review of RBG (2018)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 17 May 2018

Here's a movie that's really worth cheering about, entering the marketplace with the same quiet, unassuming, yet determined demeanor as its subject…

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Review of Final Portrait (2017)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 25 Apr 2018

Final Portrait may not plunge you into the miracle of artistic expression-go see an Andy Goldsworthy movie for that-but it offers a lively…

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Review of Isle of Dogs (2018)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 04 Apr 2018

This is sly, smart social commentary, as much fun as a barrel of puppies…

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Review of Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy (2018)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 29 Mar 2018

This movie is a feast. Peel your orbs and dig in…

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Review of The Party (2017)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 16 Mar 2018

But, worse, the movie never transcends its own artifice to give us something more meaningful to ponder. It's content to be a bright, shiny bauble…

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

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 23 Feb 2018

Still, there are moments of emotional truth, especially a key scene when Peter finds a way, however briefly, for Gloria to realize her dream…

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Review of Lou (2017)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 23 Feb 2018

A comic, but empathetic tale of schoolyard bullying thwarted by a boxful of plucky lost-and-found items…

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Review of Phantom Thread (2017)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 26 Jan 2018

But we never become invested in these prickly characters, their relationship, or their insular world…

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Review of Call Me by Your Name (2017)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 19 Jan 2018

But the timeless torture of trying to decipher if his feelings are reciprocated, what to do about it if they are, and how each of them should…

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Review of I, Tonya (2017)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 11 Jan 2018

As wacky as the movie's tone often is, I Tonya delivers a scathing look at gender and class politics, and the hypocritical fantasyland of professional…

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Review of The Shape of Water (2017)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 05 Jan 2018

Del Toro's sheer joy of filmmaking is contagious, from precision chase scenes and glimpses of period TV shows like Mr…

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Review of Wonder Wheel (2017)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 27 Dec 2017

But the weird rhythms of the dialogue and the familiarity of the characters finally keep us from ever feeling invested in their story…

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Review of The Disaster Artist (2017)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 14 Dec 2017

The Disaster Artist is directed by James Franco, who also stars as Wiseau in a performance of fascinating weirdness…

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Review of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 07 Dec 2017

[Frances] McDormand commands the material, instead, by playing Mildred small and close; her volatility-and her pain-are right there in her…

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Review of The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 30 Nov 2017

Yet this is a highly original work of holiday cheer: witty, bracingly unsentimental (yet honestly moving), and hugely entertaining…

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Review of Lady Bird (2017)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 27 Nov 2017

The affection with which she portrays her hometown on screen, coupled with the impatience of her youthful alter-ego, imbues much of Lady Bird…

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Review of Wonderstruck (2017)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 16 Nov 2017

In honor of the non-hearing community that inspires it, Wonderstruck features open-caption subtitles throughout…

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Review of The Florida Project (2017)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 02 Nov 2017

It's a great idea for a story that's been plucked too soon and put up on screen before the details in the script had a chance to ripen…

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Review of Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 25 Oct 2017

[Simon] Curtis crafts a gentle-spirited movie around a serious theme…

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Review of Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

By Lisa Jensen (117) for Good Times Santa Cruz (117) on 12 Oct 2017

It's great to see [Harrison] Ford revisiting one of his signature roles…

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