The new Canadian drama Clara pokes at the big questions: Why are we here? Are we alone in the universe? Is love worth the pain? Isaac (Patrick J. Adams, from Suits) is an astronomer racing fellow scientists for the NASA-funded opportunity to discover new life in the universe, except he fucks up and gets fired […]
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Film review: The Front Runner
For his second film of 2018, Jason Reitman follows up the remarkable Tully with a completely different beast. Where the former was a quietly scary, exquisitely wrought depiction of post-partum depression, The Front Runner is a political comedy about a real-life event: Gary Hart’s 1988 presidential campaign, which was ruined by an affair uncovered by […]
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Film review: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Marielle Heller made one of the most striking debuts in recent memory with 2015’s The Diary of a Teenage Girl, the real and unflinching coming-of-age story of a California teen. It was tough, tender, funny and poignant—all qualities found here in her follow-up, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, though it’s toughness that dominates long before […]