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Groeningen wisely universalizes a story that could have played as a privileged, unpigmented vision of drug addiction.
Kirsten Dunst in ‘Melancholia’; Riz Ahmed in ‘Sound of Metal’; Casey Affleck in ‘Manchester by the Sea’.Credit:Magnolia Pictures; Courtesy of TIFF; Claire Folger/Roadside Attractions
AsEW’s critic writes, “Blue Valentineis lushly touching and gorgeously told.
He’s a filmmaker who can find uncommon depth and lingering beauty in the smallest of lifes moments.
Here, Linklater eschews the overwrought trappings that these types of movies typically fall into.
Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell in ‘Beautiful Boy’.Francois Duhamel/Amazon Studios
There’s no rah-rah patriotism; there’s no epic grandstanding.
This is a movie that subverts and morphs the audience’s expectations with great intelligence at each turn.
The musician, who also has a substance abuse disorder, enters a rehab shelter treating deaf recovering addicts.
Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan in ‘The Big Sick’.Sarah Shatz/Lionsgate
There are moments inThirteen Livesthat have such verisimilitude youd swear youre watching actual footage of the event.
Discovering they rented the apartment in a scam, Walter lets them continue living there.
Its another picture that earns its tears well and honestly.
Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling in ‘Blue Valentine’.Davi Russo/The Weinstein Company/courtesy Everett Collection
Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in ‘Brief Encounter’.Screen Archives/Getty
John Gavin and Lana Turner in ‘Imitation of Life’.Everett
Larry Simms, Jimmy Hawkins, James Stewart, Donna Reed, and Karolyn Grimes in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’.Everett
Laurence Fishburne, Steve Carell, and Bryan Cranston in ‘Last Flag Flying’.Wilson Webb/Amazon
Michelle Williams and Casey Affleck in ‘Manchester by the Sea’.Claire Folger/Roadside Attractions
Kirsten Dunst in ‘Melancholia’.Magnolia Pictures
Adrien Brody in ‘The Pianist’.Focus Features/Everett
Brie Larson and LaKeith Stanfield in ‘Short Term 12’.Brett Pawlak
Riz Ahmed in ‘Sound of Metal’.Courtesy of TIFF
The cast of ‘Thirteen Lives’.Vince Valitutti / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/Amazon Prime
Richard Jenkins and Haaz Sleiman in ‘The Visitor’.Overture Films/ Everett
Jessie Buckley, Liv McNeil, Claire Foy, Kate Hallett, Rooney Mara, and Judith Ivey in ‘Women Talkiing’.Michael Gibson/United Artists Releasing
