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Amir Abou-Jaoude

(Courtesy of London Films)

Let’s start at the very beginning

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Aug. 2, 2018
Clay Jenkinson as Theodore Roosevelt. (Courtesy of Clay Jenkinson)

Theodore Roosevelt returns in Clay Jenkinson’s impersonation performance

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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May 30, 2018
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Director Michel Hazanavicius on ‘Godard Mon Amour,’ politics in cinema and distinguishing between art and artist

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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May 16, 2018
Louis Garrel as the filmmaker and Stacy Martin as his actress-wife, Anne Wiazemsky, in “Godard Mon Amour.” (Courtesy of Cohen Media Group)

‘Godard Mon Amour’ is a loving tribute to an irreverent genius

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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May 15, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in "RBG," directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen. (Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)

‘RBG’ fails to do justice to its subject

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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May 15, 2018
Marion Cotillard and Charlotte Gainsbourg in the movie "Ismael's Ghosts." (JEAN-CLAUDE LOTHER/Magnolia Pictures)

Desplechin’s ‘Ismael’s Ghosts’ succumbs to melodramatic clichés

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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May 7, 2018
Courtesy of StudioCanal

Cédric Klapisch’s ‘Back to Burgundy’ is a nebulous mess

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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April 5, 2018
Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) and Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) star in the Warner Brothers film "Casablanca" (1942). (Courtesy of Popperfoto/Getty Images)

Past Oscar Best Picture winners worth a rewatch

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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March 5, 2018
Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

DeMille’s ‘Cleopatra’ is a riveting exercise in camp

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Feb. 21, 2018
Courtesy of Marceau Films/United Artists

Welles’ ‘Othello’ is a beautiful, painful tragedy

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Jan. 26, 2018
John Howard, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart in 'The Philadelphia Story.' (DEEMS TAYLOR/Wikimedia Commons)

George Cukor’s 1940 film ‘The Philadelphia Story’ delights audiences, even today

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Jan. 19, 2018
Christopher Plummer as J. Paul Getty in "All the Money in the World." (Courtesy of TriStar Pictures)

Christopher Plummer shines in Ridley Scott’s ‘All the Money in the World’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Jan. 18, 2018
Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine in the 1940 film "Rebecca." (Courtesy of Silver Screen Magazine)

The 1939 ‘Rebecca’ is the perfect Hitchcock crash course

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Nov. 30, 2017
Alla Nazimova and Alan Hale, Sr. in a still from the 1922 film "A Doll's House." (United Artists/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)

‘The Divine Order’ a faint, unremarkable shadow of Ibsen’s ‘A Doll’s House’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Nov. 29, 2017
A scene from 'God's Own Country.' (Courtesy of Picturehouse Entertainment)

Love is a tasteless, trite thing in ‘God’s Own Country’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Nov. 8, 2017
Dr. Jane Goodall. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

‘Jane’ provides a scintillating vision into Goodall’s legacy

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Nov. 5, 2017
Bowie (Farley Granger), left, and Keechie (Cathy O'Donnell), right, in 'They Live By Night' (Courtesy of RKO Radio Pictures).

‘They Live By Night’ uncovers a soft side to a classic criminal couple

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 17, 2017
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‘Wakefield’ could be more woke

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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June 1, 2017
Liev Schreiber in the boxing biopic "Chuck".

‘Chuck’ wishes it were ‘Rocky’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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May 23, 2017
Last remaining archivist Jeff Roth searches the New York Times Morgue.

‘Obit’ documentary is dead on arrival

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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May 11, 2017
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