One of the most moving scenes from Marriage Story takes place in the third Act of the film. Previously, after an excruciating, heartbreaking fight, Charlie (Adam Driver) and Sandra (Scarlett Johansson) managed to find an…
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If you asked me a few days ago for a good example of a song beautifully paying off over a movie’s final credits, my answer [spoiler follows] would have been Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive…
Have you ever asked yourself what is the core narrative pleasure? What is it that a story— no matter its genre, no matter how its protagonist is built—should deliver to be truly satisfying? In other…
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Summer, 1987. Screenwriter Ronald Bass, Steven Spielberg, Dustin Hoffman, and Tom Cruise. They’re seaside, in Spielberg’s house, Broad Beach Road, developing the script for Rain Man. Bass recalls the gathering in a must-listen-to episode of…
What should prevail: the institution or the individual? The theme of the hit Netflix show The Crown, created by Peter Morgan, is clear. The story of a girl who suddenly finds herself launched into an…