Pain and Glory (2019; Pedro Almodóvar) GRADE: B+ By Daniel Barnes Opens on Friday, Nov. 8, at the Tower Theatre in Sacramento. For his 21st feature film, the great Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar once again reaches into the inkwell of semi-autobiography. In the quietly enchanting Pain and Glory, […]
The Act of Killing (2013; Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn and Anonymous) GRADE: A By Daniel Barnes *This review originally ran on March 6, 2014. Reprinted in anticipation of Joshua Oppenheimer’s follow-up film The Look of Silence. “More Profound Than Mere Fact” One of the great, unique, often intangible […]
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