This will be brief because I broke my past record by seeing FIVE feature films!! Whew!
1. Birdman-- will appeal to my theatre friends. Michael Keaton as an aging actor and Ed Norton along with an excellent supporting cast. I can't wait to see it again. Filmmaker was Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu-- who did Babel-- and I like his twisted sense of humor and some priceless lines. Festival goers really like this one too.
2. Escobar about Pablo Escobar' s demise. Fiction, but real in that Escobar was a monster. Well done.
3. Merchants of Doubt-- documentary about the science- deniers--- who have convinced a public that there is doubt around issues such as global warming. The film shows how the deniers have developed clever strategies they use over & over. This would be excellent for a college class discussing propaganda or faulty reasoning or, of course, any science class. Super job.
4. Dancing Arabs-- a love story about an Arab boy who falls in love w an Israeli girl. Very well done.
5 Wild Tales. -- a wild ride through 6 short tales of coincidences & vengeance. Set in Argentina -- very funny!
No time for detail but please ask me for more about any you're especially interested in.
Goodnight.
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