In Episode 45 of the Crooked Table Podcast, Rob reviews a pair of recent Emma Watson releases in Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast remake and techno-thriller The Circle, co-starring Tom Hanks, Patton Oswalt and John Boyega. Then, he addresses the controversy surrounding the new Netflix series Dear White People, based on the 2014 film of the same name. Is this series adaptation of Justin Simien’s film an exercise in racism or a satire intended to open up a larger conversation? Let’s chat it out.
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Montage: ‘Into the Woods’, ‘Aloha’ and ‘Dear White People’
In this week’s Montage, we take a look at the film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, Cameron Crowe’s romantic dramedy Aloha starring Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone, and the race relations satire Dear White People.
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Crooked Table’s 10 Favorite Films of 2014
Now that the Academy Awards have come and gone (and we’ve had the chance to catch up with most of this year’s Best Picture nominated films), the time has finally come to unveil the list of our 10 favorite films released in 2014.
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