As writer/director Todd Field‘s film opens, we meet the formidable Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) at the height of her power. One of the greatest living composers, and the first female chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, Tár seems to have it all. However, as Field’s character study delves deeper in the conductor’s life we begin to see cracks in the veneer which will eventually lead to her downfall.
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Near the beginning of the pandemic filmmaker David Siev, who, like his siblings, moved back home to support his parents and the family business they started decades earlier, begins to record a film which will grow into a portrait of the American experience of an Asian-American family through their struggles and triumphs of 2020 in the decidedly white Conservative small town of Bad Axe, Michigan.
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It’s a challenging time for Atomic Robo with Alan entering a rebellious streak, Robo’s neighbor attempting to shut down Tesladyne’s latest (and often explosive) project, Dr. Dinosaur living with them, and Robo and his team taking back possession of Tesladyne Island from the government. With the team spread thin to cover a variety of needs, new dangers seem to spring up at once as old villains Tyrantula, Helsingard, and Undead Edison all hit Tesladyne looking for a fight with the absent Robo.
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Director Laura Poitras‘ documentary examines the life of artist and activist Nan Goldin. The film touches on pieces of Golden’s life including the crucible of her repressed childhood and discovery of photography and art as a method to deal with the world, her life and growth as a woman and artist in the transgender communities in New York and the post-punk drug culture of the Bowery, and her recent activism against the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma for creating and marketing OxyContin despite knowing its highly addictive qualities (which was the original subject for the documentary which was expanded to be a larger look at Goldin’s life).
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With all the talks with various members of the JLI, there’s a character that hasn’t been shown or mentioned. A detective who could have helped with Chance‘s investigation. Although we don’t see him here, the Dark Knight Detective is on Chance’s mind as he’s sure Batman is tracking the Human Target and Ice ready at any moment to swoop down for the death of Guy Gardner.
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