REVIEW: Origin surprising, powerful and anything but obvious
Keynote work of American non-fiction reworked into bold narrative film
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Keynote work of American non-fiction reworked into bold narrative film
Words like "important" and "vital" are thrown around possibly a little too much in film criticism. It's not that we don't mean it - it's just that sometimes we (ok, I) can get a bit excited. And when watching and reviewing good films in real time, it's impossible to know what is yet to come. Will th
Words like “important” and “vital” are thrown around possibly a little too much in film criticism. It’s not that we don’t mean it — it’s just that sometimes we (OK, I) can get a bit ex...
Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is persuasive, but doesn’t work as a drama. In theaters Jan. 18.
Words like “important” and “vital” are thrown around possibly a little too much in film criticism. Ava DuVernay’s new film “Origin” is that something else. It is a powerful and artistic interpretation of an academic book that was anything but an obvious candidate for a narrative feature.