Michael Schwartz

Michael Schwartz

Favorite films

  • Chicago
  • All That Jazz
  • The Producers
  • When Harry Met Sally...

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  • Becoming Katharine Graham

    ★★★★

  • Black Bag

    ★★★½

  • Novocaine

    ★★★½

  • Mississippi Burning

    ★★★★

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  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    ★★★★

    Impossible not to be enveloped in the textured production design and Vilmos Zsigmond‘s cinematography.

  • The Upside of Anger

    The Upside of Anger

    ★★★★

    Reese Witherspoon has Joan Allen’s Oscar.

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  • Barbie

    Barbie

    ★★★★½

    Roger Ebert once described movies as “a machine that generates empathy”. He spoke about their ability to let us understand and identify with the hopes, fears, and dreams of humans around us.

    From a distance, it would be fair to assume that a Barbie movie avoids weighty topics, let alone the opportunity to relate with those around us. But leave it to Greta Gerwig, one of the most talented and creative storytellers of our time, to put a clever and…

  • Dune

    Dune

    ★★★½

    There is absolutely no denying the magnificent scope of Dune. It’s nothing short of majestic and deserves nearly every technical award there is. A brilliant visual achievement.

    That said, I found it to be incredibly hollow and emotionally unfulfilling. It’s gorgeous to look at and the entire cast is great. But I found it as engaging as a screensaver. Recommended for the technical achievement alone, but that’s about all.

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