Nick DiRago

Nick DiRago

Favorite films

  • The Last Black Man in San Francisco
  • Arrival
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  • Scrooge

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  • Bicycle Thieves

    ★★★½

  • Welcome, or No Trespassing

    ★★★★

  • One of Them Days

    ★★★½

  • The Flowers of St. Francis

    ★★★

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  • No Other Land

    No Other Land

    ★★★½

    Important and imperfect.

    As journalism, a vital contribution for depicting the sociopathic, highly coordinated Israeli settler-military project to displace and erase Palestinians. Also a warm portrait of the people who navigate and resist occupation.

    As political analysis, it does less than it could have given its rich footage and broad access. It is honest in showing characters' uncertainty about how to bring about (often vaguely defined) change. It would be one thing if the filmmakers were only interested in bearing…

  • I'm Still Here

    I'm Still Here

    ★★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  • Conclave

    Conclave

    ★★½

    Worth watching, if at all, for Finnes and the cinematography. But not nearly as deep or interesting as it thinks it is.

  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★

    Capable acting and timeless tunes do not an interesting movie make.

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