Michele Rosenthal

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Illustrator by trade, blogger of Criterion fan art by compulsion

Brooklyn

Favorite films

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Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) 2021

★★★★ Watched by Michele Rosenthal 30 Mar 2022

The main problem is that this should have been a miniseries, with each concert an episode
King Richard 2021

★★★★ Watched by Michele Rosenthal 06 Apr 2022

A great story competently told

Across the Universe 2007

★★ Watched by Michele Rosenthal 05 Sep 2017

A good movie to watch when you're in the mood to hate the Beatles.
Soul 2020

★★½ Watched by Michele Rosenthal 27 Dec 2020 1

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

I know everyone is desperate to feel beauty in their lives right now, but I found this movie shallow in the extreme. I was offended by the entire premise the moment a soul was designated "manipulative megalomaniac" before birth, and offended again when the mentors were just a list of famous people.
I also can't stop thinking about how easy it would have been to cast a Black actress instead of Tina Fey.
One thing I did appreciate is Pixar…