Tag: This American Life
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‘Flipside’ Review — Chris Wilcha Looks at the Shaggy Directions Life Takes Us
“Every life is a trip,” says the legendary photographer Herman Leonard at the beginning of Chris Wilcha’s documentary Flipside. “You are the captain of your boat.” In these opening moments, Flipside seems like it’s going to explore the life of Leonard, yet Wilcha—who helped adapt This American Life for television—zooms out even further, focusing on…
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‘Flipside’ Review: Chris Wilcha’s Mesmerizing Collage of Aborted Documentary Projects Is a Tribute to Perseverance
“Flipside,” an endearing, dizzying documentary about the crushing convergence between art and commerce, begins with a common cold open. What we presume to be our enigmatic subject, the late legendary jazz photographer Herman Leonard, offers us a few pearls of wisdom that have led to his success. An array of close-ups of the singular, black…
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Toni Collette, Merritt Wever to Investigate an ‘Unbelievable’ Rape in Netflix Limited Series
For those not horribly scarred by the events of “Hereditary,” here’s some good news: Toni Collette is coming back to television. The “Sixth Sense” and “Muriel’s Wedding” star will lead the upcoming Netflix limited series “Unbelievable” alongside Emmy-winning Merritt Wever.“The Kids Are All Right” and “Olive Kitteridge” director Lisa Cholodenko has also signed on as…