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We Own the Night

October 17, 2019by Alex Chafey Leave a comment

Joaquin Phoenix plays Bobby, a nightclub manager who has disappointed his dad and brother (Robert Duvall and Mark Whalberg) by not following in their policing footsteps. But when his club […]

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Joker

October 6, 2019by Alex Chafey 1 Comment

An origins story for Batman’s most iconic and frequently portrayed villain, Joker stars Joaquin Phoenix as Arthur Fleck, a disturbed stand-up comedian who seeks an outlet for his psychosis after […]

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Walk the Line

April 30, 2019by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Released two years after his death, this 2005 biopic of the Man in Black (Joaquin Phoenix) is more than just a Johnny Cash-in or answer to a pub quiz question […]

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The Sisters Brothers

April 15, 2019by Dan Meier Leave a comment

The Goss brothers meets the Coen brothers in this Western about bickering siblings (Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly) chasing another pair of men (Riz Ahmed and Jake Gyllenhaal) for […]

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LFF: You Were Never Really Here

October 15, 2017by Dan Meier Leave a comment

One movie causing a stir at the London Film Festival is Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here, not to be confused with I’m Still Here, even though both films feature Joaquin […]

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I’m Still Here

November 14, 2016by Dan Meier 2 Comments

This cinematic oddity from 2010 follows Joaquin Phoenix’s retirement from acting and pursuit of a hip-hop career. Except it doesn’t. The whole thing was a hoax, staged and scripted by […]

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Woody Allen: A Double Bill – Part 6: Woody’s Dead

September 20, 2015by Dan Meier 1 Comment

The Jewish High Holy Days seem like the perfect time to bring back my Woody Allen double-bills, where I review one of the auteur’s best films and one of his worst. Crimes […]

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Inherent Vice

March 25, 2015by Dan Meier 2 Comments

Chinatown meets China White in Paul Thomas Anderson’s druggy detective mystery – a stonoir, if you will.  Inherent Vice is set in 1970s Los Angeles, with the Vietnam War, the Manson Family murders […]

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The Master

February 23, 2014by Alex Chafey 1 Comment

Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Lancaster Dodd, who is to L Ron Hubbard as Charles Foster Kane is to William Randolph Hearst, as Hynkel is to Hitler, or as The Emperor […]

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Her

February 18, 2014by Alex Chafey 5 Comments

In this romantic sci-fi, Jouaquin Phoenix plays Theadore, a man who writes other people’s heartfelt letters for a living. As he struggles to fill the void left by his divorce, […]

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