Andrew Xu

Andrew Xu is a student at the University of Chicago and a member of the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle. He currently contributes reviews to Third Coast Review, and his writings can also be found at his personal blog on the movies, filmwatcher.net.
Approaches to Depicting Poverty in ‘Frozen River’ and ‘Leave No Trace’
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Approaches to Depicting Poverty in ‘Frozen River’ and ‘Leave No Trace’

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 / 12 September 2018

Courtney Hunt's Frozen River and ten years later, Debra Granik's Leave No Trace, both seek to provide realistic depictions of poverty. Yet while the former plays like a heavy-handed message movie, the latter offers a master class in restraint.