‘Colette’ Upends the Biopic’s Stodgy Maleness
Although Wash Westmoreland's Colette is a tale of becoming, its titular star is impressively self-contained from the start.
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Approaches to Depicting Poverty in ‘Frozen River’ and ‘Leave No Trace’
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.