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Early in Michael Mann’s cyber thriller, Blackhat , Special Agent Barrett (played sturdily as ever by Viola Davis) threatens an official with an overly-dramatic line about making the “intangible” into the “tangible.” The point isn’t the dialogue itself, and in a film filled with over-caffeinated visual poetry stuffed with comments about the contemporary dichotomization of above ground and through-the-net politics this moment surely doesn’t standout. Yet, in this line, much of Mann’s overarching themes come
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At the core of James Gray’s powerful new film, The Immigrant , good and evil are melded to the point of being inseparable. Ewa, the titular lead character, says that she “wants to be happy.” Above all, she wants to survive, as does everyone she encounters. However, to control that very survival, people must often pronounce control over another. The men in the film – played with expected vulnerability and rage by Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Reener – are especially prone to defining their own pursuits via the
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