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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Forever My Girl" by Bethany Ashton Wolf (USA, 2018), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4884</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:30:42 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A movie that not only celebrates everlasting love, but adds to it family, religious, and small town values in a most simplistic and nauseating way / Propaganda cinema at its best! And it works: the public seems [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/04/forever-my-girl.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "The Glass Castle" by Destin Cretton (USA, 2017), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4859</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2018 16:30:07 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few recent movies on fatherhood</p>
<p>Love your father no matter what / You can&#8217;t live with yourself and reject where you come from… These are a few of the messages in this ode to the family that is in fact a g [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/04/the-glass-castle2.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "The Long Excuse" by Miwa Nishikawa (Japan, 2016), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4869</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2018 16:30:58 -0400</pubDate>

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<p>Erasing motherhood: a rare look at fatherhood and male altruism</p>
<p>Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Pistol Takehara, Eri Fukatsu<br />
Director: Miwa Nishikawa<br />
Writers: Miwa Nish [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/the-long-excuse.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Comfort" (William Lu, USA 2016), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4871</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 16:30:00 -0400</pubDate>

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<p>Pleasant movie, nice chemistry, good dialogues. The moralizing and feel-good ending is a pity.</p>
<p>Cast: Kevin Ashworth, Michael Boucher, Michael Bow<br />
Director: William Lu<br />
Writer: [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/comfort.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Into The Forest" by Patricia Rozema (Canada, 2015), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4873</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 16:30:09 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few recent movies on fatherhood</p>
<p>Good story and realization, average content<br />
Three men: the father, the lover, the raper / Three women: ywo sisters + deceased mother<br />
The &#8220;scifi&#8221; setting that was perhaps [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/into-the-forest1.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Infinitely Polar Bear" by Maya Forbes (USA, 2014), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4875</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2018 16:30:59 -0400</pubDate>

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<p>Many good things about this movie: good humor, good dialogues, very good acting by Ruffalo. Add to this the efficient way to stage multiple facets about minorities  (depressed [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/infinitely-polar-bear.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Manchester By The Sea" (Kenneth Lonergan, USA 2016), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4877</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:30:43 -0400</pubDate>

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<p>strong script and direction<br />
A movie essentially focused on male characters, in which women play a subdued role.<br />
An uncommon and powerful representation of how a father [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/manchester-by-the-sea.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Nena" by Saskia Diesing (Netherlands, 2014), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4847</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 16:30:49 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A heavy subject treated with lightness</p>
<p>Cast: Abbey Hoes, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Gijs Blom<br />
Director: Saskia Diesing<br />
Writers: Saskia Diesing, Esther Gerritsen<br />
Music by Paul Eisenach<br />
Cinematography by Aage Holland [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/04/nena1.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Every Secret Thing" by Amy Berg (USA, 2014), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4846</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 16:30:23 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good acting, good drama / &#8220;The interrogation scenes, between Alice and a detective played by Elizabeth Banks, explore the social disadvantages of a fat woman with a stark bluntness that’s unheard of in a p [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/04/every-secret-thing.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "The Female Brain" by Whitney Cummings (USA, 2017), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4845</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:30:34 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First feature / Characters are too caricatural to create empathy, most dialogues sound unnatural and forced, and at times just poor</p>
<p>Cast: Whitney Cummings, Sofía Vergara, Toby Kebbell, James Marsden, Lucy P [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/04/the-female-brain.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Obvious Child" by Gillian Robespierre (USA, 2014), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4676</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:30:48 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First feature / A Woody Allen (the artist not the dirty old man) in a liberated female way!</p>
<p>Cast: Jenny Slate, Jake Lacy, Gaby Hoffman, Gabe Liedman, David Cross, Richard Kind. Polly Draper, Paul Briganti, [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/obvious-child.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Landline" by Gillian Robespierre (USA, 2017), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4626</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2018 16:30:20 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some good moments, but at times clumsy script and direction / Jenny Slate sounds often fake, and the dialogues do not fit the period.</p>
<p>Cast: Jenny Slate, Edie Falco, Abby Quinn, Jay Duplass, John Turturro, Finn [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/landline.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "American Hustle" by David Russell (USA, 2013), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4837</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2018 16:30:14 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent acting, fantastic camera, great dynamics in dialogues and music…</p>
<p>Cast: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence, Louis C.K., Jack Huston, Michael Pena, Elisabeth Rö [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/04/american-hustle.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Side Effects" by Steven Soderbergh (USA,  2013), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4813</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:30:04 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cast: Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Channing Tatum<br />
Directed by Steven Soderbergh<br />
Written by Scott Z. Burns<br />
Music by Thomas Newman<br />
Cinematography by Steven Soderbergh<br />
Film Editing by Steven Soderbergh <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/03/shattered.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Sherrybaby" by Laurie Collyer (USA, 2006), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4794</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:30:07 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First feature / Excellent performance, fine soundtrack, strong message on the consequences of child abuse among others</p>
<p>Cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ryan Simpkins, Sam Bottoms, Giancarlo Esposito<br />
Director: Laurie C [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/sherrybaby.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Sunlight Jr." by Laurie Collyer (USA, 2013), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4836</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2018 16:30:41 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A world of dysfunctional families in which men are assholes and woman have to fight to survive / A critical non-judgmental view on American society and those left behind by the American Dream<br />
See also “The Fl [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/04/sunlight-jr.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Furlough" by Laurie Collyer (USA, 2018), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4841</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 16:30:24 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like in Sherrybaby &#8211; a convicted woman and her child &#8211; but set in a comedy<br />
Funny but a few scenes are way too far-fetched</p>
<p>Cast: Tessa Thompson, Anna Paquin, Whoopi Goldberg<br />
Director: Laurie Col [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/04/furlough.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Endless Love" by Shana Feste (USA, 2014), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4828</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2018 16:30:27 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Variation on a theme already found in Shana Feste&#8217;s The Greatest: a family mourns their deceased son / love introduced by a new personage brings the mourning process to a conclusion<br />
Some good moments in an [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/03/endless-love.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Country Strong" by Shana Feste (USA, 2010), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4826</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:30:20 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great performance by Gwyneth Paltrow / Intelligently directed<br />
This movie deserves more recognition</p>
<p>Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund, Leighton Meester<br />
Written and directed by Shana Feste<br />
Music [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/03/country-strong.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "The Greatest" by Shana Feste (USA, 2009), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4812</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:30:33 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First feature /  A family mourns their son. The arrival of the girl he loved accelerates the mourning process. See also Endless Love.</p>
<p>Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon, Carey Mulligan, Johnny Simmons, A [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/the-greatest.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Imitation Girl" by Natasha Kermani (USA, 2017), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4820</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2018 16:30:13 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some beautiful scenes, a somewhat obscure ending</p>
<p>Cast: Lauren Ashley Carter, Neimah Djourabchi, Adam David Thompson<br />
Director: Natasha Kermani<br />
Writer: Natasha Kermani<br />
Music by Kevin Hufnagel, Natasha Kerm [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/imitation-girl.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Shattered" by Natasha Kermani (USA, 2017), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4811</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:30:02 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First feature / The soundtrack transforms a bad script into a very weak movie.</p>
<p>Cast: Ray Wise, Molly Burnett, Arianne Zucker<br />
Director: Natasha Kermani<br />
Writers: Paul Leach, Nicholas Celozzi<br />
Music by David Siebel [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/shattered.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Professor Marston &#38; The Wonder Woman" by Angela Robinson (USA, 2017), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4653</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:30:08 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Powerful story and strong content that the director doesn&#8217;t fully control</p>
<p>&#8220;It’s a timely affirmation of feminine power—of the ways in which female wisdom and strength can charge hearts and minds, influence cul [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/professor-marston-and-the-wonder-woman.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Artemisia" by Agnès Merlet (France, 1997), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4791</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 17:30:40 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At times amateurish</p>
<p>Cast: Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Miki Manojlovic, Luca Zingaretti, Emmannuelle Devos<br />
Written and Directed by Agnes Merlet<br />
Music by Krishna Levy<br />
Cinematography by Benoît De [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/artemisia.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "The Post" by Steven Spielberg (USA, 2017), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4793</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 17:30:37 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A somewhat subdued perspective on the evolution of women&#8217;s social position </p>
<p>Cast: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Tracy Letts, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, Bob Odenkirk<br />
Director: Steven Spielberg<br />
Writer: Liz Hannah. Jo [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/the-post.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "August Rush" by Kirsten Sheridan (USA, 2007), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4786</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:30:40 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Full of clichés and impossibilities, so  predictable!</p>
<p>Cast: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Robin Williams<br />
Directed by Kirsten Sheridan<br />
Written by Nick Castle, James V. Hart, Paul Ca [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/august-rush.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Disco Pigs" by Kirsten Sheridan (Ireland, 2001), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4790</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 17:30:24 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The story of an &#8216;amour fou&#8217;. Great acting by Cilian Murphy</p>
<p>Cast: Elaine Cassidy, Cillian Murphy, Sarah Gallagher<br />
Director: Kirsten Sheridan<br />
Writers: Enda Walsh<br />
Music by Gavin Friday, Maurice S [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/disco-pigs.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Diaz - Don't Clean Up That Blood" by Daniele Vicari (Italy, 2012), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4714</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 17:30:28 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cast: Claudio Santamaria, Jennifer Ulrich, Elio Germano<br />
Director: Daniele Vicari<br />
Writers: Daniele Vicari<br />
Music by Teho Teardo<br />
Cinematography by Gherardo Gossi<br />
Film Editing by Benni Atria <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/diaz-dont-clean-up-this-blood.png" /></p>
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				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4756</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 17:30:47 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The pathetic days of a young woman in search of love and affection who is rejected by everyone / difficult to get emotionally involved in the lead personage<br />
The director, her mother and her sister are playing [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/tiny-furniture1.png" /></p>
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				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4774</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 17:30:35 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good direction and dialogues, funny</p>
<p>Cast: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Jeremy Sisto<br />
Director: Adrienne Shelly<br />
Writer: Adrienne Shelly<br />
Music by Andrew Hollander<br />
Cinematography by Matthew Irving<br />
Film Editin [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/03/waitress.png" /></p>
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				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4773</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 17:30:00 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A beautiful young woman &#8211; student, waitress, and office girl &#8211; has to use her body as a prostitute, for medical experiments, and as a sex object to make ends meet.</p>
<p>Cast: Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Le [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/03/sleeping-beauty.png" /></p>
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				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4782</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2018 17:30:42 -0400</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All the personages except one are lost, stuck with desires that they can&#8217;t control</p>
<p>Cast: Olivia Thirlby, John Krasinski, Rosemarie DeWitt, Dylan McDermott, Rhys Wakefield, Justin Kirk<br />
Directed by Ry [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/03/nobody-walks.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "The Man Who Cried" by Sally Potter (UK, 2000), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4761</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 16:30:51 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> <br />
The Work of Sally Potter<br />
The influence of an imposing fatherly figure on a young girl, a theme that returns in Ginger and Rosa.</p>
<p>Cast: Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Johnny Depp, Harry Dean S [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/02/the-man-who-cried.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Yes" by Sally Potter (UK, 2004), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4759</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 16:30:25 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Work of Sally Potter</p>
<p>Excellent opening! Poetical dialogues in lambic pentameter sounding &#8220;like prose that has been given the elegance and discipline of formal structure&#8221; (Roger Ebert) Very elaborated images [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/02/yes.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Ginger And Rosa" by Sally Potter (UK, 2012), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4760</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 16:30:32 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>-The Work of Sally Potter</p>
<p>Set during the Cold War in the nascent post-war world of feminism and youth activism / Another facet of the influence of a strong fatherly figure on a young girl (see also The Man Who [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/02/ginger-and-rosa.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "The Party" by Sally Potter (UK, 2017), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4758</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 16:30:35 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Work of Sally Potter</p>
<p>Good use of space, great acting, theatrical (unity of space, time and action)</p>
<p>Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, Cillian Murphy, [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/02/the-party.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Bitch" by Marianna Palka (USA, 2017), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4738</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:30:29 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A wife who&#8217;s treated like a dog by her family becomes a dog<br />
Unfortunately, just like her previous feature, this original idea with good humor doesn&#8217;t bring us anywhere. Interesting use of sound</p>
<p>Cast: Marianna [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/bitch.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Good Dick" by Marianna Palka (USA, 2008), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4739</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 16:30:19 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An interesting and original story but an abrupt and unconvincing end </p>
<p>Cast: Marianna Palka, Jason Ritter, Eric Edelstein<br />
Director: Marianna Palka<br />
Writer: Marianna Palka<br />
Music by Jared Nelson Smit [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/good-dick.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Toni Erdmann" by Maren Ade (Germany, 2016), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4769</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:30:45 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very surprising movie / Strong direction<br />
A father and a daughter who haven&#8217;t much to say to each other, a father and a daughter that so much separates and that so much unites. </p>
<p>Cast: Peter Simonischek, Sandra H [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/02/toni-erdmann-2.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Everyone Else" by Maren Ade (Germany, 2009), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4752</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 16:30:00 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The love relationship between Gitty and Chris is defined by a fierce drive towards independence and a communion of every moment at the same time. It is opposed to the relationship between Sanna and Hans, which [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/everyone-else.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "The Forest For The Trees" by Maren Ade (Germany, 2003), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4753</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:30:15 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An uncompromising view on the life of a young teacher full of hope and ideals, but who slowly sinks into despair (a painful experience that will remind many teachers of their rookie years) / A movie that proves [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/the-forest-for-the-trees.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "The Girl In The Book" by Marya Cohn (USA, 2015), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4729</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:30:29 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First feature</p>
<p>Story nicely told in the present, paralleled with flashbacks<br />
Excellent acting, extremely poised direction, sober but right to the point<br />
A movie that makes you fathom some of the consequences of [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/02/the-girl-in-the-book.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Meadowland" by Reed Morano (USA, 2015), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4737</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:30:20 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First feature</p>
<p>A sober and subtle directorial debut of a gendered approach to loss, with a somewhat out-of-the-blue ending </p>
<p>Cast: Olivia Wilde, Luke Wilson, Elisabeth Moss, Ty Simpkins, Kevin Corrigan, Gi [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/02/meadowland.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Never Here" by Camille Thoman (USA, 2017), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4715</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 16:30:14 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First feature</p>
<p>Confusing the codes between victim-perpetrator-witness, artist and subject…</p>
<p>Cast: Mireille Enos, Sam Shepard, Goran Visnjic<br />
Director: Camille Thoman<br />
Writers: Camille Thoman<br />
Music by James Lavino [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/02/never-here1.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Infinitely Polar Bear" by Maya Forbes (USA, 2014), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4747</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:30:14 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First feature</p>
<p>Many good things about this movie: good humor, good dialogues, very good acting by Ruffalo. Add to this the efficient way to stage multiple facets about minorities  (depressed parent, mixed-race [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/02/infinitely-polar-bear.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "It Felt Like Love" by Eliza Hittman (USA, 2013), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4547</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:30:16 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First feature</p>
<p>Cast: Jesse Cordasco, Andrew McCord, Gina Piersanti, Case Prime, Nick Rosen<br />
Director: Eliza Hittman<br />
Writer: Eliza Hittman<br />
Cinematography by Sean Porter<br />
Film Editing by Scott Cummings, Carlos Marques-Marcet <img loading="lazy" src="https://renhirratings.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/it-felt-like-love.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "Bound" by Lana &#38; Lilly Wachowski (USA, 1996), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4712</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2018 16:30:11 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Art of the Wachowski (sisters)</p>
<p>Cast: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan<br />
Written and Directed by Lana &amp; Lilly Wachowski<br />
Music by Don Davis<br />
Cinematography by Bill Pope<br />
Film Editing [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/01/bound1.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "The Matrix" by Lana &#38; Lilly Wachowski (USA, 1999), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4713</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:30:30 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Art of the Wachowski (sisters)</p>
<p>Nice wink to the music of Bernard Hermann during the pursuit on the roof / fantastic visual effects<br />
But why on earth would the Wachowsky sisters call the last human city [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/02/the-matrix.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "The Matrix Reloaded" by Lana &#38; Lilly Wachowski (USA, 2003), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4716</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:30:00 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Art of the Wachowski (sisters)</p>
<p>The people of Zion are in the future what the people of Zion were in the past.<br />
Excellent love scene mixed with voluptuous dancing<br />
The love relationships that were completely [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/02/the-matrix-reloaded.png" /></p>
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				<title>Rene Hirsch wrote a new post, "The Matrix Revolutions" by Lana &#38; Lilly Wachowski (Australia, 2003), on the site renhir (visual) movie rating</title>
				<link>https://renehirsch.hcommons.org/?p=4717</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:30:58 -0500</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Art of the Wachowski (sisters)</p>
<p>Now that the philosophical hype has faded into oblivion, let&#8217;s enjoy the amazing visual effects and the good action in which most key roles are attributed to women, especially [&hellip;] <img loading="lazy" src="https://hcommons.org/app/uploads/sites/1000814/2018/02/the-matrix-revolutions.png" /></p>
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