![]() I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story(2015)From Neil Genzlinger at The New York Times: This film, by Dave LaMattina and Chad Walker, reminds us that even the most omnipresent cultural phenomena were created by someone, usually through a combination of hard work and happenstance. |
![]() I’ll See You in My Dreams(2015)give me hope, make me laugh, romance me · From Elise Nakhnikian at Slant Magazine: Highly polished yet never quite slick, it devolves now and then into cartoonish cutesiness with its broadly drawn minor characters. |
![]() Inside Out(2015)enlighten me, find me fun, make me laugh, stretch my mind, tug my heartstrings · From Richard Roeper at Chicago Sun Times: Inside Out [is] a bold, gorgeous, sweet, funny, sometimes heartbreakingly sad, candy-colored adventure that deserves an Academy Award nomination for best picture. |
![]() Janis: Little Girl Blue(2015)enlighten me, take me back, tug my heartstrings · From Peter Hartlaub at San Francisco Chronicle: The documentary Amy left viewers feeling a little shame, as if the audience and society was an accessory in Winehouse’s death. Janis: Little Girl Blue is a more clinical treatment, with more complicated messages. |
![]() Love & Mercy(2015)enlighten me, inspire me, take me back · From Erik Adams at The A.V. Club: Capturing the spirit of [the Beach Boys] music (while dramatizing the circumstances of its creation) is Love & Mercy’s biggest victory. |
![]() Macbeth(2015)stretch my mind, take me back, transport me · From Blake Goble at Consequence of Sound: It’s a fierce, visceral vision with a superb cast, that one suspects was more focused on pumping up Macbeth than reminding people why it’s such a lasting cautionary tale. |