There’s no lazier way to get a laugh out of an audience than cutting to a dog’s face as a punchline. Similarly, there’s no easier way to wring tears from an audience than putting that dog in jeopardy, or even killing off the poor pooch entirely. Both are shortcuts filmmakers can take when they want […]
Lasse Hallström
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Film Reviews: “My Old Lady” and “The Hundred-Foot Journey”
“My Old Lady” (PG-13), Directed by Israel Horovitz Opens Friday at the Little Theatre and Pittsford Cinema Making his filmmaking debut at the age of 75, “My Old Lady” finds veteran playwright Israel Horovitz adapting from his own 2002 play. Kevin Kline plays Mathias (though he prefers to go by Jim), an uptight New Yorker […]
