This week, let’s get angry – but not in the way the movie wants – with Robert Redford’s 2007 political drama Lions For Lambs! Does Redford have a directorial style? Is there depth and nuance to the arguments made in the film? Is Andrew Garfield cuter than Michael Peña?

Content warning: gun violence, military violence, death

Unanswered Questions:

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• Does the movie have anything to say about hypocrisy?
  
  
• Should the structure of the movie be more emphatic, or less?
  
  
• Is the film’s treatment of race conscious and satirical, or not?
  

Further reading:

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• Pete’s Dragon (2016)
  
  
• Barefoot In The Park
  
  
• The Dish
  
  
• The Piano
  
  
• Isaac And Ishmael (The West Wing)
  
  
• The Last Star In Hollywood Definitive List Of Tom Cruise Films
  
  
• The Last Star In Hollywood: Production Schedule
  

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