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Review: Babylon (2022)

Damien Chazelle’s epic tragicomedy, Babylon, is yet another investigation of the personal cost of art and a wildly ambitious, if uneven, ode to silent cinema.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJanuary 26, 2023Damien Chazelle, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, Babylon, Hollywood, Los Angeles, silent filmComment

Review: A Star is Born (1937)

Anton looks back at the original telling and the two myths of Hollywood it presents.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton BergstromApril 18, 2019A Star Is Born, Janet Gaynor, Frederic March, William A. Wellman, Dorothy Parker, Hollywood, classical Hollywood style, myth, movie starComment

David Cronenberg: Maps to the Stars (2014)

The last review in our Cronenberg Retrospective considers his bizarre Gothic Hollywood satire.

Review: Maps to the Stars (2014)

Cronenberg indicts Hollywood with gusto and complexity.

Religion in American Cinema: God's Not Dead, Heaven Is for Real, and Noah

These movies are a reflection of American Christianity's preoccupations.

Essays, Movies TodayAren BergstromMay 7, 2014America, American Christianity, Christianity, evangelical Christianity, God's Not Dead, Heaven Is for Real, Hollywood, Noah, religion, religious drama, religious film, The Bible Comment

TIFF13: Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

A hilarious and bizarre documentary about a great failed film.

Reviews, The Festival Circuit, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 11, 2013Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chris Foss, Dan O'Bannon, documentary, Dune, Frank Herbert, Frank Pavich, H-R- Giger, Hollywood, Michel Seydoux, science fictionComment

Review: The Bling Ring (2013)

Coppola's satire on the celebrity lust of American culture.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromJuly 11, 2013Emma Watson, fashion, Hollywood, Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch, Katie Chang, Leslie Mann, luxury, Marc Broussard, privilege, satire, Sofia Coppola, The Bling Ring Comment

Review: Argo (2012)

Argo is classic Hollywood thrill-making at its best.

Reviews, The Current: In Theatres, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromOctober 22, 2012Alan Arkin, Argo, Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, drama, Hollywood, Iran, John Goodman, Scoot McNairy, thrillerComment

Review: The Artist (2011)

Great art or just good fun?

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnton BergstromFebruary 10, 2012Bérénice Bejo, comedy, Hollywood, James Cromwell, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Michel Hazanavicius, Oscars, silent film, The ArtistComment