Robert Abele

Crisis chat: How minis-movies directors turned lemons into lemonade: Road to the Emmys 2012: The Director

August 23, 2021 at 2:37 p.m.

It's safe to say that you shouldn't become a director if you can't problem-solve. For the helmers of this year's notable miniseries and movies, plenty of challenges presented themselves, whether...

Crisis chat: How minis-movies directors turned lemons into lemonade: Road to the Emmys 2012: The Director

December 24, 2018 at 1:37 p.m.

It's safe to say that you shouldn't become a director if you can't problem-solve. For the helmers of this year's notable miniseries and movies, plenty of challenges presented themselves, whether...

‘Sound of My Voice’: Story of a cult displays director’s genre smarts ✭✭✭ 1/2

December 24, 2018 at 4:12 p.m.

As the skillfully told, small-scale drama"Sound of My Voice" unfolds, a young couple — Peter (Christopher Denham) and Lorna (Nicole Vicius) — join a mysterious, smock-wearing cult of budding survivalists...

‘Deliverance’ gets a laugh track in ‘Tucker & Dale’ — 3 stars

June 18, 2018 at 12:10 a.m.

Hell-raising, beautiful college kids heading for the Appalachians — what could go wrong? How about a couple of bearded woodsmen dragging one of those weekenders, a blond beauty, back to...

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August 23, 2021 at 1:08 a.m.

'Until the Light Takes Us' ** 1/2 There's a richer film to be wrested from the self-consciously arty and cautious "Until the Light Takes Us," a documentary by Aaron Aites...

‘The Girlfriend Experience’ ** 1/2

August 22, 2021 at 1:59 p.m.

Steven Soderbergh's "The Girlfriend Experience" is an exquisitely filmed piece of urban impressionism that, unfortunately, leaves one feeling that a sleek gadget has been needlessly purchased. Set on the eve...

Cry to end human trafficking

August 22, 2021 at 7:44 a.m.

'CALL + RESPONSE' *** Concerts for causes aren't surprising anymore, but as concert documentaries for causes go, "Call + Response" deserves attention, if only for adding another call-to-action voice against...

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August 22, 2021 at 7:10 a.m.

'Mister Foe' ** A plaintively messed-up young man with an ardent devotion to voyeurism, newly arrived in Glasgow and obsessed with a hotel co-worker, is the subject of this prettily...

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