His goal is to ask her the same questions every year, which can yield predictably funny results, such as three-year-old Ella’s response about the meaning of power. It’s a satisfying gimmick that pays off, though the filmmaker remains mostly opaque safely behind the camera. Taking a page from Michael Apted’s “Up” series, Rosenblatt interviewed his daughter Ella on her birthday every year from the ages of two to 18.
With a sharp wit and a loose tongue, she intuited the power of the press long before doing so became a political necessity, brandishing the mic to shift public opinion.īack in the category for the second year in a row, scrappy micro-budget filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt impresses with another personal and experimental charmer. The wife of Richard Nixon’s campaign manager and Attorney General John Mitchell, Nixon himself blamed her for Watergate. The most notoriously outspoken lady of the 1970s, Martha Mitchell made political spousing a blood sport - and paid the price. Here’s our ranking of all five contenders. Most of the films are currently available online, and all are worth seeking out. Sundance 2023 Movie Deals So Far: NEXT Sci-Fi 'Divinity' with Stephen Dorff Lands Worldwide Deal This Year's Oscar-Nominated Shorts Debut in Theaters - Watch the Trailerįrom 'Nymphomaniac' to 'Little Ashes': Unsimulated Sex Scenes in 36 Films Oscars 2023: The Best Animated Shorts Nominees, Ranked Although it may be willfully naive, it certainly makes the viewing more pleasurable. From saving baby elephants in India to a shocking tale of a changed perspective, the films in this category offer more than a glimmer of hope for humanity.
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