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Bilge Ebiri

Bilge Ebiri is a regular film contributor at Voice Media Group. VMG publications include Denver Westword, Miami New Times, Phoenix New Times, Dallas Observer, Houston Press and New Times Broward-Palm Beach.

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Hale County, This Morning, This Evening: Witness the Birth of a New Cinematic Language

By Bilge Ebiri
Jan 3, 2019

The finished work, a half decade in the making, is informed by his deep familiarity with its characters, which might be one reason why he has the confidence to abandon traditional narrative structures and strike out on his own lyrical path
Kore-eda’s Big-Hearted Shoplifters Toasts the Family That Steals Together

By Bilge Ebiri
Nov 28, 2018

Based on a collection of true news items about exactly what the film’s title promises, Kore-eda’s story centers around a household that at first might appear to be a somewhat ordinary family that has merely fallen on hard times
Emma Stone and The Favourite’s Royal Women Scheme Deliciously

By Bilge Ebiri
Nov 28, 2018

It’s the early 18th century, there’s a war on with France, and the persistently ill, somewhat childish Anne struggles both to assert her authority and to preserve her kingdom and her crown
Border Lays Bare the Heart of a Troll — a Fantasy Troll, Not the Evil Kind

By Bilge Ebiri
Nov 15, 2018

All we know of our protagonist Tina (a very good Eva Melander) at first is that she is a quiet, somber Swedish customs guard working a border crossing and is also, as it happens, quite distinctive-looking
The Front Runner Exposes the Hart of a Political Sex Scandal

By Bilge Ebiri
Nov 14, 2018

... This is less a film about Gary Hart — who, as played by Jackman, remains something of an enigma — than one about the operatives and volunteers and journalists swirling around his candidacy

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