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WONDERSTRUCK: A Starry-Eyed Mess
WONDERSTRUCK: A Starry-Eyed Mess

With a weak and unfocused plot, Todd Haynes’s Wonderstruck feels like a love letter that isn’t quite sure who it’s addressing.

NYFF 55 Centerpiece: WONDERSTRUCK
NYFF 55 Centerpiece: WONDERSTRUCK

Stephanie Archer takes an in-depth look at Wonderstruck, the official centerpiece selection of the 2017 New York Film Festival.

PETE'S DRAGON: Retaining Innocence
PETE’S DRAGON: Retaining Innocence

If you’ve ever wondered why fantasy has always been a popular genre in fiction, it might help knowing that all fiction is a form of fantasy, and that stories are a type of self-preservation. Take Martin Scorsese’s wildly entertaining and greatly underappreciated Shutter Island, in which the main character, Teddy, is on a mission to prove he is innocent, only for the truth to reveal that he is anything but. As Teddy becomes fully aware, he finds out that he has created an elaborate fantasy, a hyper-fiction as a ruse to shield himself from the harsh reality.