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entertainment1 month ago•20 min saved

John Turturro Aims for First Oscar Nod in Pickpocket Drama

After four decades of acclaimed supporting work, John Turturro is being positioned for his first Oscar nomination for The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, a Sundance- and Telluride-buzzed film that casts him as an aging pickpocket in a dying art. Sony Pictures Classics is pushing a late-career, lead-actor narrative, hoping Turturro’s subtle, powerhouse performance and Noah Segan’s directing/writing can finally break through in a crowded awards race.

via Variety|

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theater1 month ago•52 min saved

ART's Rhinoceros Blends Dark Humor with a Modern Warning

Diane Paulus’s spare, electrifying Rhinoceros at the American Repertory Theater fuses Ionesco’s dark satire with a bone-chilling warning about conformity in today’s world, anchored by John Turturro’s Berenger and Paul Giamatti’s chilling transformation, with Tatiana Maslany’s Daisy adding wit. Riccardo Hernández’s stark set and Fitz Patton’s intense sound design intensify the second act, turning the play into a piercing meditation on how close we are to becoming rhinoceroses in real life.

via The Boston Globe|

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film8 months ago•20 min saved

Old-School Pickpocket Holds Ground in a Digital New York

Beandrea July’s Sundance review praises Noah Segan’s The Only Living Pickpocket in New York for John Turturro’s restrained, masterful portrayal of an aging pickpocket, its authentic New York setting across boroughs, and its focus on analogue craft amid a digital economy. Supported by strong turns from Tatiana Maslany, Steve Buscemi, and Jamie Lee Curtis, the film treats New York as a living character, avoids graphic violence, and argues old and new ways can coexist. Premiered at Sundance and currently seeking U.S. distribution; Grade: A.

via IndieWire|

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