JFK Facts movie critic Patrick McDonald on “Jackie“
This biographical portrait is superior cinematic form, a combination of stylistic close-up work and funereal atmosphere by Pablo Lorrain, one of the most creative directors working today. The camera never blinks while following Natalie Portman as the title character, in a peak career performance.
I went to see “Jackie” last night and I thought it was terrific.
JFK Facts movie critic Patrick McDonald has already reviewed this excellent cinematic experience. Here’s another provocative take by Youssef El-Gingihy of The Independent, a liberal newspaper in London.
She is a big part of the reason why a half century on we are still talking about JFK and why films are still being made about him
Released on the day of Trump’s inauguration in centenary year of JFK’s birth and in advance of the release of the CIA’s last JFK assassination files in October 2017, “Jackie” couldn’t be more topical .
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Mr. Larraín’s film, which opens on Friday, presents a Jackie (Natalie Portman) as savvy and exacting in managing her persona as any cinema diva of the day, her fixation on style anticipating the image-drunk culture that was to define the coming decades.
Source: Jackie Kennedy: The First Instagram First Lady – The New York Times
This prestige-level drama seems primed to secure Natalie Portman an Oscar nomination with her in literally every scene of the film as Jackie Kennedy, putting a human face on this larger-than-life person
Source: Movie News | JoBlo.com
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Natalie Portman is set to star in “Jackie,” about former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy. That’s inspired casting; Portman doesn’t just look the part, but carries with her a graceful aloofness that also characterized Jackie.
We’ve seen films tackle the story of John F. Kennedy from nearly every angle —
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With Natalie Portman already signed on to play the former First Lady and the recent news that Peter Sarsgaard is in final negotiations to play Robert Kennedy, Jackie is stacking up to be a movie that will go down in history as one of the best.
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