‘Life During Wartime’ Provides Haunting Coda to ‘Happiness’
Rating: 3.0/5.0CHICAGO– Todd Solondz’s 1998 masterpiece, “Happiness,” is the darkest American comedy ever made. It’s so brutal and uncompromising that it calls into question the very definition of...
View ArticleTodd Solondz’s ‘Dark Horse’ Brilliantly Deconstructs Man-Child Pathology
Rating: 3.5/5.0CHICAGO– Todd Solondz has always been prone to making films about people that most filmmakers wouldn’t touch with a ten-foot pole. His characters crave love but are the opposite of...
View ArticleRealistic, Difficult Lives Are Exposed in ‘Wiener-Dog’
Rating: 4.0/5.0CHICAGO–Director Todd Solondz has made a career out of not shying away from the most uncomfortable negativities of life. From extreme disconnection (“Happiness”) to pedophilia (“Life...
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