Maria Dizzia

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Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point

The expectations for contemporary holiday movies is to push feel-good stories that either include a slew of cliched character archetypes (“the busy business woman”, “the hunky but humble woodsman”) or include as many identifiable symbols to represent the season. We see the latter in movies that are casual about Christmas – make a normal, low stakes schmaltz-fest and include a wreath in the background for some shots. Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point is refreshingly different….

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Funny Pages

As rude and unappealing Funny Pages can be, it’s a brutally honest and funny character study of a young artist who channels trauma and grief into his aspirations to be a successful cartoonist.  A true tale of an unlikely opportunist.